FARMHOUSE HELLO NOTE

I do love the Designer Series Papers from Stampin’ UP! I have been busy making ‘just a little note’ cards. We all have friends who have not ventured out into the world for a while. It is a good thing to send our friends a note. Something sweet in the mail to make them smile. I came up with a Farmhouse Hello note card to do just that.

Here is my card.

Embossed background with old coffee pot.

Do you notice the embossed background? I added silver embossed coffee pots to a piece of the World of Goods DSP. Here are the instructions for you.

Early Espresso cardstock:
- 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5-1/2″
- 2-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ for die-cutting
Very Vanilla cardstock:
- 4″ x 5-1/4″ for inside card message panel
- 3-3/4″ x 5″ for layering
- 3″ x 3″ for stamped image
- 1/2″ x 3-3/4″ for sentiment
World of Goods DSP: 4″ x 6″

CREATING THE BACKGROUND

Stamp the DSP background with Versamark ink using an image from Country Home stamp set.
Heat emboss with silver embossing powder. TIP: Stamp 3 or 4 images then emboss. Repeat until you have a background that pleases you.
Use Stitched Rectangle die to die-cut a piece that works with your design.

Stamp the Good Morning Magnolia image onto the vellum panel using Basic Gray ink. The lines will be blurred by the Stampin’ Blends and the alcohol to create a faux watercolor effect.

Color the image starting with the lightest color. Use Dark Daffodil Delight for the center. Dip a fine-tip paintbrush into the rubbing alcohol and gently move the color. I added Champagne Shimmer Paint to my rubbing alcohol.

Next, color non-adjacent petals with Dark Flirty Flamingo. Gently blur the stamped line. Let dry and repeat on other petals. Do the same for the leaves. TIP: Blow into a straw to gently direct the ink flow in the desired direction.

Add a second layer of color after the image is dry. Repeat the process of alcohol painting and gently blowing the ink.

OPTIONAL: Pick up some clean rubbing alcohol with the paintbrush and flick it over the image. This will create small droplets that will lighten some areas by moving the color outward.

Adhere the vellum panel to the Basic White cardstock panel using Stampin’ Seal or a light amount of Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Add to Basic Black card base.

Stamp the sentiment in White Craft ink and heat emboss with with embossing powder. Trim to you liking. Add to card panel with small black Dimensionals.

Customize the message insert and the envelope with some flicks of color from the brush end of the Stampin’ Blends.

Stamp a cluster of foliage from the Country Home stamp set using Mossy Meadow ink.
Color with Stampin’ Blends. I used Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake, Cinnamon Cider, and Bronze.
Fussy cut image.

I am not the best at using the Stampin’ Blends. Sometimes I just don’t like the result. In this case, it was easy to cut the offending area out. TIP: Don’t give up.

Stamp sentiment with Stamparatus using Mossy Meadow ink on Very Vanilla strip. Do not remove from Stamparatus. TIP: Use magnets on either end of the sentiment strip to keep it from pulling up.
Then stamp sentiment again over the Mossy Meadow with Versamark.
Heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

Die-cut the cattail strip from the Friendly Silhouette dies and Early Espresso strip.

FACTOID: Did you know that cattails are edible? They taste like a bitter cucumber. I have eaten a roasted cattail head in the spring with my kids during a scout program. Not bad. Apparently the lower leaves can be added to salads. The cattail produces more edible starch than almost any green plant – more than rice, potatoes, yams, or taros. An acre of cattails will produce about 6500 pounds of flour. The plant is tantamount to GOLD for a survivalist. Interested in more info on cattails? Check this site out.

Tie a double bow with linen thread.

ASSEMBLY (back to our regular programming…)

Layer card panels as shown.
Add Dimensionals to the sentiment. TIP: Don’t put Dimensionals behind the area that you plan to tuck the foliage.
Trim cattails and tuck behind the sentiment. Use a little dab a liquid glue.
Trim foliage image to tuck behind the sentiment and add 2 Mini-Dimensionals. TIP: The Dimensionals will keep the cattails in place no need for lots of adhesive.
Add bow using a couple of glue dots. TIP: Press bow into glue dots firmly to get maximum hold.

What did you think? Isn’t this a great way to add interest to Designer Series Paper? And that is my sweet Farmhouse Hello note using an altered DSP as my background.

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