FOLIAGE BIRTHDAY

I am going to make a concerted effort to add more posts to my blog. Initially, I had planned to not renew my website when it came up for renewal this month. But, I decided to keep on keeping on rather than giving up on all my hard work over the many years.

Besides my periodic posts of my bird drawings, I will resume adding tutorials for some of the cards I continue to make. I offer kits to make four cards each month. These blog posts will be the creations for those kits.

One more thing: since I am no longer a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator (ignore that claim in my header. I don't know how to fix it.), I will continue to use my Stampin' Up! products. I will then refer to those items by the Stampin' Up! name. I will also be using non-Stampin' Up! products.

SUPPLIES:

White cardstock

Forest Foliage cardstock

Designer Series Paper

Forest Foliage ink

Big Shot

Oval dies

Unbounded Love dies

Linen thread

Stampin' Dimensionals

INSTRUCTIONS:

Fold a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of white cardstock in half, creasing it well with a bone folder.

Choose a piece of Designer Series Paper that you think would make a good background. Once your DSP is chosen, pick a piece of cardstock that works well with the colors in the DSP. Cut this coordinating cardstock to 3 1/2" x 4 3/4". You will be doing the next steps on this base.

From the DSP you've chosen, cut it to 3" x 4 1/2". Then cut this into three 1" strips. Evenly add these strips to the coordinating cardstock.

From white cardstock, die cut an oval that measures 1 3/4" x 2 3/4". In coordinating ink, stamp a sentiment that fits nicely in the center of the oval.

From some of the coordinating cardstock, die cut a decorative oval border. Carefully adhere this border to your white oval.

Take a length of linen thread, and after putting adhesive on the back of the oval, make loops, catching the thread on the adhesive as you pass over it. I added tape over the adhesive oncee my loops were in place.

Use Stampin' Dimensionals to add the sentiment piece toward the top of the card.

Leafy

Smiles.