Hand-Penned Petals for PP555

Happy Sunday, friends!

Time for a new creative challenge over at The Paper Players! 

This week, Laurie is hosting our monthly Sketch Challenge.

Sketch Challenge week is ALWAYS my favorite and Laurie has a great layout this week! If you have ever visited me before, you might know that I tend to shy away from “tilted” layers on my cards. I have no idea why, it’s just one of those weird card making quirks, I guess. 

When I saw the sketch, I was immediately inspired to ink up the Hand-Penned Petals stamp set and coordinating Penned Flowers Dies. It happened to be on my desk and I thought “hey, I can tilt the floral image when I add it to the card.” Whew, tilting-crisis averted! To accentuate the tilt, I added a zig-zag ribbon treatment behind the flowers. And that’s how I handled my card making quirk. Haha! (I’m a mess, I know!) 

*I’ve listed all of the measurements and details for my card below and there is a full supply list at the very end of this post.

Color Combo: 

Fresh Freesia

Daffodil Delight

Granny Apple Green

This color combo just makes me happy! I usually don’t tend to grab purple as a first choice but there is something about Fresh Freesia that draws me in. I especially love how it pops with the yellow and green. 

Originally, I had planned to JUST add the colored die-cut floral image to the card front, but I thought why not dress it up a little more with some extra dimension. Dimension is like sparkle, you can never have too much. So, I stamped another floral image, fussy-cut the Fresh Freesia Flowers and popped them up with dimensionals. This ended up being a “chunky” card which will require another stamp to mail, but that’s easy to do. 

Card Measurements & Details: 

• Fresh Freesia Card Base: 4” x 11”, scored at 5-1/2” 
• Daffodil Delight Cardstock: 4” x 5-1/4”
• Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper: 3-7/8” x 5-1/8” 
• Basic White Cardstock: 3-1/2” x 5”, to die cut the scalloped frame from the scalloped Contours Dies
• Basic White Cardstock: scrap for stamping two of the floral images in Momento ink, color with Stampin’ Blends, accent with Wink of Stella for added sparkle
• Daffodil Delight Cardstock: 1-7/8” x 7/8”, stamp sentiment in Momento Ink
• Fresh Freesia Ribbon and Fresh Freesia (In Color) Jewels
• Basic White Cardstock (inside card): 4” x 5-1/4” 
• Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper (inside card): 3-7/8” x 3/4” 

Finally, a peek inside the card! I added a little strip of the gingham DSP and fussy cut a few of the extra flowers I had left from the front of the card. I didn’t want to waste them and they added a nice pop of color inside the card. I decided not to add a sentiment in order to leave room for a handwritten thank you note.  

I hope you will join us this week over at The Paper Players and share your project for our   Sketch Challenge. We’d love to see what you come up with! You can link up your project through Noon PST on Friday August 27th, 2021. 

Be sure to stop by and say hello to The Paper Players Design Team:  

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James 

Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile (that’s me!) 

Ann Schach 

Nancy Leppek

Debbie Crowley

Amanda Mertz

Thanks for stopping by today! All of the products that I used on this card are listed below. You can click on any of the photos to go directly to my Stampin’ Up!® online store. 

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Thanks so much for stopping by. 
Have a HAPPY day today! 

-Anne Marie

Product List

Hand Penned Petals Bundle (English) [155492]	Hand Penned Petals Photopolymer Stamp Set [155070]	Penned Flowers Dies [155557]	Scalloped Contours Dies [155560]	Pansy Petals 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155807]
Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155613]	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119683]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	2021–2023 In Color Jewels [155571]	Fresh Freesia 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155615]
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]	Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155518]	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883]	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]
Stampin' Seal [152813]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Paper Snips [103579]	Paper Trimmer [152392]
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]