Using the ‘Double Point’ fun fold technique for this card makes it look elegant, but it’s quite simple to make! Once you make one card with this fun fold and see how fast it goes, I’m sure you’ll want to make more of them to keep on hand.

Cut Cardstock:

• Card Base
  • Blackberry Bliss – 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″
• Second Layer
  • Whisper White – 5 1/4″ x4 “
  • Share What You Love Designer Paper – 4″ x 3″, cut two, score at 1″ parallel to the 4″ side
• Focal Point
  •  Blackberry Bliss – 4″ x 3″
  • Whisper White – 4″ x 3″
  • Mossy Meadow – scrap to punch sprigs
  • Pear Pizzazz – scrap to die cut leaf branches
  • Whisper White – scrap to stamp flowers

Assembly:

Using the 4″ x3″ piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock, cut a scalloped oval using the largest scalloped oval from the Layering Ovals framelits and set aside.

Using Blackberry Bliss ink, stamp ‘Sending Love’ from the ‘Climbing Roses’ stamp set onto the 4″ x 3″ piece of Whisper White cardstock and then cut out with the largest oval from the ‘Stitched Shapes’ framelits. Snail onto the Blackberry Bliss scalloped oval and set aside.

Using the Sprig Punch punch, punch out two sprigs from the Mossy Meadow cardstock.

With a scrap of Pear Pizzazz cardstock, cut out two leaf stems using the Bouquet Bunch framelits.

Stamp four small flowers from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set onto the scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock using Blushing Bride ink. Cut out the flowers with coordinating dies from the Bouquet Bunch framelits.

Arrange the flowers, leaves and sprigs around the oval greeting.

• Cut one of the sprigs in half and adhere one piece with multipurpose glue near the top of the oval.
• Glue the other sprig to the bottom left side of the oval.
• Trim the stems off of the die cut leaves and glue in place, refer to photo of finished card for placement.
• Snail two of the flowers at the bottom of the oval slightly overlapping the ends of the sprig and leaf.
• Use a dimensional to adhere another flower  slightly overlapping the other two flowers at the bottom of the oval.
• Use a dimensional to adhere the fourth flower at the top of the oval slightly overlapping the ends of the sprig and leaf. Refer to the photo of the cardfront for placement.
• Place a large pearl on the center of each flower.
• Use Wink of Stella to give the flowers a little glimmer.

Take a 4″x 3″piece of Share What You Love Designer Paper (DSP) which has been scored at 1″ along one of the 4″ sides. Fold the remaining two inches of this piece so that it meets in the center along the score line and forms a point at the top. Snail the folds down. Repeat with the second piece of DSP. The photo below shows what both sides should look like when you finish folding them.

Using multipurpose glue or Snail, adhere the DSP to the top and bottom of the 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of Whisper White cardstock, applying the adhesive to the one inch portion of the DSP that did not get folded.

Fold the points of the DSP over to the center of the Whisper White cardstock.  Burnish the folds with your Bone Folder so the folds are nice and crisp.

Place two dimensionals at the tip of the top point, then center the completed focal point oval to the dimensional, making sure the dimensionals do not show at the edge of the oval. Refer to finished card photo.

Using Blackberry Bliss ink, stamp the sentiment onto the center of the Whisper White cardstock, making sure it does not show from behind the oval. If you have trouble determining this, place small pencil marks on the cardstock to the side of the oval when it is folded on top of it to use as guidelines to stamp the sentiment. I chose a sentiment from the ‘Special Celebrations’ stamp set as it is not very wide. Don’t forget to erase your pencil marks when you are done stamping.

ENVELOPE:

Keeping with my habit of decorating the lower left corner of the envelope, stamp the flower with Blushing Bride ink and stamp the tiny leaf several times with Pear Pizzazz ink.

Your beautiful card is now finished! Wasn’t that easy?  Whoever you send this card to will be impressed with its elegance, but you don’t have to tell them how quick and easy it was to make!

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Looking for a card for a man’s birthday or for Father’s Day? The ‘Heartland‘ and ‘Rooted in Nature’ stamp sets are the perfect combination to create a card he’ll really appreciate.

