Welcome!

Three days until Christmas! Are you all ready!  This person hasn’t bought the first gift!  Haven’t had the time.  Is that a good excuse?  Enough of that on to the card for today.  I am  using Incredible Like You (available January 3, which isn’t too long), Butterfly Gala (also available January 3) and  Bunches of Blossoms from the Annual catalog.

I am playing along at Watercooler Wednesday “Anything Goes“.  

The card is started with a Pear Pizzazz card base, then a Whisper White mat that has been embossed using the Pinewood Plank embossing folder, then adhered to the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  A  panel of Basic Black card stock is cut for the mat to the art piece.  The art piece is stamped using Lovely Lipstick and Pear Pizzazz ink.  The flowers are a two step process and  from the stamp set Incredible Like You (available January 3), This technique is something I have never tried before.  It took me practice and three tries before I finally was able to think this piece was acceptable.  As always practice makes perfect, so I must try it again to see  the results.  You stamp the darkest color first or that is the way I did it and then you stamp the lightest color, stamping off once to make the color lighter.  The color is Lovely Lipstick, but to me it looks more like Cherry Cobbler.  The art piece is now adhered to the Basic Black mat using Liquid Glue and a length of Pear Pizzazz 3/8″ ribbon is wrapped around the art piece.  This is now adhered to the embossed panel using Liquid Glue. The greeting is stamped in Lovely Lipstick on a scrap of Whisper White, then cropped using the Layering Oval Framelits Dies. It is popped over the ribbon in the lower right corner of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.  A tiny butterfly is cut using one of the butterflies from the Butterfly Gala stamp set (available January  3). A pearl from the Share What You Love Artisan Pearl pack is glued to the butterfly. A Glue Dot is used to adhere to the card front.  Three pearls from the same pack are adhered to the upper right corner.

The inside sentiment is a big Happy Birthday stamped in Lovely Lipstick on a panel of Whisper White.

You can find the products used in creating this card along with the card cuts at the end of this post.  Thank you for stopping by, my wish as usual is for you to find encouragement and inspiration for your own creations.

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December 16-31 Host Code:  9HNPAN4T

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift from me!  If your order is over $150, please do not use this code, but you’ll still get the free gift.  The free gift is your choice of any item valued up to $10.00 in the 2018-19 Annual Catalog or in  the 2018 Holiday Catalog!  That includes some of the Host Exclusive stamp sets! 

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Products Used in Creating This Card

Incredible Like You Photopolymer Stamp Set [148708] $17.00	Bunch Of Blossoms Photopolymer Stamp Set [141573] $21.00	Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Bundle [150599] $35.00	Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143708] $10.00
Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [131201] $8.50	Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [121045] $8.50	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730] $9.75	Pear Pizzazz 3/8″ Shimmer Ribbon [144153] $7.00
Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $35.00	Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin’ Pad [147140] $7.50	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad [147104] $7.50	Share What You Love Artisan Pearls [146927] $6.00
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $4.00

•  Pear Pizzazz – card base – 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5-1/2″
• Whisper White – Front mat 4″ x 5-1/4″; Inside sentiment panel 5″ x 3-3/4″; Art Piece – 3″ x 4-1/8″
• Basic Black – Mat for art piece – 3-1/8″ x 4-3/8″

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