I went a bit old school for today’s card with the Rustic Crate set and using an old tool that roughs up the edges and then I sponged them to antique the paper. It was fun to go back to using some old ways of doing things.
To create this card, you just need a few things:
- Natural card stock
- A brighter color card stock for gloves
- Tan card stock to cut the rake
- Timeless Plaid designer series paper
- Rustic Crate stamp set and dies (Stampin’ Up)
- Flowering Rain Boots dies (Stampin’ Up)
- Dragonfly Garden stamp set (Stampin’ Up)
- Early Expresso Black ink (Stampin’ Up)
- Cinnamon Cider ink (Stampin’ Up)
- Cinnamon Cider twine (Stampin’ Up)
- Stampin Blends
- Old Olive light and dark
- Lemon Lime Twist light and dark
- Paper trimmer
- Adhesive of choice
Cut your card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” using the Natural card stock then fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”. With your Timeless Plaid card stock find the Old Olive green plaid piece, cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼” and then you should have a piece left that is ¾” x 4” to use for your inside. Take the scrapping tool (if you have one) or scissors and your two pieces of plaid paper and rough the edges, then use your sponge and Cinnamon Cider ink to sponge along your roughed edges. I also sponged the front cover edges of the card. Adhere the 4’ x 5 ¼” piece to the front of your card and the small piece to the left side of the inside of your card.
With some scrap Natural card stock, the plant stamp from the Rustic Crate stamp set and your Early Expresso ink and stamp two of the plants. Use your four green Stampin’ Blend markers to color the plants in different shades, I did Lemon Lime Twist Light, Old Olive Dark, Lemon Lime Twist Dark and then the Old Olive Light from left to right. Use the die from Rustic Crate to cut out your plants. Also cut a small tag with a die from the Natural card stock. Take a scrap piece of Cinnamon Cider card stock and the crate die from Rustic Crate and cut your crate. Use a brighter color card stock to cut the gloves from the Rustic Crate dies. Take a scrap piece of tan and the rake die from the Flowering Rain Boots dies and cut out the rake.
Take your plants and the crate and align the first row of plants to where you want them. If any of the roots are showing then cut them off leaving enough room to adhere to the crate. For the second row of plants, I cut the first two together and then cut the other two individually. Align them along the back spaced to your liking and adhere. Adhere the crate with plants to the front of your card, slightly to the left so you have room for your tag. Adhere the gloves and rake.
Take your tag, Cinnamon Cider ink and the “For a True Friend” greeting from Dragonfly Garden and stamp on your tag. Adhere your tag like it is tied to the plants. Take some of your twine and tie a bow and adhere to the top of your tag. For the inside of your card take the “May good things grow all year long” greeting and the Cinnamon Cider in and stamp on the inside of the card.
That completes your Rustic Crate True Friend card. Give it to a special friend to let them know you care.
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All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.
