Today’s card features a sheet of the Perfectly Penciled Designer Paper cut into 4″ x 4″ squares. You can get nine from one sheet. And as you can see you won’t waste any of it. In fact I still have three more pieces to make three more cards. I love making the most of my designer paper.
Oh wait! The cards are hard to see when they are squished together like that. This second photo shows the full cards a little bit better. The two in the upper right are still overlapping though. Hahaha…Yep, I put one of the papers on in the opposite direction than the others, but it still works with this pattern.
This was a very easy card to make. And after I made several as congrats cards for some of my team members, I realized how awesome this design would be if you had graduation parties or weddings coming up to attend, because you could customize the accent colors to match school colors or wedding decor. Simply change out the flower ink, sentiment strip cardstock, ribbon, and embellishments. The black and white designer paper (which includes lots of patterns as you can see)…
…the black and white (inside) cardstock, and the vellum can all stay since they are neutral. So of course now I’m tempted to see if I can make a masculine version of this card since we have a few graduation parties to attend soon.
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Measurements
- Basic Black Cardstock
- 4-1/4” x 11″ scored parallel to short side at 5-1/2”
- 5/8″ x 4″
- Perfectly Penciled Designer Paper
- 4” x 4”
- Basic White Cardstock
- 4” x 5-1/4” (for the inside)
- Pool Party Cardstock
- 1/2″ x 4″
- Vellum Cardstock
- Scraps for punching leaves
- Pool Party Sheer Ribbon
- 7-8″
Directions
- After cutting and punching all the pieces listed in the measurements, stamp an inside sentiment (I stamped “Wishing You Everything Wonderful” but forgot to photo the inside for you.) on the white cardstock and the outside sentiment on the Pool Party strip.
- Use a dauber to color a few of the flowers. Start at the center and use a circular motion outward to get that gradual dark to light look.
- Add the sentiment strip to the black strip. Then add this layered piece to the designer paper where it works best with the design. Trim off any excess if needed.
- Put Seal Adhesive on the back bottom of the designer paper. Add the leaves where they look best. Use the card base as a guide so the leaves stay within the card edges. Then add more adhesive and attach to the front of the card base so you see an eighth inch border on the top and sides.
- Add the inside layer so you see an eighth inch border on the top, bottom, and sides.
- Tie the bow and add it with a Glue Dot.
- Color the Rhinestones and Iridescent Pearls with Blends Markers. And add to the card where they look best. (I recommend the Balmy Blue Blends for the blue since the Pool Party Blends color was hard to see on the rhinestones.)
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Rachel, I like this 12×12 one-sheet wonder design. I love the extra touch of the vellum leaves and bow. Can’t wait to see your masculine version. Enjoy your day!
Thanks Hilda.