Gratitude Card

   Happy Friday!

For today's project I have this pretty Gratitude Card. To create my card, I've used a variety of dies from the Paper Flower Collection and Joset Designs as well as stamps from the Beautiful Blooms Collection. You'll want to read below as I have a full tutorial on how to recreate my card at home.

To start, you'll need to choose two pieces of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. Die cut a 4" Stitched Indented Rectangle out of one of the patterned papers. Die cut a 3 1/2" Stitched Indented Rectangle. Ink the edges of both pieces using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Choose another piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. Die cut a 3 3/4" Fitted Indented Rectangle out of the patterned papers. Ink the edges of both pieces using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

The next two steps use the Pizza Box Die. 

Die cut the scallop circle out of a piece of kraft cardstock. Ink the edges of the circle using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut the large plain circle out of a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Apply Detail Black Ink to the Gratitude word from the Beautiful Blooms - Gratitude Stamp Set and stamp in the middle of the circle. Using a paint brush, splatter a bit of Tarnished Brass Distress Spray Stain on the circle. Once the circle has dried, ink the edges of the circle using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Strawberries die, die cut both swirls twice out of White Soft Finish Cardstock.

The next three steps use the Florals 6 die.

Die cut the leaves three times out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink over the entire surface of all three leaves.

Die cut the centres once out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. You'll need a total of three centres.

Die cut the extra large flower once, the large flower three times, the medium flower three times, the small flower three times and the extra small flower three times out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink over the entire surface of all of the flowers. Using a paintbrush, splatter Tarnished Brass Distress Spray Stain over the flowers as desired.

Shape the three leaves as desired.

Shape the flowers. For one of the flowers, adhere a extra large, large, medium, small and extra small flower together as well as a centre. For the other two flowers, adhere a large, medium, small and extra small flower together as well as a centre to each.

Adhere the 3 3/4" rectangle to the 4" rectangle. Foam square the 3 1/2" rectangle to the 3 3/4" rectangle.

Adhere the large circle to the scallop circle. Foam square the scallop circle 1" from the left and 5/8" from the bottom of the 3 1/2" rectangle.

Adhere the three leaves and swirls as desired around the left hand side of the gratitude circle.

Adhere the two matching flowers to the top and bottom portion of the circle. Foam square the extra large flower in amongst the middle portion of the circle.

To finish the card, cut a cardbase out of White Soft Finish Cardstock that measures 4" x 11", score at 5 1/2". Adhere the cardfront to the cardbase.

Here are a few closeup photos of the finished card.

Here is the finished Gratitude Card.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:

- Beautiful Blooms - Gratitude

 

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Walnut Stain, Kitsch Flamingo & Rustic Wilderness, Distress Spray Stain - Tarnished Brass and Blending Tool with Foam

- Pink Fresh: Detail Black Ink

- Misc: Kraft Cardstock and Flower Shaping Tools

I hope that my card has inspired you to recreate your own version of my Gratitude Card.

- Katelyn