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Layered With Kindness Birthday Card

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20 Mar

Hello, Crafters.

When I was explaining yesterday’s card, I said there was a mistake I often made when decorating the inside layers! Most of my cards are portrait mode and I always start decorating the inside in portrait mode, too! Most times I catch myself before it’s too late but not yesterday and that was the second time in a week that I’ve made that mistake. The first card was Layered With Kindness which I shared on Monday and I’ve used the portrait layer in today’s card.

I had so many different ideas what I could do with the leaves and flowers in the Layered With Kindness Stamp Set that I used my recycle computer paper for testing them! By the time I’d finished, I’d worked my way through about four or five sheets. This is a very satisfying stamp set to use because the leaves and flowers look gorgeous when they’re stamped and dried.

Using the larger leaf stamp with Granny Apple Green Ink I started stamping from the top left-hand side of my Whisper White CS top layer. I tilted the stamp so most of the single stem was off the edge of the layer. Working my way down the side of my layer I stamped three more images. Next, I worked my way around the corner and across the front getting lower each time.

To add the small pink flowers I needed to mask off the leaves I’d stamped. I stamped an image on a Post It Note making sure I was stamping over the sticky part! I have to say this fussy cutting was very fiddly, but I felt it was worth the effort. If you don’t like fussy cutting, I suggest you stamp the leaves two or three times on scrap paper and practice lining up the flowers. Or you may like to use the small butterflies I’ve used on the sentiment – more about them in a minute!

Next, I used the HAPPY BIRTHDAY image and stamped it tone-on-tone, i.e. using Granny Apple Green Ink on Granny Apple CS. I cleaned the stamp and stamped the image again but this time I used Rococo Rose Ink on Whisper White CS. I used the Label Me Lovely Punch for the Granny Apple Green CS label and the Label Me Fancy Punch for the Whisper White CS label.

Before I adhered the two labels together, I stamped three butterfly images using the two butterfly stamps from the Special Someone Stamp Set on the Whisper White CS label. Next, I adhered the two labels together and adhered them to the card front using Dimensionals. At this stage, I started thinking there was too much white space!

I took a Whisper White CS card base and adhered a layer of Granny Apple Green CS and then my image layer on top. I added very small Basic Pearls to the base of each flower, on the scrolls on the Granny Apple Green label and two on the Rococo Rose Label. I’m really pleased with how my card came together but it’s definitely lacking something.

I experimented with ribbons and bows, and I contemplated stamping some of the little butterflies in the white space. There wasn’t anything I could think of that really rocked my boat. I decided to leave it and ask you what you think! Would you leave it as it is; or would you stamp a few of the small butterflies; or do you think something else would look better? I think I should have dry-embossed the top layer!

As I explained earlier, I already had the layer for inside the card which had been leftover from Monday. I didn’t make any changes to it, I just adhered the layer in as it was. You can see from the inside why I’m thinking of adding some random butterflies in the white space on the front of my card! That’s it from me today. I look forward to being back with you tomorrow, and in the meantime, happy crafting, take care and stay well!

JanB. xx

Cardstock Layer Sizes: A4

Card base 8¼” x 5¾” scored and folded at 4 1/8”

First layer: 2 pieces 3 7/8” x 5½”

Top layer: 2 pieces 3¾” x 5 3/8”

Cardstock Layer Sizes: Letter-size

Card base 8½” x 5½” scored and folded at 4¼”

First layer: 2 pieces 4” x 5¼”

Top layer: 2 pieces 3 7/8” x 5 1/8”

Products used for this project: please click on any of the links to be taken to my 24/7 online Stampin’ Up! shop. The Hostess Code for March 2020 is HF7VVHPW. Thank you. xx 

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock
[147014]
£8.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

Whisper White A4 Card Stock
[106549]
£9.00

Layered With Kindness Cling Stamp Set (English)

Layered With Kindness Cling Stamp Set (English)
[151655]
£17.00

Special Someone Photopolymer Stamp Set

Special Someone Photopolymer Stamp Set
[151643]
£16.00

Label Me Lovely Punch

Label Me Lovely Punch
[151296]
£17.00

Label Me Fancy Punch

Label Me Fancy Punch
[151297]
£17.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Pad
[147095]
£7.00

Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill
[147163]
£3.50

Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad

Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad
[150080]
£7.00

Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill
[150089]
£3.50

Pearl Basic Jewels

Pearl Basic Jewels
[144219]
£4.75

Take Your Pick

Take Your Pick
[144107]
£9.00

Paper Trimmer

Paper Trimmer
[152392]
£23.00

Paper Snips

Paper Snips
[103579]
£9.25

Grid Paper

Grid Paper
[130148]
£11.75

Bone Folder

Bone Folder
[102300]
£6.50

Silicone Craft Sheet

Silicone Craft Sheet
[127853]
£5.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[154974]
£3.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

Stampin’ Dimensionals
[104430]
£3.75

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
[144108]
£3.75


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  1. Christine says

    March 20, 2020 at 7:42 am

    I loved the card just as it is less is more

    Reply
    • Jan says

      March 20, 2020 at 10:43 pm

      Many thanks for your thoughts, Christine. They are very much appreciated. xx

      Reply
  2. Verna Hardwick says

    March 20, 2020 at 2:43 pm

    Jan, I think the inside is great like you have it with the butterflies! I try not to overdo the inside…just keep it simple!

    Reply
    • Jan says

      March 20, 2020 at 10:42 pm

      Many thanks for your feedback, Verna. It’s very much appreciated. xx

      Reply
  3. Gerri K says

    March 20, 2020 at 3:32 pm

    This is a beautiful card! Love the pearls and the colors.

    Reply
    • Jan says

      March 20, 2020 at 10:41 pm

      Many thanks, Gerri. xx

      Reply

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