Priscilla's Papercrafts: Wednesday's "What's On the Desk?"

After a week of card clubs, I had little left on my desk today. This was it:

Yup, that was it. I had been playing with the Tropical Chic bundle to bring to a team meeting, but things didn't work out, and these were the two pieces the had not been trashed. 😐. So I decided to try to turn them into a card...wait...what?

Hmmm...colors:

These look pretty - Shaded Spruce, Call Me Clover and Mint Macaron.

And this die is part of the suite - let's see what I can do with that.

Pretty.

So let's start with a piece of Mint Macaron cardstock and stamp the edge print using the "hinge" technique and the Stamparatus. I start with my cardstock in the corner and stamp all the way at the top.

Then I move the plate down two hinges (the stamp is nearly 2" tall, so this would be the next position) and stamp again. I continue down the side of the card.

And add my window (I've cut a Layering Square in the card front; I'll be putting the die-cut leaves on the inside of my card).

How about a frame? Using two of the Layering Squares Framelits, I cut one from Call Me Clover.

Let's see what this looks like:

OK, coming along; what's next?

Stamped leaves --the large one using Shaded Spruce is then cut with the Big Shot and the Tropical Thinlits dies. I also cut two Vellum leaves.

And the palm leaf.

I've stamped two of the flowers using my new favorite color combo - Poppy Parade and Mango Melody. Playing with placement after I stamped the sentiment from Another Wonderful Year.

Almost there...still needs a little something...

Done! Stitched lines below the sentiment (using the Stitched Labels Framelits) and a piece of Mint Macaron Bakers Twine (from the Nature's Twine collection) finish this off.

I forgot to mention that I ran the card base through the Big Shot with the Subtle embossing folder--can you see the texture of the front of the card? Almost like a linen fabric.