Lace Ribbon Border card

 I love this "Lace Ribbon Border" punch - Dare I say it is one of my favourites?

This card features it so beautifully.

I first saw this card design at Angela Sargeant's "Elite Stampers" Team Training day.

I couldn't wait to get home and try it.

So simple really, and hardly more than a two layer card, or perhaps less since it has so many holes in it.

Card Recipe:
Cardstock: Early espresso, Melon Mambo, whisper white.
Ink: Melon Mambo
Designer Series paper: Cheerful Treat.
Ribbon: Melon Mambo Scallop dot ribbon.
Tools: Lace Ribbon Border, Eyelet Border punch, Large oval, scalloped oval, Boho Blossom punch.
Stampset: "with love" stamp from Field Flowers.

Fancy Fold and the Framelit die ..

 There are some beautiful card folds out there in the paper crafting world and this one caught my eye.
I needed to make a card for my newest cardmaking friend ... Hi Maggi!
It's her birthday this week and so I made this up the other morning... it is a CASE (copy and share everything) from a variety of cards out there on the internet.

This fancy fold is called a SWING card.
I have made them before with a square that swings as you open the card... to show the message on the back of the swinging part.

 You can see it a little better in the card angle above.
The centre piece is cut out using the Big shot cutting plates overlapping the Framelit die, turning it round and cutting the second edge.
Then, you place some pattterned or stamped paper over the centre piece (to hide the folds) and you have this cute little swinging panel which you can embellish on both sides.

 The Framelit dies come in six pieces that fit neatly inside each other that make framing a sentiment so easy.

I have stamped the Happy Birthday framelit and sponged the edges before layering it over some brushed silver metallic cardstock, (that was left behind by a friend - Hi Sophie) and a layer of Attic Boutique patterned paper in matching Pool party colours.

Here is the card flattened out, to show the two easy scored folds (scored with my Simply Scored Tool).

The texture is an embossing folder run through the Big shot and sponged for definition and I have stamped the Field flowers with pool party ink on the edge for a little extra detail.

Field Flowers

Experimenting with new stampsets is what I enjoy....

I have kept to a very strict palette of purple and green.

Stamping on First Edition Designer series paper, for that botanical vintage look, I guess you'd call it.

 The Field flowers stampset comes with two word stamps:

"With Love "

and "My thoughts are happiest when you're in them."

I like to accent my sentiment with a rhinestone

 stick-on jewell, just giving it that little bit of bling.

Like a dew drop on the flower centre or edge.

The Field Flower set is a TWO STEP stamp set.

As you can see I have stamped the solid stamp in Wisteria Wonder Ink then, stamped again over the top of it with Concord Crush.

Giving depth and tone which makes an almost 3D effect.

 The flowers fit perfectly into the Large oval punch so if you're not into fussy-cutting, this one pops your card up to the next level in a moment, without a pinch, with a single punch...

This flower stamp works well in pretty pinks, orange and red, blues and greens...
which makes it very versatile and one of my new Favourites!