Square Scenes

The card I have today is one I cased from a stamped focal point card I saw. To CASE is to take the idea and make it your own. That is what I did with the Thoughtful Journey DSP. This paper is so fabulous!! I hope you get as excited as I did.

*** In case you missed yesterday’s post including printables of all of the DSP and Punches in the Annual Catalog, I have them listed again at the bottom of the post.

Papers

The focal layer looks like a painting to me. And it probably is as it came from the Stampin’ Up! artists and they do paint some of our papers. Whatever the origin of this piece is, I am thankful and love it. The Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper is a 6 X 6 pack. To spread the paper as far as possible, I made this focal piece a 3 X 3. That way I can get four cards from one 6 X 6 piece. And I pulled the last color I saw in the paper as the, now I think perfect piece, which is Wild Wheat for the background.

The card base is Lost Lagoon, which is also in the DSP. Even though I see a lot of cards with the same color as the layer, I rarely do that. But for this one it just called to me. Except I went a step further and embossed it for more texture and to help it stand out a bit. I used the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder

Stamp

To not detract from the scene, I almost did not add a front sentiment. However I found this small and delicate looking Thanks included in the Thoughtful Wishes stamp set. The set is a match to the DSP and also has matching Dies. To keep things small I stamped on Very Vanilla and then fussy cut the sentiment. It took the Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals to fit on the mini word. And tucking it over to the side was a great way to not detract from the scene.

Finishes

This card did not really require much of a finish so to speak. So I added a simple wrap of Linen Thread around the scene. It is wrapped a couple of times and secured on the back. I took a second double strand and simply tied a knot on the front. This adds a bit more texture without overwhelming anything. And the final touch is a small Bling! I added one of the smaller 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems in Pretty In PInk. Just a soft pink touch to match the flower.

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Smile and Keep On Stamping,

Jackie