Priscilla's Papercrafts: Notes of Kindness, Part 2

Sunday, August 5, 2018

Notes of Kindness, Part 2

Yesterday I shared this post with you. My July Card Clubs used the Notes of Kindness Card Kit for our class. And it was a hit!

Part of the deal to try this unique class (I had never used a kit before and wasn't sure how it would be accepted) was that I would provide two more cards, using some of the elements from their kits, so they would go home with SIX completed cards (we usually do 4) AND the kit to make another 16 cards at home. Wow! That's a lot of cards!

So today I will show you the two bonus cards that were made.

Here is the first:

The card base is Soft Seafoam. Then we cut one of the included kit card bases in half to give us the striped panel. Using the Stamparatus, we stamped "WISH" from Broadway Birthday, and "Happy Birthday" from Blow Out the Candles in Blushing Bride and Mossy Meadow inks. Because we used the Stamparatus, the images were perfectly aligned!

Everyone cut one of the dies in the Stained Glass Thinlits set with Mossy Meadow cardstock and adhered it to the front of their card. Using the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets prior to cutting out the die made this easy! We then attached the die cut Gardenia (from the kit) using Dimensionals.

A little tab of Blushing Bride ribbon and some Artisan Pearls finish off this pretty card.

And then we made this:

Can you say "over the top"? But SO gorgeous!

I CASED this idea from Tami White, and added a few more details.

The Blackberry Bliss base is 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored and folded in half. But we built the entire card on a slightly smaller panel of Blackberry Bliss - 4" x 5-1/4" (which was then adhered to the card front with Dimensionals).

Let's look at all that's going on with this card:

1. After swiping our cardstock with the Embossing Buddy, we inked our stamp with Versamark and embossed it with Silver Embossing Powder. Some attendees chose an alternative phrase for birthdays.

2. The Blushing Bride-striped banner - we cut one of the kit-included banners down slightly and placed it in the corner.

3. The Blushing Bride ribbon - a strip was adhered with some Tear & Tape.

4. Everyone cut two squares - a Stitched Shapes square of Mossy Meadow, and a smaller one of Blackberry Bliss using the Layering Squares Framelits. These were placed in the center of the card, just above the sentiment.

5. We used two of the die cuts from the Notes of Kindness kit - the succulent and the leaves. The leaves were placed first.

6. We added loops of Silver Thread and retired Silver Cord to the back of our succulent and adhered it with Dimensionals.