From My Heart: 2025

Monday, April 14, 2025

Thankful Garden/Fancy Borders

I picked another piece of the Lovely Garden Designer Series Paper, part of the Thankful Garden collection to pick colors to use on this card. Fresh Freesia and Garden Green work well together to create the look of the card.

Cutting Instructions

Thick Basic White - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", score at 4 1/4"

Basic White - 4" x 5 1/4", 1 1/2" x 4 1/4", 2"x 3 1/2" and a scrap for long leaf die cut

Garden Green - 3 1/2" x 1 1/2" for die cut leaves

Fresh Freesia - 2 1/2" x 5 1/4"

Designer Series Paper - 2 1/4" x 5 1/4"

Assembly

Use the Distressed Tile Embossing Folder on the largest Basic White cardstock, adhere to the front of the card base.

Lay the Designer Series Paper on the Fresh Freesia Cardstock, matching the top edges, there will be a 1/4" edge on the bottom. Use the Fancy Borders die to cut the edge. Adhere the papers together matching the bottom edges. Then adhere to the card front leaving a 1/2" edge on the left side.

Stamp the flowers only on the Basic White Cardstock, color with the coordinating masks and Blending Brushes. Fussy cut the flowers.

Die cut to sets Garden Green leaves.

Die cut the long leaf branch out of Basic White

Stamp 2 leaf sets with Garden Green ink, and the sentiment with Memento Black Ink. Die cut leaves and sentiment.

Add Dimensionals to the flowers (do not take the backing off for now), and lay out the leaves and flowers the way you want it to look. Take a piece of Press n' Seal (from your kitchen) and lay it over the card front (sticky side down).

Gently peel off the card base and flip over and use adhesive on the pieces. And take the backing off the Dimensionals.

Flip back on to the card base and let the glue attach, then gently pull the Press n' Seal off.

Add Dimensionals to the sentiment and attach.

Finish the card with some gems from the Tinsel Gems 3 Pack.

Hope you enjoy this card

Cindy Loen

Product List

Thankful Garden Bundle (English)

[165534]

$64.75

Wonderful Thoughts Bundle (English)

[161494]

$53.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$11.25

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Lovely Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[165524]

$12.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

[155611]

$9.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$9.00

Distressed Tile 3 D Embossing Folder

[162189]

$10.00

Small Blending Brushes

[160518]

$14.00

Fancy Borders Dies

[165380]

$34.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Simply Shammy

[147042]

$9.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

Tinsel Gems Three Pack

[161624]

$7.50

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Easter Cross

With a few folds and cut paper you have a cross shaped card, if you don't mind 1/8-inch measurements. Plus, the card folds down to fit into a standard envelope.

Cutting

Old Olive: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2, scrap for 2-inch circle punch, 5 1/8 x 7/8, (2) 5 1/8 x 5/8, (2)5 1/8 x 1 1/8, 3 x 1/8

Basic White: 5 x5 (score at 1, 1 7/8, 3 1/8, 4),3 1/4 x 5 1/4, 3 1/8 x 1 1/4, scrap for 1 3/4 circle punch, (2)5 1/8 x 7/8, (2)5 1/8 x 5/8, 5 1/8 x 1 1/8

Floral Delights DSP: 2 7/8 x 1, (2) 5 x 3/4, (2) 5 x 1/2, 5 x 1

Assembly

Adhere and layer the Floral Delights DSP on the Old Olive Cardstock strips, then adhere to the Basic White scored base. Fold and burnish each score line.

Apply adhesive to the left back side of the Basic White/ DSP piece and adhere to the Old Olive Cardstock, so the same with the right side, this will create a popped-up center piece.

Attach the remaining Basic White, Old Olive and DSP together and adhere to the popped-up section of the card base, more than halfway up to create the cross look.

Stamp the sentiment on the Basic White circle, three palm fronds in Old Olive and the light rays in Lemon Lolly. Adhere on the center of the cross. Layer on to an Old Olive 2-inch punch piece.

Adhere the large Basic White Cardstock to the back of the card to write a message.

All ready to send your Easter Greetings

Cindy Loen

Product List

Faith Collection Bundle (English)

[164796]

$36.75

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$9.00

Pecan Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

[161665]

$9.00

Lemon Lolly Classic Stampin' Pad

[161666]

$9.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100702]

$11.50

Floral Delight 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164700]

$12.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Simply Shammy

[147042]

$9.00

1-3/4" (4.4 Cm) Circle Punch

[119850]

$23.00

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

This card has all the Angles

Still in love with the Wildflower Birthday Designer Series Paper and thought it would be a perfect fit for a Girly Birthday card. Have your Paper Trimmer handy to make the cuts for this card, I will take you through assembly step by step.

Cutting instructions

Softsea Foam- 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, score at 4 1/4

Pretty in Pink- 4 1/8 x 5 1/8, 3 x 4 1/4, 1/2 x 6 1/4

Basic White- 4 x 5 1/4, 2 7/8 x 4 1/8

Designer Series Paper 1 - 4 1/4 x 2 1/4

Designer Series Paper 2 - 2 1/4 x 5 3/8

Assembly

Open scored card base and on top side make a tic mark at 2 1/8 on the right side

Next place it in the paper trimmer tic mark on the cut line and lower left worker on the cut line, trim off bottom right end and save for a future step.

Take smaller piece of Designer Series Paper and make a tic mark on the top left side at 1/2-inch

Put in the Paper Trimmer and cut from the tic mark to the lower right side.

Set the trimmed aside, flip piece over the add adhesive to the angle cut and attach the 1/2-inch Pretty in Pink strip to the underside leaving 1/8 approx edge.

Trim away cardstock from the top and bottom.

Take the Softsea Foam piece trimmed away above and attach to the back side of this piece. Trim away extra.

Adhere other Designer Series Piece to the top of the card base, there will be a tiny bit of hang over to be trimmed away.

Attach triangle shaped piece to the left side of the card base, careful with the adhesive on the lower right side of the piece.

Stamp the sentiment from With you In Mind, one of my favorite sentiment sets, in Pretty in Pink on the smaller Basic White piece and the banner in Softsea Foam ink. Attach to the smaller Pretty in Pink piece. Then attach to the card front, again minding where you put adhesive to not seal the card shut.