Sending Smiles - Patterned paper card base

Hello & welcome. Today I'm sharing one of my recent class projects and the first of 6 new posts featuring the Sending Smiles stamp and die bundle. This card design was inspired by a beautiful card my darling man gave me for Mother's Day.

You can make beautifully coordinated cards with all the elements in the bundle. Even better, the fab 'Sending' stamp and die and coordinating sentiments play so well with others too.

You'll see them playing very nicely together today teamed with the Hues of Happiness paper and the Amazing Year stamp set.

The card base is a half sheet (12 x 6 inches) of gorgeous Hues of Happiness patterned paper scored into 3 equal sections giving a finished card front 6 x 4 inches (15.2 x 10cm). There's no cardstock at all. It feels so fancy and you get to see lots of paper both sides in all their pretty. 

Vellum is sandwiched between the front and inside left panels, which means there's no visible adhesive. You can add glue dots etc behind the focal points to adhere it to the front. The vellum softens the paper pattern too so it doesn't overpower your other design elements. I included 2 layers of vellum here but one looks great too.

My focal panel includes a cluster of elements on a pierced circle, with some soft Blending Brushed colour. It's layered with the two layer 'Sending' dies, coordinating birthday sentiment, and the pretty bouquet stamp from Amazing Year. The flower bouquet was stamped and heat embossed with Night of Navy ink, Versamark ink and clear embossing powder. I then coloured it with Stampin' Blends markers. Some Iridescent rhinestones add sparkle.

Inside you see both sides of the patterned paper. I think these cards work best when both sides of the paper coordinate, as they'll be seen together. This sheet has the bold flowers paired with the colour wash.

I included a white & navy matted panel stamped with sentiments from Amazing Year. This adds some extra sturdiness to the base too.

Here's how the opened card base looks unfolded. Look at all those lovely flowers. 

The finished front is actually the middle section of the patterned paper, because of the way the paper is folded to create the base.

Here's a template showing the size, scores and vellum positioning. This template shows the paper with floral-right side up. Click on it for a larger pic & save image for later or pin on Pinterest.

Note that this card size suits 12 inch paper well. You'd get 2 cards from a sheet. 

However, you could make it with your own dimensions - just know the 3 scored panels must all be the same size.

I hope you like this idea and find the template helpful to see how the base comes together. I know we all have lots of fabulous paper to play with. and it really creates a lovely look and feel.

Thanks for visiting today. If you do try your own version do let me know and link back here & save on Pinterest if you'd like, to make sure others can find the template too.

I'll be back next time with another Sending Smiles card. 

See all my Sending Smiles bundle cards here

See and shop the full supply list for this card here in my store.

Until next time, happy stamping!
Di

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