A friend has a birthday just a few days before Valentine's Day. I found I can do a bit of cardmaking after my hand surgery...one-handed as long as I take it slow since it isn't my predominate hand. I can hold things still with the weight of the cast as long as I do not put any pressure on it and keep it in a relaxed state. So, I may get a few cards done if I'm lucky without causing undo pain.
I've had this pretty patterned Stampin' Up paper called Naturally Eclectic for about a year, and I thought I'd use it along with the companion stamp set. I focused on the two-step stamped flower and double stamped it twice, and then fussy-cutting one to pop and layer over the other on its small rectangular flower panel. To finish it, I mat-framed it with a postage stamp edged die, and I used its larger size to mat-frame my patterned background paper. The card fell together fairly easily, except for the modification I had to make for my smaller postage mat-frame to fit the size I wanted my stamped flower panel to be.
I designed the inside to match elements found on the card front and composed a little birthday verse for my friend. Take a peek below at the finished design.
Ingredients: SU Products: Cardstock--Whisper White, Night of Navy, Emerald Envy. Pattern--Naturally Eclectic. Stamps--Oh So Eclectic; Sweet Cupcake (sentiment). Ink--Lemon Lime; Emerald Envy. Punch--Classic Label. Ribbon--1/2" Finely Woven-Lemon Lime. Die--Avery Elle Postage Stamp Rectangles (smaller modified). Darice Pearl Stickers--4 cm + seedlings. Chatterbox verse. Size: 4-3/4 x 6".
I'm so happy to hear that you are able to continue your card-making while recovering from surgery .... and what a beauty you've made for your friend! I'm sure she will be thrilled to receive such a pretty card with the sweet message.
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