Happy Mistakes!

Happy World Cardmaking Day!  We had a great day of crafting along with Stampin' Up! leaders including Sara Douglass (Stampin' Up!'s CEO) and Shelli Gardner (Stampin' Up! Co-founder).  We made 3 cards using Cottage Rose Bundle, Cottage Wreaths Bundle and a new bundle Warm Welcome Bundle.  We got to color with our Stampin' Blends, blend with our blending brushes and even a bit of watercoloring with our ink and Water Ppainters.  The Cottage Rose Card was the favorite of the day!  I hope that you had a chance to craft some cards on the day that celebrates making cards!!! 

How many times have you made a boo-boo while making a card?  I'm sure it's every time that I sit down to make.  Sometimes though there are what I call Happy Mistakes and this week, I was fortunate to make a card from not one - but two boo-boos and made a beautiful Happy Mistake!  I was prepping card kits for my Ringed with Nature Card Class that I held on Thursday afternoon.  I used the whimsical Whimsical Woodland 3D Embossing Folder to dry emboss a background.  I oriented in landscape and unfortunately, I needed portrait.  It was so fun in Blushing Bride that I just couldn't throw it into the trash bin!  Then during our class, one of my crafting friends was adhering her brown/white tree trunk print from the retired Rings of Love 12" x 12" Designer Series paper to her card front and mistakenly placed her adhesive on that side of the paper.  The reverse side was the pretty poinsettia print so I held onto it and voila - my Happy Mistake!  

This is a simple design that you can use for any medium - large stamp image and sentiment.  So grab your favorite stamp set and create! 

Here are the instructions to recreate this card:  

• Cut Poppy Parade Cardstock at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2".  Score at 4 1/4".  
• Cut Blushing Bride Cardstock at 5" x 3 3/4".  Dry emboss with Whimsical Woodland 3D Embossing Folder.  Adhere to card front using Stampin' Seal + or Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  
• Cut poinsettia print from Rings of Love 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper (retired) at 4" x 3".  Adhere to card front using Stampin' Seal + or Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
• Cut Blushing Bride Cardstock at 3 3/4" x 1 1/2".  Die cut with the larger angled label die from the Frosted Flurry Dies.  Stamp the "Merry Christmas" sentiment from the Ringed with Nature Photopolymer Stamp Set. 
• Cut Evening Evergreen Cardstock at 3 3/4" x 1 1/4".  Adhere the Blushing Bride sentiment centered with Stampin' Seal or Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  Trim the ends at the same angle.  Adhere to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals.  
• Cut Basic White Cardstock at 2" square.  Stamp the poinsettia image from the Ringed with Nature Photopolymer Stamp Set using Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad.  Fussy cut the poinsettia.  Adhere to the card front to the upper left of the sentiment.  
• Embellish with large Champagne Rhinestone Jewels.  
• Cut Basic White Cardstock at 5 1/4" x 4".  Stamp the "love & warmth" sentiment from the Ringed with Nature Photopolymer Stamp Set using Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad.  Stamp the poinsettia image from the same stamp set in the lower right corner using Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad.  Stamp the small dots image from the same stamp set in the center of the poinsettia with Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad.  

 

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KEEP ON CRAFTING!