Showing Kindness Matters with Vintage Roses

You might remember that last week, I showed you this serendipitous card that came about as I was working on the card I am about to show you.   I created the card I am showing you today as one of the projects for my hostess club this month, and it is a "CASE" ("Copy & Share Everything") or recreation of the beautiful "You're Fantastic" card on page 12 of the 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog (if you are viewing the Idea Book online, it will actually be page 14 in your viewer), just with a different color scheme and stamp set. 

For this card, we used the Kindness Matters set for the background stamping and the greeting:

We started with a Crumb Cake base, stamped the butterflies and swirls on in Crumb Cake Classic Ink, then sponged around the edges of the card with Soft Suede.  We also stamped the greeting with Soft Suede.

The flag or banner piece behind the focal point is a piece of Certainly Celery, which we embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Embossing Folder and Big Shot.  We attached a piece of Natural Ivory card stock, punched with the Scallop Edge Border Punch, to either side of the Certainly Celery piece. 

We used another piece of Natural Ivory to create the dotted oval frame piece -- it is embossed with one of the new Designer Frames Textured Embossing Folders and the Big Shot.  We tore carefully around the edges -- and actually, I learned from my friend Jana that you could take a wet q-tip around the area you wanted to tear, and that made it way easier!  It also made the edges a bit softer where the paper fibers had been broken down by the water.  Thanks, Jana, for that tip!!!

In the center of the frame, we added a piece punched from Paisley Prints Designer Series Paper, using the Wide Oval Punch. 

We created the flowers using two pieces punched from the Five Petal Flower Punch for the smaller flower and the Fancy Flower Punch for the larger flower. We used the Faux Suede technique to create the soft fuzzy look to some of the petals and create more petals for the flowers.  I'm going to have to add these flowers to the list of things I should make a video to show how to do because it is way harder to explain in words than to demonstrate!  The kids are back to school in basically a day, so I should be able to do that for you very soon!  In the meantime, here's a close up:



We created the leaves by punching blossoms out of Always Artichoke using the Blossom Builder Punch.  Then, we scored them (using Stampin' Up!'s new scoring tool!  Available to customers starting Sept. 1st!!!) and ran them through the crimper. 

The ribbon is Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, which we tied in a bow, spritzed with water, then scrunched and let dry.  We attached it using several drops of Tombo Multi -- one in the center, and then one on either side.

Hope you like it!  Please stop by tomorrow to see the other projects we created at Sunday's hostess club!

- Michelle