Floral Galore

This is the second in a series of cards that I'm working on to fit Stampin' Up!'s large envelopes.  I wanted to try a top fold large card but even with 12x12 paper I wouldn't have paper long enough with out piecing. So, this design evolved out of the need to add a piece to the bottom front of the card.

I started with a an 11 x 4 5/8" piece of Whisper White cardstock and scored it at 6 3/8" . After folding, I punched the scallops on the shorter, front part of the card with the corner rounder punch minus it's guard.   A hint here is to start punching in the middle so that the scallops are centered on your card.   I added a piece of  2 1/8" x 4 5/8" piece of Green Galore stamped in black with the Floral background stamp.  A few faux stitches, black gingham ribbon and a greeting from Sincere Salutations. One more note:  I didn't add the stitches  until after I took the first photo. It's funny how looking at the photo seems to emphasize what's missing.  Maybe I should take more photos when I'm struggling with a design.

This card also fits  Splitcoastamper's Limited Supplies Challenge 100. (That challenge is hosted by jen70 whose blog, Stamping Therapy, is linked on the left:.) Jen's challenge was to use black and white supplies with the only color coming from a single color of cardstock. If you look back a few posts you will see a card which has the Floral background stamped on Green Galore with Handsome Hunter.  I was really intrigued with the look of the dark ink on such a bright color and wanted to work with it some more. You can see more cards in this great challenge here.

Thanks for visiting my blog and happy stamping!

This is the second in a series of cards that I'm working on to fit Stampin' Up!'s large envelopes.  I wanted to try a top fold large card but even with 12x12 paper I wouldn't have paper long enough with out piecing. So, this design evolved out of the need to add a piece to the bottom front of the card.

I started with a an 11 x 4 5/8" piece of Whisper White cardstock and scored it at 6 3/8" . After folding, I punched the scallops on the shorter, front part of the card with the corner rounder punch minus it's guard.   A hint here is to start punching in the middle so that the scallops are centered on your card.   I added a piece of  2 1/8" x 4 5/8" piece of Green Galore stamped in black with the Floral background stamp.  A few faux stitches, black gingham ribbon and a greeting from Sincere Salutations. One more note:  I didn't add the stitches  until after I took the first photo. It's funny how looking at the photo seems to emphasize what's missing.  Maybe I should take more photos when I'm struggling with a design.

This card also fits  Splitcoastamper's Limited Supplies Challenge 100. (That challenge is hosted by jen70 whose blog, Stamping Therapy, is linked on the left:.) Jen's challenge was to use black and white supplies with the only color coming from a single color of cardstock. If you look back a few posts you will see a card which has the Floral background stamped on Green Galore with Handsome Hunter.  I was really intrigued with the look of the dark ink on such a bright color and wanted to work with it some more. You can see more cards in this great challenge here.

Thanks for visiting my blog and happy stamping!