Cards, Papercrafting

Rustic Crate True Friend Card

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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. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Cards, Papercrafting

Flowering Rain Boots Card

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I had to have this Flowering Rain Boots stamps and dies set when they came out as I just love goloshes, especially mine, but they are purple (though I would prefer polka dot). 

To create this card, you need a few things:

  • Sahara Sand card stock
  • Petal Pink card stock
  • Cinnamon Cider card stock
  • White card stock
  • Flowering Fields designer series paper
  • Flowering Rain Boots stamp set and dies
  • Cheerful Daisies label die
  • Umbrella die if you have one (nice touch but not required)
  • Rain drops embossing folder
  • Sahara Sand ink
  • Cinnamon Cider ink
  • Sweet Sorbet ink
  • Petal Pink Light and Dark Stampin’ Blends markers
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

The list of what you need looks like a lot, but it is all mainly little scraps excluding the Sahara Sand and Petal Pink card stock.  Take your Sahara Sand card stock and cut a piece to 5 ½” x 8 ½”, folding in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  Then cut another piece to 4” x 5 ¼”.  With your Petal Pink card stock, cut a piece to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” and a second piece for the inside of your card to 4” x 5 ¼”. 

Now take a piece of Cinnamon Cider card stock, your Cinnamon Cider ink and the clay pot stamp from the Flowering Rain Boots set and stamp the pot.  Use the clay pot die to cut out your clay pot along with the rake. I then dabbed the hand of the rake in the Cinnamon Cider ink to give it a bit of a darker color.  Take a scrap piece of white, your Sahara Sand ink and the daisies stamp from the Flowering Rain Boots set and stamp the daisies.  Use your Petal Pink Light and Dark Stampin’ Blends marker to color in your daisies.  Then take your Petal Pink Light Stampin’ Blends marker and color a background for the seed pack, and then with your Sweet Sorbet ink stamp off first and then stamp your seed pack on your colored Petal Pink background.  “Stamp off” mean to ink your stamp as normal and then stamp it lightly onto a scrap and then stamp with it, this gives you’re a lighter color.  Take a scrap piece of Petal Pink card stock and the Sweet Sorbet ink and stamp the “rain or shine I’m here for you” and use the label die from Cheerful Daisies to cut out the greeting. 

Now take the polka dot designer series paper and your Sahara Sand ink and with the rubber boots or goloshes stamp and then use the die to cut these out.  I added an additional touch for the inside which was to die cut out an umbrella with the polka dot paper as well, but that is not part of the Flowering Rain Boots set, that is a die I have from InLoveArts, so if you don’t have an umbrella die then just skip this step. 

Let’s assemble.  Take your Saraha Sand card base and adhere the 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” piece of Petal Pink to the front of it.  Take your piece of Sahara Sand card stock and run it through an embossing machine with the raindrops embossing folder and then adhere that to the front of the petal pink piece on the front of your card.  Now adhere your pieces:  Rain boots or goloshes, the pot with the daisies overlapping on the top, the seed pack slightly over the edge of the pot and the rake over top of the seed pack.  Add your greeting label to the upper right corner. 

Now for the inside, take your remaining piece of Petal Pink we cut for the inside and if you have an umbrella adhere that in the upper right corner of the Petal Pink piece.  With your Sweet Sorbet ink and the “every storm that comes also ends” stamp from the Flowering Rain Boots set stamp your greeting.  Adhere that to the inside of your card.

You now have such a cute card to give to someone who if feeling a bit down.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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