Cut Cardstock: 

• Card Base:
  • Early Espresso – 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″
• ‘In-between’ layer:
  • Early Espresso – 4″ x 3″ (to cut oval)
  • Strip for Greeting: Early Espresso – 1/2″ x 3 1/2″
• Top Layer:
  • Very Vanilla – 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″ (to emboss)
• Image Layer:
  • Very Vanilla – 4″ x 3″ (to stamp tractor)
  • Very Vanilla – 5″ x 3 1/2″ (to stamp trees)
  • Very Vanilla – small strip for greeting
• Inside Layer:
  • Very Vanilla – 5 1/4″ x 4″

Assembly:

Using Early Espresso ink, stamp the tractor image from the ‘Heartland’ stamp set onto the 4″ x 3″ piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and set aside.

With the Woodland Embossing Folder, emboss the 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″ piece of Very Vanilla cardstock. Using the 6th largest oval from the Layering Ovals framelits, cut an oval in the embossed cardstock approximately 3/4″ from the right side and 1 1/2″ from the top.

Using the 5th largest oval from the Layering Oval framelits, cut an oval in the 4″ x 3″ piece of Early Espresso cardstock. Snail this to the back of the Very Vanilla embossed piece so that it ‘frames’ the oval.

Snail the tractor stamped image onto the card front, making sure you place it where it will show through the cut ovals when you place that piece over it.

Using dimensionals, adhere the embossed piece to the card front, making sure that the tractor shows through the oval as well as it being centered onto the card front.

Stamp two trees from the ‘Rooted in Nature’ stamp set onto the 5″ x 3 1/2″ piece of Very Vanilla cardstock. To get both the Mossy Meadow ink and Early Espresso ink onto the stamp, first ink up the stamp with the Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Pad. Quickly use a Blender Pen to remove the ink from the ‘trunk’ areas of the tree, then use an Early Espresso marker to apply color to the tree trunk. ‘Huff’ on the ink-covered stamp to make sure all of the ink is still moist, then stamp onto the cardstock. If you’re not familiar with the term ‘huffing’, it means to exhale, not blow, on the ink covered stamp. Blowing on it will dry the ink; huffing will keep the ink moist. Cut out both trees using the coordinating tree die from the ‘Nature’s Roots’ framelits.

Snail one of the trees to the card front near the lest side. Use dimensionals to attach the second tree to the card front closer to the oval with some of the branches extending slightly over the oval. Refer to the finished card photo for placement.

Using Early Espresso ink, stamp the ‘Happy Birthday’ greeting from the ‘Itty Bitty Greetings’ stamp set onto the strip of Very Vanilla cardstock, then punch it out with the Classic Label punch. Snail this piece onto 1/2″ strip of Early Espresso cardstock and use your paper snips to trim the ends to match the design of the punched out greeting. Use dimensionals to adhere the greeting to the card front above the oval. Refer to the finished card photo for placement.

INSIDE:

Stamp one tree onto the lower left corner of the 5 3/8′ x 4 1/8″ piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, using the same two-color technique as on the trees for the card front. Stamp the sentiment of your choice using Early Espresso ink. The sentiment I used for this card is from the ‘Golden Afternoon’ stamp set. Snail the stamped piece to the inside of the card.

ENVELOPE: 

Decorating the envelope is a nice way to complete your project and give it your extra-special touch. I stamped a tree from the ‘Rooted in Nature’ stamp set on the lower left corner of the envelope using the same technique as for the trees on the card front.

Please note that purchasing the ‘Rooted In Nature’ stamp set and ‘Nature’s Roots’ framelits as a ‘bundle’ will automatically give you a 10% discount on those items. Also, if you are purchasing the stamp sets as wood mount sets, you do not need acrylic blocks.

I hope you enjoy making this card. It’s a perfect ‘masculine’ card for a man’s birthday – just switch up the greeting to make it a Father’s Day card.

Thank you for choosing me as your Stampin’Up demonstrator!

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