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Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Merci Le Jardin Card

Supplies
Aida Cloth Stamp Set
Carte Postale Stamp Set
River Rock Card Stock
Perfect Plum Card Stock
Le Jardin Designer Series Paper
River Rock Classic Stamp pad
Perfect Plum Classic Stamp Pad
Perfect Plum Water Color Wonder Crayon
Water Spray Bottle
Hodgepodge Hardware
Scallop Circle Punch
Word Window Punch
1 ¼ circle punch
1 3/8 circle punch
Small oval punch
Large oval punch
The Tearing Edge
Beachfront Ribbon Originals
Paper Piercing Tool
Cutter Kit
Stampin’ Dimmensionals

Directions
  1. Cut a 8.5 x 5.5 piece of River Rock Card Stock. Score and fold at 4.25.
  2. Ink the Aida Cloth stamp with the River Rock stamp pad and stamp the front of the card.
    Cut a 5.5 x 2 piece of the green leaf Le Jardin Designer Series Paper. Use the Tearing Edge and rip one side.
  3. Cut a 5.5 x 2.5 piece of Perfect Plum Card Stock. Use the Tearing Edge and rip one side.
    Adhere the DP piece to the top of the Plum piece.
  4. Punch two Plum Word Windows. Adhere to the top and the bottom folded in half as shown.
  5. Using the paper piercing tool, punch holes in each word window and place brads from Hodgepodge Hardware kit.
  6. Cut a piece of the rippled piece of beachfront ribbon original. Loop it through the hardware as shown and adhere to the front of the DP.
  7. Adhere the whole thing to the left side of the card with Sticky Strip or Generous amounts of SNAIL.
  8. Color the square flower stamp with the Plum Crayon. Spray with water…very lightly…and stamp on a scrap of Whisper White Card Stock.
  9. Punch out flower with 1 ¼ Circle. Distress with the Cutter Kit and highlight with the Plum Stamp Pad.
  10. Punch out a 1 3/8 circle River Rock.
  11. Punch a Plum Scalloped Circle.
  12. Adhere, white to the River Rock, and adhere to the Scalloped Circle with a dimensional.
    Pierce the Petals with the paper piercing tool.
  13. Adhere to the front of the card as shown.
  14. Stamp Merci in Plum on River Rock and punch out with the small oval punch.
  15. Punch a Plum Large Oval.
  16. Adhere the River Rock Oval to the Plum oval.
  17. Adhere to the front of the card below the flower.

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