I have been wanting to use the Dandelion Wishes stamp set from Stampin’ Up for a while and just keep going to others and I have owned this set for years and just using it, so sad. This is a bright and cheery birthday card In Calypso Coral colors. I used white embossing powder to make the flowers stand out on the polka dot paper from the You’re a Peach designer series paper from Stampin’ Up.
To create this card, you just need a few things:
- Calypso Coral Two-Tone card stock (Stampin’ Up)
- White card stock
- You’re A Peach designer series paper (Retired Stampin’ Up)
- Happiness Abounds stamp set (Retired Stampin’ Up)
- Calypso Coral ink (Stampin’ Up)
- VersaMark ink
- White embossing powder
- Heat gun
- Paper trimmer
- Adhesive of choice
From you white card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” folded in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”. Cut a piece to 3 3/8” x 4 ½” and another for the inside to 3 ¾” x 5”. From the Two-Tone Calypso Coral card stock cut a piece to 3 1/8” x 3 ½” and another for the inside to 4” x 5 ¼”. Take the You’re A Peach designer series paper pack and find the Calypso Coral polka dot paper and cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼”.
Grab the 3 1/8” x 3 ½” piece of Calypso Coral Two-Tone card stock, and with your VersaMark ink stamp the large dandelion from the Dandelion Wishes stamp set. Cover with white embossing folder and tap off all the excess powder and the use the heat gun to heat your powder covered flower until it melts. Be careful not to overheat as this paper is lighter than regular card stock and will start to burn.
Adhere you embossed flower piece to the white card stock cut to 3 3/8” x 4 ½” piece. Find the “Happy Birthday” greeting stamp in the Happiness Abounds stamp set and stamp that on the remaining white portion at the bottom of the flowers in Calypso Coral ink. Now adhere the polka dot paper to the front of your white card base and then adhere your floral piece to the front of that, centering on all sides.
For the inside of your card adhere to the piece of Calypso Coral and then the white piece to the top of that. From the Happiness Abounds stamp set find the “Wishing you all the happiness you can imagine” greeting and stamp toward the upper center in Calypso Coral Ink
What a cute birthday card for anyone.
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