“Love Life” card with the Cottage Garden stamp set and Sunny Garden DP & some winners!

Today’s card is a fun, bright and cheerful card that I made using Stampin’ Up!’s new Cottage Garden stamp set and Sunny Garden DP.  Because the DP was already so patterned, I opted to only use the greeting from the Sunny Garden stamp set, rather than any of the images. There just didn’t seem to be room on the card for them.  I also used a very easy but effective background inking technique to try and mute the brightness of the Peach Parfait CS which I had texured with my Big Shot and Square Lattice embossing folder.

Here’s how I made the card:

1. Take a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Whisper White CS and fold it in half using your bone folder to create your card base.
2. Cut a 4″ x 5 3/8″ piece of Peach Parfait CS and run it through your Big Shot using the Square Lattice embossing folder.  The embossing with this particular folder will cause the CS to shrink so that it should now measure approx 4″ x 5 1/4″.  If it’s not quite there, then trim it so that it measures 4″ x 5 1/4″.
3. Take a Whisper White Craft ink pad and drag it across the embossed Peach Parfait CS.  You want the coverage to be kind of patchy.  Let dry.
4. Sponge the edges of the inked Peach Parfait CS with Poppy Parade Classic ink and a stamping sponge.
5. Center and stick a 1 1/2″ x 4 1/8″ strip of Poppy Parade patterned DP (from the Sunny Garden DP collection) along the top edge of a 3″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Poppy Parade CS.
6. Center and stick a 1 1/2″ x 4 1/8″ strip of the floral patterned DP along the bottom edge of the 3″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Poppy Parade CS.
7. Lay a 5 1/4″ piece of Poppy Parade ribbon across the seam of the DP.  Bring the ends of the ribbon around to the back of the DP and stick them down using SNAIL adhesive.
8. Center and stick the matted DP piece to the card front.
9. Stamp the greeting from the Cottage Garden stamp set in Basic Black Classic ink onto a scrap of Whisper White CS.  Punch it out with the wide oval punch.
10. Sponge around the edge of the greeting using a sponge dauber and Poppy Parade Classic ink.
11. Stick the greeting over the ribbon, on the matted DP piece, towards the right edge, with a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals.
12. Thread three coordinating buttons with white embroidery floss and stick them to the card front as shown in the picture above, with mini glue dots.  You’re done!

Okay, and now onto the winners of the Greenhouse Gala Class and the Artistic Etchings workshop planner.  As promised we drew the names for 5 lucky winners who will receive BOTH the Greenhouse Gala Class AND the Artistic Etchings workshop planner.  To claim your prize, be sure to email me at andrea@sunnystampin.com.  In subject line please put August blog winner. Drumroll please….

1. Jerri Ann Holdaway
August 3rd, 2010 at 7:27 pm 
I would so love to win! Your projects are always so wonderful and useful! Pick me! Pick me! LOL Great job!

2. Roberta Smith
August 3rd, 2010 at 7:51 pm 
Looks great! I didn’t like the Greenhouse Gala DSP at first. Then I saw the tote from Convention and fell in love with it. Thanks for the chance to win! You and Sophie do great work and I don’t know what I would do without you two. Thanks for sharing.

3. Tina Lockhart
August 3rd, 2010 at 7:52 pm 
Both planners look absolutely amazing. I love how you always create cool boxes/packages for the beautiful cards and I can’t decide which planner I like better. I love, love the Greenhouse Gala DP set and the sneak peaks of the Artistic Etchings planner look simply gorgeous. As always – phenomenal job ladies!

4, Mary Jemes
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:59 pm  
I want it, I want it. Please pick me. This is so cute and so beautiful. Thanks for giving us a chance to win.
Mary

4. Ellie
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:09 pm  
I would love to be able to win this as I am trying to revive my SU biz as its holding on by some threads and I really feel this class would give it a wonderful boost & push I really would love right now 

If you’re name wasn’t drawn, we still have another give-away going on and that is for the Artist in You online class.  So be sure to click HERE and leave a comment if you haven’t already done so.  Winners for that class will be drawn on Wednesday.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card.

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Stamps: Cottage Garden
Ink: Basic Black, Poppy Parade Classic inks, Whisper White Craft ink
Paper: Whisper White CS, Peach Parfait CS, Poppy Parade CS, Sunny Garden DP
Accessories: SNAIL adhesive, mini glue dots, white embroidery floss (non-Stampin’ Up!), peach colored button (non-Stampin’ Up!), Brights Designer Buttons, Button Latte (now retired), Poppy Parade stitched poly-ribbon, sponge dauber, stamping sponges

Check out our current and upcoming Classes:

Discover your creativity with the “Artist in You” Online Class. Featuring 20 lessons/tasks/inspiration based around four core themes, this online class will help you take your creativity to the next level. For more details and to register, click HERE.
Date: Sept. 1st – 30th
Early Bird Price: $49.95

 Bright colors, bold patterns & a vintage texture create an eye-catching combination that is sure to elicit a “wow” from everyone who sees it. In the Greenhouse Gala Class your customers will create these four gorgeous cards along with a coordinating window card box to gift them in. To purchase the class planner version for Stampin’ Up! demonstrators please click HERE. For the Stamp Class by Email click HERE. You can find more great class planners at thethe Demo to Demo store.

 Not sure how to run a workshop, needing a boost or just running out of time? With the Artistic Etchings workshop planner, we take all the tears and fears out of workshop’s for you. To purchase the workshop planner please click HERE. You can find more great workshop planners at thethe Demo to Demo store.