New Beginnings

Inspiration

Here's my third Heartfelt Creations card for this week, using more stamps from the Chateau Gate Collection. I love the sentiment about obstacles being doorways to new beginnings, so I created a formidable door for the front of the card, and a pleasant scene inside to go with with the sentiment.

Ingredients

Note: Finished card size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

HCPC 3441: Chateau Gateway PreCut Set	HCPC 3446: Doorway Trimmings PreCut Set
HCPC 3444: Scenic Vista PreCut Set	HCPC 3449: Door to My Heart PreCut Set

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Paper

Kraft (SU!)	4 1/4" x 11", score at 5 1/2", and 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)	4" x 5 1/4" (2 pieces), and 3" x 4", and 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Ink

Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)

Accessories

Petite Scalloped Ovals - Large Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Petite Ovals - Small Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)

COPIC Markers (Imagination International)

Prisma Color Pencils

Gamsol

Paper Stubs

Gold Gel Pen (Uniball)

Sponge

3-D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives)

Scissors

Scor-Pal

ATG (3M)

Rotary trimmer with straight & deckled blades (Fiskars)

Instructions

BASE CARD

Cut a piece of kraft card stock measuring 4 1/4" x 11", score at 5 1/2" and fold.

CARD FRONT

Stamp the brick wall door image on ivory card stock in brown ink. Trim with a deckled blade to measure 4" x 5 1/4". Sponge the edges with brown ink. Color the mortar between the bricks with an E43 COPIC marker. Use a colored pencil to color the bricks - I used Siena Brown. Blend the color with Gamsol and a paper stub. Color the door with a colored pencil and blend with Gamsol - I used Dark Brown. Color the hinges with COPIC E49 and the gold gel pen. Mount the image on the front of the card.

Stamp the topiary image twice on ivory paper, and trim closely. Color with COPIC markers. I used these colors:

• Leaves: YG93, YG95
• Pots: E08, E09
• Sand: E33
• Stems: E35

Mount these on either side of the door using foam squares.

CARD INSIDE

Using a deckled blade, cut a piece of ivory card stock measuring 4" x 5 1/4". Sponge the edges with brown ink. Stamp the image in the upper left area in brown ink, and color with COPIC markers. I used these colors:

• Table/Chairs: B93, B99
• Teapot, Cup: C3
• Flowers: R32, YG09, Y13
• Grass: YG07, YG09
• Trees: YG13, YG17, E35, E47
• Path: E30, E34

Cut/emboss an ivory oval, and cut/emboss a kraft scalloped oval. Use a sponge to add brown ink around the edges of the scalloped oval with brown ink.

Stamp the sentiment in brown ink on the ivory oval. Mount the ivory oval on the scalloped oval, and mount in the lower right of the image panel. Mount the image panel inside the card.

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