Good Wednesday morning everyone.  Hope you are all having a wonderful week.  Since it is still Summer for a couple more days, I decided to do a bit of a summery card for todays blog.

For today’s card I used the Beautiful You stamp set, which I absolutely love.  I love stamps with a sketched look.

I started with a piece of So Saffron cardstock, stamped the sentiment from the Beautiful You stamp set on the bottom right side in Pacific Point Ink. I then ran it through my Big Shot using the Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  With the Dynamic Textured Impressions Folders you only need to use one cutting pad.  I spritzed the paper gently on the back (so that my ink wouldn’t run), with water using my Stampin’ Spritzer to break up the paper fibers a little so that the paper wouldn’t crack when running it through the Big Shot.

Using Multipurpose Liquid Glue I added a strip of Garden Impression Designer Series Paper to the left side.  I stamped the image of the woman in Early Espresso Ink on a small piece of Whisper White cardstock.  I colored her dress and hat using my Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blends Markers and her arms and legs with the Ivory Stampin’ Blends Marker.  I then sponged the edge of the artwork with Pacific Point Ink using a Sponge Dauber.  I also sponged the edge of the Pacific Point cardstock square behind the artwork using Pacific Point Ink.

I adhered the artwork to the Pacific Point square using Multipurpose Liquid Glue then attached it to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I adhered the card front to a Pacific Point card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  I added 3 of the Rhinestone Basic Jewels to finish off the front of my card.

On the inside I stamped the woman again, stamping off 5 times to get a very light image.  I stamped another sentiment from the Beautiful You set in Pacific Point Ink over the image of the woman.  Using Snail I adhered the inner liner to a So Saffron mat and then to the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

To finish off my card, I stamped the image of the woman, stamping off twice, on the front and added a piece of Garden Impression DSP with Multipurpose Liquid Glue to the flap of a Medium Whisper White Envelope.  Hope you’ll consider trying this card for yourself.

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If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator.  Just click here to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions.  Happy Stamping, Karen!

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Card stock cuts for this project:

• Pacific Point Cardstock 4 1/4″ X 11″ (scored and folded at 5 1/2″), 2 3/4″ X 2 3/4″  (square behind artwork)
• So Saffron Cardstock 2 pieces 4″ X 5 1/4″ (card front and mat for inner liner)
• Whisper White Cardstock 3 3/4″ X 5″ (inner liner), 2 1/2″ X 2 1/2″  (for artwork)
• Garden Impressions Designer Series Paper 1 1/2″ X 5 1/4″ (side strip)

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