This is such a bright card, but it just makes me happy to look at it. I just love it and I am not a big fan of bright colors.
To create this card, you just need a few things:
- Melon Mambo card stock
- White card stock
- Bloom Impressions Designer Series Paper from the 2025 Sale-a-bration
- Jet Black Staz-On ink pad
- Melon Mabo ink pad
- Thoughtful Expressions stamp set and dies
- Stampin’ Blends pens
- Melon Mambo Light
- Melon Mambo Dark
- Shy Shamrock Light
- Shy Shamrock Dark
- Daffodil Delight Dark
- Paper trimmer
- Adhesive of choice
- Pop-Dots
Take the Melon Mambo card stock and cut your base card to 4 ¼” x 8 ¾” and another piece 3” x 3”. Score the 4 ¼” x 8 ¾” at 5 ½” and fold to make your card base. With the white card stock cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼” , one to 3 1/8” x 4” and another to 2 ¾” x 2 ¾”. Now pick your floral designer series paper from the Bloom Impressions paper pack and cut one piece 3” x 3 ¾” and another to 2” x 3 ¾”.
Take the 4” x 5 ¼” piece of white cards stock and adhere the floral paper piece measuring 2” x 3 ¾” to on end of it, then adhere that to the inside of your card base. Then get the 3 1/8” x 4” piece of white card stock and adhere the 3” x 3 ¾” floral piece and then adhere that to the front short piece of your Melen Mambo card front. When closed it should look like it is all one piece.
Take your 3” x 3” Melon Mambo piece and put adhesive on one half and then adhere that lined up with the front short ends and with the edge of the right side of the card as shown below.
Then adhere the white card stock that measures 2 ¾” x 2 ¾” piece to that Melon Mambo diamond. Take the “enjoy your day” stamp and use Melon Mambo ink to stamp the greeting in the left corner. Use a small piece of the leftover floral paper and cut out one of the floral groupings, then apply pop-dots to the back and adhere to the bottom portion of the diamond.
Now take your Jet Black Staz-On ink and the hummingbird stamp from the stamp set and stamp the hummingbird onto an extra piece of white card stock. Take the Melon Mambo light Stampin’ Blends pen to color the through and belly of the hummingbird and then highlight with the dark Melen Mambo Stampin’ Blends pen. Then use the light Shy Shamrock Stampin’ Blends pen to color the upper portion of the head and lower portion of the wing and back, then use the dark Shy Shamrock Stampin’ Blends pen to color the upper portion of the wings and the tail feathers. Use the dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends pen to color the beak.
Cut the hummingbird out with the hummingbird die, put pop-dots on the back and adhere it to the right side of the diamond on the front of your card with the upper wings and tail feathers hanging out of the diamond, but make sure it isn’t crossing over your card base.
Take another small leftover piece of white card stock and stamp the small spray flowers. Use the light Melen Mambo Stampin’ Blends to color the flowers and the light and dark Shy Shamrock Stampin’ Blends to color the leaves. Use the die and cut out the flowers and adhere that to the left inside corner of the card.
I am not usually a bright card fan, but I love this card and all the colors, it is just cheerful.
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