Beautiful Friendship Card Tutorial

Hi Friends! I hope you had a nice weekend. Mine was BUSY! I’ve spent the last week painting (bedroom and kitchen) and finished last night. Paint is a magical thing, isn’t it? It just transforms a room. The kitchen was a bit ‘Cajun Craze’ and now it’s a soft grey, called “Northern Reflections” with a beautiful cream trim called “Dairy”. I love these colours so much that I used them in our bedroom too. I am a huge fan of Home Hardware’s “Beauti-tone” paint, especially the “National Parks of Canada” colour line, which is what both colours are from and you can check them out here. I think I may pick some colour inspiration for my card designs from the paint collections! Anywho, I’m soooo happy with the end result of the painting – tons of work, but worth it. Now I need to spend some time on new flowers beds that I put in earlier this summer, give them a bit of shape and put on some bark mulch – which is on today’s agenda. I also have a massive amount of green beans in the garden that need to get picked, blanched and frozen. Never a dull moment, but life is good!

Today’s card tutorial that I’m sharing with you was created by Angie Leach, from our ‘Leaders Project Group’. I absolutely LOVE the “Beautiful Friendship” set:

Supplies:

• Stamp
  Sets
  –
  Beautiful
  Friendship (149252 photopolymer); Band Together (149231 cling)
• Card
  Stock & Paper –
  Pretty Peacock (150880); Whisper White (100730)
• Ink
  – Pretty Peacock (150083); Pool Party (147107); Rococo Rose
  (150080); Mango Melody (147093); Pear Pizzazz (147107); Light Pretty
  Peacock Stampin’ Blends Marker (149538)
• Misc.
  – Rhinestone Jewels (144220); White/Silver Metallic Edged Ribbon
  (144213); Story Label Punch (150076); SNAIL Adhesive (104332);
  Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

• Pretty
  Peacock: 5 ½” x 8 ½“, scored at 4 ¼”
• Whisper
  White: 5 ¼” x 4”; scrap

1. 
   Stamp
   the Beautiful Friendship large double flower image twice onto the
   Whisper White background layer.
2. Stamp
   the large dotted flower in Mango Melody three times.
3. Stamp
   the small rose in Rococo Rose ink 5 times in the blank areas.
4. Stamp
   the cluster flower in the blank areas with stamped-off Pretty
   Peacock ink.
5. Add
   some Pear Pizzazz leaves to fill in any remaining blank spots.
6. Add the
   flower centers in Pretty Peacock ink.
7. Adhere
   the stamped layer to a Pretty Peacock card base.
8. Color
   the Metallic Edge Ribbon with the Light Pretty Peacock Stampin’
   Blends Marker and tie around the card front.
9. Stamp
   the Band Together sentiment in Pretty Peacock onto Whisper White
   cardstock, punch with the Story Label Punch, add a couple of
   stamped-off Mango Melody roses and pop up with Dimensionals.