I was so happy with how this card turned out, it is so plain but cute at the same time. It was made with the lovely paper from the Brushed with Beauty designer series paper pack from Stampin’ Up and the Words of Beauty and Detailed Dogwood stamp sets.
To create this card, you just need a few things:
- Darling Duckling card stock (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
- Early Expresso card stock (Stampin’ Up)
- White card stock
- Brushed With Beauty designer series paper (November 2025 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
- Words of Beauty stamp set and dies (November 2025 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
- Detailed Dogwood stamp set (retired Stampin’ Up)
- Early Expresso ink (Stampin’ Up)
- Scoring board or scoring blade for trimmer
- Paper trimmer
- Adhesive of choice
Take a piece of Darling Duckling card stock and cut a card base to 4 ¼” x 8” and score at 1 ¼”, 2 ½”, 5 ½”, 6 ¾” and fold each side in from the center and the outer pieces out. Cut another piece to 1 ¼” x 5 ½”. From the Early Expresso card stock cut six pieces to 1 1/8” x 4 1/8”, two pieces to 2 7/8” x 4 1/8” and one more to 1 1/8” x 2 7/8”. Use a piece of white card stock and cut to 2 ¾” x 4” for the back of your card and another piece to 1” x 2 ¾”. From the Brushed With Beauty designer series paper pack find the Darling Duckling floral twig paper and cut six pieces to 1” x 4” and one to 2 ¾” x 4”.
Adhere the Darling Ducking twig piece cut to 2 ¾” x 4” and adhere to one of the Early Expresso pieces and adhere that to the center of your card base. Take the six pieces of Early Express and adhere the Darling Duckling twig pieces to each. Adhere two of the to the sections next to the center piece.
Take the other large piece of Early Expresso and adhere the white piece to it and then adhere it to the center back panel of your card. Find the dogwood twig stamp from the Detailed Dogwood stamp set and stamp the upper portion of it in Early Expresso ink to the lower section of the white on the back panel of your card. The use the “You’re a great friend” greeting stamp from the Words of Beauty stamp set and stamp that vertically to the left side of your back panel above the dogwood twig you stamped.
Now take two more of your small Darling Duckling twig on Early Expresso pieces and adhere one to each back side panel. Then take the 1 ¼” x 5 ½” strip of Darling Duckling and adhere one end to the left front panel about ¼” up from the bottom of the card and then the other side to the right-side front panel. Grab the small white piece you cut and adhere to the Early Expresso piece. Use the “You’ve been on my mind” greeting stamp and stamp in Early Expresso, then adhere to the front of your stripe. Now take the last two Darling Duckling twig and Early Expresso pieces and adhere them to the front two panels.
From some scrap Early Expresso cut out the Just and Because base pieces with from the Words of Beauty Dies, and from Darling Duckling scraps cut out the inner Just and Because with the dies. Adhere each together and adhere to the front left panel of your card.
This makes a beautiful card to send to anyone to let them know you have been thinking of them. I just smile every time I look at this card so I would assume it would give someone else the same pleasure.
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All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.