Card Ministry for July

 

Materials:

• Forever Fern bundle

• In Your Words stamp set

• 2-1/2” Circle Punch

• Ink pads: Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen

• Soft Succulent card base 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 score @ 4-1/4

• Evening Evergreen Cardstock: 3-3/4 x 5 

• Ever Eden DSP: 3-5/8 x 4-7/8 

• Ever Eden DSP: 4-1/4 x 1-1/2 

• 3-1/4 x 3-1/4 piece of Basic White Cardstock: punch one circle from the Circle Punch

• 3-1/4 x 2-1/2 Gold Foil: die cut fern image from Forever Flourishing Dies

• 3-1/4 x 2-1/2 Soft Succulent: die cut fern image from Forever Flourishing Dies

• 2-3/4 x 3/4 Evening Evergreen Cardstock: sentiment has been stamped and heat embossed in gold

• 4 x 5-1/4 Basic White Cardstock for inside card

Instructions:

1. Fold Soft Succulent card base in half and score with bone folder.

2. Adhere 3-3/4 x 5 Evening Evergreen Cardstock to card front.

3. Adhere 3-5/8 x 4-7/8 Ever Eden DSP on top of Evergreen cs.

4. Adhere 4-1/4 x 1-1/2  strip of Ever Eden DSP a bit above center of larger DSP.

5. Adhere Basic White circle on center of card front.

6. Adhere the Soft Succulent and Gold Foil diecuts to white circle.

7. Cut stems off and adhere Evergreen and gold diecut ferns to white circle.

8. Adhere 4 x 5-1/4 white cs to inside, stamp leaves and message in Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen Ink

Materials:

• Oceanfront stamp set

• Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set

• Painted Texture embossing folder

• Inks: Balmy Blue, Pool Party, Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Smoky Slate

• Basic White Thick card base 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 score @ 4-1/4

• 4 x 5-1/4 Balmy Blue

• 3-7/8 x 5-1/8 Basic White

Instructions:

1. Fold Thick Basic White card base in half and reinforce score with bone folder.

2. Adhere 4 x 5-1/4 Balmy Blue to card base.

3. Stamp the square -ish shaped sky on 3-7/8 x 5-1/8 Basic White retangular piece in Balmy Blue ink.

4. Directly below, stamp the larger angled piece in Pool Party ink with the straight edge on top.

5. Below the blues, stamp the smaller angled piece in Soft Suede ink, with the point to the right.

6. Stamp rocks over the sand in Early Espresso ink.

7. Finally stamp the two sea grass clumps and the greeting in Early Espresso inks.

8. Emboss the stamped white panel with Painted Texture embossing folder.

9. Adhere stamped and embossed layer to the Balmy Blue layer, then both of those layers to the card front.

10. On the inside, stamp rocks in Smoky Slate ink, sea grass and sentiment in Early Espresso ink.