A Little Something Green

Hello and welcome to our February Seashore Stampers Blog Hop. We bring you a little something green – could be a card to mail to an Irish friend – if no Irish friend mail a card to someone who likes green. Any reason to send a card is good for me. I love to receive hand-made cards in the mail for whatever reason.

I just so happen to love green. It is my favourite colour and so I made this card using the Very Versailles (item #149275) and the Rooted in Nature (item #146482) stamp sets from the Annual Catalogue. I’ve been so wrapped up in making projects from the Jan – June Mini Catalogue and the Sale-A-Bration catalogues that I forget the beautiful products I have purchased from the Annual Catalogue.

Cutting & Scoring Measurements

• Basic Black cardstock, 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ scored at 4-1/4″
• two pieces Basic White cardstock, 4″ x 5-1/4″
• scrap piece of Basic White cardstock for the leaves

Here are the step-by-step instructions on how I made this card.

1. To create the background, I put some removable tape on the back of the Basic White 4″ x 5-1/4″ cardstock and then taped down two pieces of copy paper, one at the top, one at the bottom to mask off an area.
2. Using Granny Apple Green ink and our new Blending Brushes, I softly created the green background.
3. I inked up the vintage script stamp with Smoky Slate and stamped the image on the right side.
4. I then inked up the greenery stamp with Just Jade and Shaded Spruce alternately. Be sure to stamp off to create lighter shades.
5. Remove the scrap paper from the top and bottom and stamp the greenery one more time so it falls below the sponged area.
6. I used Momento Black ink for the greeting.
7. I stamped the leaf stamp from the Rooted in Nature stamp set three times in Granny Apple Green, Just Jade and Shaded Spruce and cut them out with the coordinating die. I joined them together and added a few mini dimensional to the back and adhered them to the card.
8. I tied two little bows with our linen thread and stuck them down with glue dots.
9. Here is how I finished the inside of the card and the envelope.

I hope you enjoy this card. Have a hop on over to our other two demonstrators’ projects.