Cards, Papercrafting

Inked Botanicals Sectional Birthday Card

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This card started out being completely different that where it ended up, I had seen a reverse step card and was trying to make it but didn’t like the way it laid so I took it back apart and used everything but the card base.  So now we have what I am calling this card the Inked Botanicals Sectional Card.  This paper is just so beautiful, I actually didn’t even know I had it but found it in a stack I hadn’t touched in a while so had to use it. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Watermelon Wonder card stock (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Verry Vanilla card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Inked Botanicals designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
  • With you In Mind stamp set
  • Thoughtful Expressions stamp set
  • Watermelon Wonder ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Very Vanilla twine (Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Scissors
  • Adhesive of choice

Cut a card base from the Watermelon Wonder card stock to 4 ¼” x 11”, folded in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  With your Very Vanilla card stock cut an inside piece to 4” x 5 ¼” and another piece to 1” x 4” and another to 1 ½” x 3 ¼”.  Take you Inked Botanicals paper and find the dainty floral multicolor piece and the multicolor flowers with stems.  With the dainty floral piece cut a two piece to 1 ¾” x 4”.  With the flowers with stems piece cut a piece to 2 5/8” x 4”. 

With your With You In Mind stamp set and your Watermelon Wonder ink stamp the “Happy Birthday” greeting onto the 1 ½” x 3 ¼” Very Vanilla piece.  From the Thoughtful Expressions stamp set use the “enjoy your day” greeting and stamp onto the 1” x 4” piece lightly to the right.  Take a spare piece of the large floral paper and hand cut out two of the flowers.  Adhere one to the left side of the “enjoy your day” greeting. 

Now take your card base and adhere the “enjoy your day piece to the bottom.  Then adhere the dainty floral paper to the top of the card, and then the “Happy Birthday” piece to the center of the dainty floral paper.  Now take your larger floral paper and adhere in the middle of the others.  Take your vanilla twine and wrap around your card twice and tie into a bow.  Align this toward the top of your large floral paper. 

For the inside, adhere your Very Vanilla piece to the inside of your card.  Then adhere the dainty floral piece toward the bottom, leaving a little bit of the Very Vanilla at the bottom.  Take the other flower you cut out and adhere that to the left with most of the stem on the dainty floral paper but the flower on your Very Vanilla. 

That is all there is to this Inked Botanicals sectional birthday card.

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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Inked Botanicals Fern Sympathy Card

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I have been waiting to find some paper that I thought would work well for this card and this morning I saw this and thought it would work perfectly, and it turned out better than I was thinking it would.  I love the paper and color combinations, and the addition of the embossed fern leaves. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Lost Lagoon card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Inked Botanicals designer series paper (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Lost Lagoon Black ink
  • Fern Embossing Folder (Stampin’ Up)
  • Scallop Border Die (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Scalloped Rectangle Die (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop dots

To start this card, take a piece of Lost Lagoon card stock and cut it to a standard card base of 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½” and then another piece to 2 3/8” x 4 5/8” and a last piece to 7/8” x 2 3/8”.  With the Lost Lagoon fern paper from the Inked Botanicals designer series paper pack, cut a piece to 3 ½” x 5 3/8”.  Then with the Lost Lagoon plaid designer series paper from Inked Botanicals as well cut it to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”.  Then with your white card stock cut a piece to 2 ¼” x 4 ½”, and then with your scalloped rectangle die measuring about 2 ½” x 3 ¾” cut a piece for your inside and then a piece to ¾” x 2 3/8”. 

Take your Lost Lagoon card base and the fern DSP piece along with your scallop border die.  Align the fern dsp centered up and down and in about ¼” from the left edge, then align your scallop die in about an 1 ¼” from the right to the inside of your die, then cut.  Put adhesive on the back of the fern paper and center on your card front.  Take the white card stock piece you cut to 2 ¼” x 4 ½” and the fern embossing folder and emboss.  Adhere that to the piece of Lost Lagoon and adhere to the front center of your card base.  With the two small label size pieces and your Lost Lagoon ink, stamp the “You’re in my thoughts” greeting, then adhere the white to the Lost Lagoon piece and that to the lower portion of the embossed fern paper about ¾” from the bottom. 

Take your white scalloped rectangle and your Lost Lagoon ink and stamp your “With Sympathy” greeting and then adhere to the inside of your card about 5/8” from the left of your inside half, making sure it doesn’t show when your card is closed. 

This makes a lovely fern sympathy card to give to anyone when needed.

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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