Vertical Nature Walk Card

Have I mentioned how much I like using book paper on my cards? I just love the vintage look that book paper gives. This vertical card fits into a #10 business envelope, 4-1/8 x 9-1/2". My turquoise card base is 8-1/2" high and about 7-3/4" wide. I folded this in half lengthwise so my card ends up being about 3-7/8" wide.

Lately I have been using Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, the permanent method by positioning the layer while the glue is still wet. I see less warping than my old standby glue: 3M Scotch Quick drying glue. I also like to use Scotch permanent double sided tape. If you have adhesive preferences, I'd love to hear about them!

Here is the inside of my card.

Stamps: Stampin' Up! Nature Walk, 

Rebecca Sower EK Success Words from the Heart (Nostalgiques, The Attic Collection), 

a tiny clear stamp set from Prima #544959, 

Penny Black 2945H Friendships

Distress Inks: crushed olive, fossilized amber, ground espresso, wilted violet, mermaid lagoon, rusty hinge, barn door

Tombow markers: green 346, blue 452, orange 925, purple 623

Thanks so much for visiting!

Punch All Over The Page Daisy Medallion

Elise Klug's lovely cards inspired me to make this card.

She was card captain at the Enjoy Michael Strong Stamps Yahoo Group this past week.

A couple of her cards featured Martha Stewart's "Punch All Over The Page" Daisy Medallion punch.

When I saw that punch at Michaels on clearance, I just had to buy it.

I used a thinner weight white cardstock for my "3 daisy medallion"  layer.

I think the "punch all over the page" works better with thinner rather than thicker paper.

I stamped Mike's vines from his Pumpkin Harvest stamp set in Stampin' Up's  celery ink

on the green cardstock underneath the medallion layer.

With distress ripe persimmon and squeezed lemonade

I stamped Mike's mini flower from his Mini Cloisonne Shapes set,

fussy cut them, sponged the edges and used dimensional foam to attach.

Used Magill's Paper Blossoms Pine punch for the greenery, attaching with Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive, which is like white glue, but dries quickly.

Stamped friends sentiment from TPC Studios Secret Garden Collage cling rubber set

using Versafine black onyx ink

on a white layer that was edge punched with Fiskars Threading Water Border Punch.

Finished card dimensions: 3.75 inches wide  x 8.5 inches high.

Here you can see the inside of my card.

with a white insert stamped with  Mike's vines in Stampin' UP's green galore,

and mini flowers with distress ripe persimmon and squeezed lemonade.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Card Captain Day 3

Happy Wednesday! Is it me, or is time just speeding up?
Eight more days till Thanksgiving!

Today I have a series of Vertical Cards

using Michael Strong's Cloisonne Flower and Mini Flower stamps.

 (Click on any image to enlarge)

The measurements of all three cards are listed here:

For the card base, I used a piece of 7-1/2 x 9 inch card stock
folded it so my card measures 3-3/4 x 9 inches.
Added a white layer of card stock, measuring 2-3/4 x 8 inches.
My cards will fit into a 4-1/8 x 9-1/2 inch No. 10 business envelope.

Stamped Mike's large cloisonne flower with Distress festive berries ink.

Stamped Stampin' Up!'s  French script stamp with iced spruce a couple times in the background.
Then stamped the Hero Arts sentiment with Versafine onyx black.

For the inside, I used a 7 x 8-1/2 inch piece of computer paper (text weight).

With festive berries ink and Mike's large flower stamp, 

I stamped 3 times so each image became lighter.

I like to attach the inside layer with double stick tape on the left  half, close to the fold.

For this card, I kept the gray base
but used dried marigold, rusty hinge and spiced marmalade distress inks
to stamp the flowers.
The Stampin' Up! leaf is stamped in iced spruce.
Sponged iced spruce as shown with stencil-like material that a friend gave me.

On the inside I stamped "off" with the same 3 orange colors above
to give a faint flower image.

My third card has a gray-green base.

All three cloisonne flowers were stamped in dried marigold.
The Stampin' Up! leaves and curlicues are stamped in iced spruce.

Here is the inside, stamped in dried marigold.