Oops! I missed a day again, didn’t I? I’m sorry about that. I did manage to squeeze a card in yesterday morning before class, but it is for Hazel’s birthday on Tuesday and I know she reads this blog, so I couldn’t share straight away. I hope you’ll understand.

Hope you’re having a good weekend. DH and I have had a great cardmaking session this afternoon. He’s been working on his Mother’s Day card and I’ve been busy making another friend’s card, ready for her birthday on Wednesday and also the card shown here.

For this card, I aimed for a quilted effect by adhering punched postage stamps of the Sale-a-bration DSP to a card mat and then running it through an embossing folder.

Recipe
Stamp sets: Fresh Vintage (W125115 or C125117), Teeny Tiny Wishes (W115370)
Cardstock: Poppy Parade (121694), Sahara Sand (121695),Very Vanilla (106550)
Ink: Poppy Parade (119782)
DSP: Everyday Enchantment (126154)
Punches:  Postage Stamp (122344), Modern Label (119849), Word Window (119857), Itty Bitty Shapes (118309)
Embossing Folder: Square Lattice (119976)
Other: Basic Pearls (119247)
Tools: Big Shot (113439)

The card base is an A6 portrait of Poppy Parade card. Postage Stamps were punched from Everyday Enchantment DSP and adhered direct to the top half of a large mat of Sahara Sand. The Postage Stamp covered area was sandwiched in the Square Lattice embossing folder and run through the Big Shot to create the quilted look. Using Poppy Parade ink, the border from the Fresh Vintage set was stamped below the quilt. The same ink was used to stamp the sentiment onto Very Vanilla card before stamping out with the Word Window and then adhering direct to a Modern Label punched from Poppy Parade card.This was popped up on dimensionals, overlapping the stamped border. Mini flowers were created by punching the Itty Bitty 8-petal flower from Very Vanilla card and the Itty Bitty 4-petal flower from Poppy Parade. The latter was shaped and adhered direct to the centre of the former and a pearl added to the centre. The flowers were adhered direct to the card front.

Recipe
Stamp sets: Fresh Vintage (W125115 or C125117), You’re a Gem (W122268 or C122270), Happiest Birthday Wishes (W122615 or C122617)
Cardstock: Very Vanilla (106550)
Ink: Poppy Parade (119782)
DSP: Everyday Enchantment (126154)
Punches:  Postage Stamp (122344)

On the inside, Postage Stamps of the Everyday Enchantment DSP were adhered direct across the bottom of a Very Vanilla insert. The sentiments and the flowers were stamped in Poppy Parade ink.

Sale-a-bration ends on 31st of March so if you haven’t got your free stamp sets or paper yet there’s not too much time left.

Enjoy the rest of the sunshine.

Sara xx