Hello there! Thank you for joining me today for a Mother’s Day card created with the Welcoming Window Bundle. You only have a few more days left to pick up this carryover item from the Spring Catalog at the 10% bundle price.
There is a tremendous amount of texture and dimension on this project, and I am going to walk you through my creative process.
I started out with an A2 top-folding 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 So Saffron card base. I cut a piece of Basic White Regular to 4-1/8 x 5-3/8 for the image panel. I stamped off Smoky Slate x1 and then stamped it onto the image panel in a zigzag pattern and then ran it through the Brick & Mortar EF.
The Smoky Slate sentiment panel was cut to 2-3/4 x 1. I stamped our sentiment onto this CS with Versamark and heat embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I punched the right side of the sentiment with the Banners Pick a Punch and adhered this to the image panel with a bit of Seal in the middle. I ran this over to my sewing machine to zigzag stitch adhere to the image panel. I then took the window die-cut and ran this through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine towards the right of the image panel, making sure that I left enough space on the right to adhere the shutter. I adhered a piece of 2 x 3 Basic White Regular with scotch tape behind the window cut and then inlaid the frame die-cut to the image panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.
The shutter images were stamped in Pool Party and die-cut.
The flower pot and ledge were stamped in Smoky Slate and die-cut.
The florals were stamped in Pale Papaya and Soft Sea Foam, and die-cut. Pale Papaya is a fabulous new In Color for 2021 – 2023 and has quickly replaced my favorite of Petal Pink.
Multidimensional adhering images and sentiment affords you a completely different eye-catching element.
Once the above images were stamped and cut, I adhered them down in the following order:
- The top left floral bunch was adhered with liquid adhesive centered around the corner of the frame.
- I laid down a thin 1/8″ strip of Tear & Tape Adhesive that I fussy cut on the inside of the shutters with the “bones” of Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals at the outside center.
- The Basic Gray window ledge was adhered with liquid adhesive.
- The right side flower pot and floral images were adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Three Matte Black Dots were scattered about the card to accent. Welcoming Window is a fantastic bundle to work with that has endless creative possibilities. I am pleased this carried over from the Spring Catalog, as I’m looking forward to pulling this bundle out for holidays.
I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thank you for stopping by for a visit and have a great day!
- Card base: A2 top-folding 4-1/4 x 5-1/2, So Saffron.
- Image mat: 4-1/8 x 5-3/8, Basic White Regular.
- Sentiment panel: 2-3/4 x 1, Smoky Slate.