Today I’m sharing a card I didn’t get around to posting before Sale-a-bration ended on Sunday. I used the Approaching Perfection stamp set, which was a free Sale-a-bration item. I hope you were able to get your own. Don’t worry, everything else I used is still available. This was one of our February Candy Hearts Team Meeting cards. 

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Here’s what I made:

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Here’s what I did:

Cut and scored with my paper trimmer:

• Gorgeous Grape card stock (CS) cut to 4-1/4″ x 8-1/2″, then scored in half at 4-1/4″
• Gorgeous Grape card stock (CS) cut to 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, then scored in half at 4-1/4″
• Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper (DSP) layer cut to 4″ x 4″ (flowers)
• DSP layer cut to 4″ x 5-1/4″ (stripe)
• DSP layers cut to 4″ x 3/4″ (stripe)
• Basic White CS layer cut to 4″ x 4″
• Gorgeous Grape CS layer cut to fit around the outer sentiment (about 2-3/4″x 3/4″)

Stamped with the Approaching Perfection stamp set:

• candles in Highland Heather ink onto the Basic White CS layer
• sentiment in Misty Moonlight ink onto a scrap of Basic White CS, then cut the sentiment into two parts and trimmed each piece to look uniform all around
• NOTE: the front piece is about 2″ x 1/2″ and the inner piece is about 1-1/2″ x 1/2

Cut using the Hydrangea Dies:

• 9 small flowers from a scrap of Gorgeous Grape CS

Assembled the card:

• burnished the folds in the card bases with a Bone Folder
• two DSP strips glued onto the inside of the larger card base, at the top and at the bottom
• left side of smaller card base glued onto the inside of the larger card base, centered so equal amounts of the DSP strips show

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• largest DSP layer glued onto the front of the larger card base
• inner sentiment glued onto the DSP layer
• die cut flowers glued around the sentiment

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• ribbon tied in a bow and the ends adhered onto the back of the layer using Tear & Tape, the held the bow in place using a Mini Glue Dot
• 4″ x 4″ DSP layer adhered onto the front of the smaller card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals
• outer sentiment glued onto the approx. 2-3/4″x 3/4″ Gorgeous Grape CS piece, then glued onto the DSP layer
• 3 Gorgeous Grape pearls applied onto the card fronts using a Take Your Pick tool

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Here are today’s colors:

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Here’s what I used:

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Approaching Perfection Cling Stamp Set – 155282

Price: $0.00

Hydrangea Dies – 154326

Price: $32.00

Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper – 154570

Price: $11.50

Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146987

Price: $8.75

Basic White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 159276

Price: $9.75

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ Pad – 153118

Price: $7.50

Highland Heather Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147103

Price: $7.50

3/8″ (1 Cm) Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon – 154572

Price: $7.00

Pastel Pearls – 154571

Price: $6.50

Tear & Tape Adhesive – 138995

Price: $7.00

Glue Dots – 103683

Price: $5.25

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue – 110755

Price: $4.00

Bone Folder – 102300

Price: $7.00

Paper Snips Scissors – 103579

Price: $10.00

Take Your Pick – 144107

Price: $10.00

Paper Trimmer – 152392

Price: $25.00

Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine – 149653

Price: $120.00

Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine – 150673

Price: $60.00

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