PAPER STRIPS AND FRIENDLY FOLIAGE

This week I am sharing some additional ideas with the Friendly Foliage Bundle.  I featured this bundle back in November, and it has quickly become a favorite of mine.  It is versatile and can be "dressed up", or "dressed down".

Today, I decided to use some of the smaller foliage stamps and die cuts.  I tend to gravitate towards the very interesting large focal point stamp & die, but I wanted to see what I could do with some of the smaller pieces alone.

The background for this card is made with 3/4" strips of the Boho Vibes Designer Series Paper (DSP).  It's a great way to use of those strips of DSP that seem to accumulate but are so hard to throw away.

Just position the strips in any pattern on a piece of cardstock and adhere them.  Then trim your sheet to size to get rid of all the "over-hanging" strips.

After I completed my background, I simply added one of the sentiments from the Friendly Foliage stamp set.  A few of the small leaves were added to the back of the sentiment assembly before adhering it to the card front with dimensionals,

For the inside of the card, I made another strip for the bottom of the message layer using the same paper strips technique.  Since I had a couple of the stems left over from the card front, I tucked them under the edge of the strip.  (You could also just stamp them on the Basic White before adhering the decorative strip.)

I even used the Paper Strip technique to cover a 6" x 2-1/2" piece of Basic White to cover the envelope flap.  If I had thought ahead, I would have made a larger piece all at once and then cut it into two pieces for the inside strip and the envelope.

Use this link to download a tutorial with more details for the card.

Product List

Friendly Foliage Bundle (English) [167308]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229]	Secret Sea 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165624]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]
Boho Vibes 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165144]	Peaceful Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Paper [165929]	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990]	Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad [165285]
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095]	Glass & Gardens Embossing Folders [165597]	Rainbow Adhesive Backed Dots [162758]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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UNBOUNDED HOPE

Today our card focuses on Hope.

This card was inspired by Brandy Cox's Challenge from the 2024 Spring Creativate Retreat.  She called it "Paper Strip Background", and that is exactly what it is -- Paper Strips.  The background reminds me of a Quilting Technique, but for the challenge we just needed to add strips however we desired.  It didn't need to look like a "quilt".

I used a mixture of paper strips from the Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper (DSP), Basic White and one of my top 2 favorite new In-Colors, Summer Splash.  The Basic White and Summer Splash were embossed with the Distress Tile embossing folder before adhering everything to a layer of Basic White cardstock.

The sentiment die cut was made with one of "frames" from Unbounded Love dies.  The leaves that you see behind the flower is actually part of the die cut.  I love that.  It makes it so easy!

The flower is from the other bundle, Flowers of Beauty, which is included in the Unbounded Beauty Suite.  It is a two layer stamp which was stamped with Petunia Pop ink, also a new 24-26 In-Color.

For the inside of the card, I used the sentiment from Unbounded Love that coordinates with the "Hope" sentiment -- "IS BELIEVING IN A BRIGHTER TOMORROW."    Don't you love how the inside sentiment continues the message of the front sentiment?  I know I do!

Use this link to download a free tutorial for today's card.  

Sneak Peak Products used were:

• Unbounded Beauty Suite: Item #163390 
• Unbounded Love Bundle:  Item #163384
• Flowers of Beauty Bundle:  Item #163376
• Unbounded Beauty 12 " x 12" DSP:  Item #163372
• Summer Splash Cardstock:  Item #161797
• 24-26 In-Color Shimmer Gems:  Item #163781
• Petunia Pop Classic Ink Pad:  Item #163811

Sneak Peak products are available to purchase today, May 1, 2024

Below is a list of the currently available products that were used for this card.

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

Distressed Tile 3 D Embossing Folder

[162189]

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

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