Thinking About You

Inspiration

It's Heartfelt Creations Wednesday, and here's a simple card using a couple of sets from the Botanical Garden Collection. The whole collection has so many possibilities for creating beautiful flowers, for any season! Be sure to visit the HC blog - the design team has created some real beauties this week!

Ingredients

Note: 4 1/2" x 5 3/4"

Paper

Very Vanilla (SU!)	4 1/4" x 11, scored at 5 1/5"
Rich Razzleberry (SU!)	4 1/2" x 5 3/4"
Old Olive (SU!)	3" x 3"
Razzleberry Lemonade DSP (SU!)	2" x 2"

Inks

Rich Razzleberry (SU!)

Old Olive (SU!)

Stamps

HCPC 3406 Botanical Floral 1 PreCut Set (Heartfelt Creations)

HCPC 3405 Leaf Medley PreCut Set (Heartfelt Creations)

HCPC 3383 Cardinal Posy Branch PreCut Set (Heartfelt Creations)

Accessories

Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)

Petite Scalloped Circle - Large Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

SPICA glitter pen (Imagination International)

Adhesive Pearl (Recollections)

Ribbon (Hobby Lobby)

Bow-Easy

Glue Dots

Zip Dry

Scissors

ATG (Scotch)

Scor-Pal

Rotary Trimmer with straight and scalloped blades

Instructions

WINDOW

Cut a sheet of vanilla paper in half length-wise, so your card stock is 4 1/4" x 11". Score at 5 1/2". Fold the card along the scored line. Trim the three open edges of the card with a scalloped blade on the rotary trimmer. Use the second-largest scalloped circle Nestabilities die to cut and emboss a window about an inch below the scored line on one side of the card.

IMAGE

Stamp the sentiment (from the Cardinal Posy Branch set) in dark pink ink on the inside of the card, so that it shows through the open window. Stamp the flower in dark pink ink on the designer paper, and trim it out closely. Stamp the leaf branch in green ink on green paper and trim it out closely. Mount the branch and the flower inside the card, around the sentiment, again so most of it shows through the window.

ASSEMBLY

Cut a single rectangle from the dark pink cardstock measuring 4 1/2" x 5 3/4". Mount the vanilla card onto this rectangle to create a mat for the scalloped edges of the card, and make the card a bit sturdier. Tie a ribbon around the card front, going through the window at the lower end. Finish up by adding sparkles on the leaves and flower using the clear SPICA pen, and an adhesive pearl in the center of the flower.

Thanks for stopping by!