Thoughtful Expressions – Softly Sophisticated

Welcome back!  It had been a couple of busy days, but I wanted to post the card I made inspired by Michelle Last who was profiled on the Facebook Stampin’ Through the Catalog as a Guest Designer on February 15^th.

She had a really cute card with an inside surprise.  I took inspiration from The Color Hues (#81) and the Tic Tac Toe (#241) for the flowers, stripes /dots, and color.  I am also sharing this card with Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday for February.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock.
• Panels: (4” x 5¼”) Lost Lagoon Strip/Dot Fabric patterned piece of paper from the Poetic Expressions Designer Series Paper pack, Fresh Freesia and Basic White cardstock and the Thoughtful Expressions Dies set.
  • The Lost Lagoon piece was die-cut with the (3⅜” x 3⅜”) Scalloped die.*
  • The card front, Fresh Freesia and Basic White pieces were die-cut with the (3” x 3”) Scalloped die.
  • The Fresh Freesia and the Lost Lagoon pieces were adhered to the card front.
• Inside card – Right Side: Using the *Lost Lagoon piece as a Mask, Soft Sea Foam ink was added with a Blending Brush.
  • The sentiment, You’re in my thoughts, from the Softly Sophisticated stamp set was stamped with Lost Lagoon ink positioned to show through the framed opening.
• Inside card – Left Side: (3¾” x 3¾’) Vellum was adhered over the framed opening and finished off with the previously die-cut Basic White Panel.
• Decoration – Hummingbirds and Flowers: (4¼” x 5½”) Basic White cardstock.
  • The Hummingbird and small Floral Spray images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with the Light Fresh Freesia and Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Blends Markers.
  • The images were die-cut with coordinating dies from the Thoughtful Expressions Dies set.
  • The images were stamped again onto a Silicone Craft Mat and the Basic White cardstock was pressed against it for the reverse or mirror image.
  • The images were colored similarly and fussy-cut with Paper Snips.

The die-cut images were adhered to the card front with Dimensionals and the fussy-cut images were adhered to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal making sure that the images matched up to the front ones.

Such a fun card to make.  Thanks for the inspiration, Michelle and Stampin’ Through the Catalog for inviting her to participate.

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today.  Cheers,  Jolanda!

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