Poppy Screen for Mother's Day

This is the second Make & Take from our April Sweethearts meeting. See my previous post about the meeting here and about the first Make & Take here.

This screen card is covered in lovely red poppies. A departure from the more traditional roses, but still fitting images for a Mother’s Day card, don’t you think?

For the card base cut a sheet of 8-1/2″ x 11″ Early Espresso card stock down to 6″ x 11″. Scored it along the 11″ side at 2-3/4″, 5-1/2″, and 8-1/4″. Use the decorative Label Punch to create the legs of the screen. Centering each panel, insert the card base halfway into the punch.

Now fold accordion style along all the score lines.

For the panels, cut 5 pieces of Whisper White card stock (or you could use watercolor paper) to 2-1/4″ x 4-3/4″. Stamp 4 of these pieces with the Pleasant Poppies stamp in Black Staz-On ink, using a different part of the stamp on each piece so they aren’t all the same. Using the Aqua Painter, color in the poppies with Real Red ink. Use Stampin’ Write Markers to color in the stems and flower centers. We used Pear Pizzazz and Crushed Curry.

Heat emboss the sentiment in Early Espresso Stampin’ Emboss Powder on the last of the 4 floral panels – heat embossing makes it bolder and more opaque, ergo easier to read. Stamp the rest of the sentiment onto the empty panel in Early Espresso ink – you could heat emboss it like the other panel, but this one doesn’t really need it to show.

For the envelope, cut a piece of Typeset DSP to 7-1/2″ x 7-1/2″, then use the Envelope Punch Board to create an envelope for a 3″ x 6″ card. Cut a circle from Early Espresso card stock with the 1″ Circle Punch. Use the 1/16″ Handheld Circle Punch to make a hole in the center of the 1″ circle and in the envelope flap. To provide stability, glue the circle to the underside of the flap, lining up the holes. Then insert an Antique Brad.

Tie one end of a 24″ piece of Early Espresso Bakers Twine around the Brad, then loop it around the envelope three times, and loop around the brad once to hold it in place. I gave everyone the option of using the Early Espresso Baker’s Twine or Linen Thread and everyone preferred the twine. I think either would look lovely.

This is for a hand delivered card. I wouldn’t try to send this through the mail with the brad on it.

Here’s what we used and other items I mentioned: