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Monday, August 5, 2024

August Card Ministry

 Here are three birthday cards we are making for the church staff to send to our Sensational Seniors. I hear such lovely compliments from the staff and those who have received cards that we make for them. I'm so blessed to have such wonderful ladies to come each month and create for this wonderful ministry.

Materials:

  • Stamp Sets: Unbounded Love, Flowers Of Beauty

  • Ink Pads: Blackberry Bliss, Basic Beige, Petunia Pop

  • Cardstocks: Thoughtful Journey DSP, Basic White, Basic Beige

  • Brick Stencils

  • Blending Brush

  • Mini Dimensionals

  • Classic Label Punch


Preparation:

  • Basic Beige 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 scored @ 4-1/4 (card base)

  • Basic White 3-5/8 x 4-7/8

  • Thoughtful Journey DSP 3-3/4 x 5

  • (2) Thoughtful Journey DSP 2 x 3-3/4 (diecut)

  • Basic White 1 x 3-1/4 (greeting)


Assemble Card:

  1. Use Blending Brush and Basic Beige Ink with brick stencil on 3-5/8 x 4-7/8 Basic White cs

  2. Glue stenciled background to DSP

  3. Adhere those layers with Dimensionals to a Basic Beige card base

  4. Stamp the sentiment “hello” in Blackberry Bliss Ink, cut with Unbounded Love Die, and attach with Dimensionals



Materials:

  • Stamp Sets: Adventurous Sky

  • Ink Pads: Night of Navy

  • Cardstocks: Basic White Thick, Night of Navy, Copper Clay, Gold Foil, Take To The Sky DSP

  • Stylish Shapes Dies

Preparation:

  • Thick Basic White 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 scored @ 4-1/4 (card base)

  • Night of Navy 4 x 5-1/4

  • Basic White 3-3/4 x 5

  • Copper pattern DSP 5 x 2-1/2

  • Copper Clay 3-1/4 x 3-1/4 (largest circle diecut)

  • Night of Navy 1-3/4 x 4 (fuselage)

  • Gold Foil 2 x 4 (wings/wheels & propeller)


Assemble Card:

  1. Glue navy panel to white card front

  2. Stamp rivet pattern on top right and bottom left of 3-3/4 x 5 Basic White panel, then glue to navy panel

  3. Glue DSP to center of stamped white panel

  4. Diecut largest circle from Copper Clay and stamp greeting in Night of Navy ink, then glue on center of DSP

  5. Diecut fuselage in Navy cs and wings and propeller from gold foil

  6. Glue plane pieces to Copper circle at upwards angle

  7. Inside: stamp birthday in copper ink, sentiment in navy ink and plane in navy



Materials:

  • Stamp Sets: Simply Zinnias, Christian Birthdays

  • Ink Pads: Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green

  • Cardstocks: Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, Basic White, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lolly, Flowering Zinnias DSP

  • Zinnias 3D Embossing Folder


Preparation:

  • Granny Apple Green 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 scored @ 4-1/4 (card base)

  • Granny Apple Green 3 x 3-7/8

  • Basic White (2) 4 x 5-1/4 (one for inside, one for outside border layer)

  • Basic White 2-3/4 x 3-7/8 (embossed layer)

  • DSP (2) 1-1/4 x 3-7/8

  • Daffodil Delight 1 x 1 (oval center diecut)

  • Lemon Lolly 1-1/4 x 1-1/4 (center ring diecut)

  • Melon Mambo 2 x 4-1/4 (2 flowers diecut)

  • Melon Mambo 1 x 2 (buds diecut)

  • Granny Apple Green 2 x 4 (diecuts: leaf, stem, and bud stem/leaf)


Assemble Card:

  1. Emboss 2-3/4 x 3-7/8 piece of Basic White with Zinnias EF

  2. Diecut pieces and glue together

  3. Glue white panel to card front and DSP to each end leaving border.

  4. Glue embossed layer to Granny Apple layer then glue on top of DSP.

  5. Glue flowers to embossed layer

  6. Stamp greeting and glue to card front

  7. Inside: stamp sentiment in Granny Apple and flower in Melon Mambo ink


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