I have to say that I am truly IN LOVE with the new Vintage Vogue stamp set that came out yesterday in the new
2010 Occasions Mini Catalog.  This is going to be one of those stamp sets that you reach for time and time again.  I made this one for the
Adult Birthday Card swap here at CARDScraps.
I CASEd this gorgeous card from
Lori Rider.  I stepped this up a little bit from hers although I truly fell in love with the simplicity of her card.   There was no ribbon used, nothing popping up at you other than the brads used in the center of the flowers.  I’m not normally attracted to cards without sticky-up parts – lol – but this one was different.  It was beautiful; the colors, the layout, and of course the stamps. 
Once I got to working on mine, I had to change a few things.  First of all, I made the card base Rich Razzleberry.  Stampin’ Up!’s Whisper White card stock is awesome for stamping – however, I’ve gotten used to the thickness of their standard card stock and I prefer it for my card bases as the Whisper White is just a little bit thinner.  I also added a layer of cutout flowers.  This was mainly because when I stamped my small flowers, the color was too dark and a little too close to the big flower and I wanted a little more contrast.  So for the top layer flower, I stamped off twice before stamping on my Whisper White card stock.  Anyway, my card began to blossom and was no longer as simple as Lori’s – and I don’t mean that in a bad way at all because as I said, it was the simplicity of her card that I fell in love with.  In my case, I made an error and had to find a way to cover it up – hence, more layers!
Here’s how I did it:
- Score a 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ piece of Rich Razzleberry card stock at 4-1/4″ and fold for the card base.
- Cut a 5-3/8″ x 4-1/8″ piece of Whisper White and lightly sponge the edges with Soft Suede Classic Ink.  Glue to the card base leaving a 1/16″ border all the way around.
- Cut a piece of Soft Suede card stock to 5-1/4″ x 4″ and stamp the border stamp the from Vintage Vogue stamp set in the center of each of the 4 edges using Soft Suede ink.  Fill in the corners on the long edges by just inking the ends of the stamp.  Sponge the edges using Soft Suede ink and then glue to the card front.
- Cut a piece of Whisper White card stock to 4-1/8″ x 2-7/8″ for the stamped image.  Sponge the edges using Soft Suede ink.
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Stamp the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Well Scripted stamp set in the bottom right corner.
- With Rich Razzleberry ink, stamp the large flower near the top left corner (refer to the images for placement).  Load the small flower stamp with Rich Razzleberry ink but stamp on scrap paper two times and then stamp next to the previously stamped flower.  This technique is called Stamping Off and in this case, I stamped off twice before stamping on my image.  Repeat for the other small flower.
- Load the leaf stamp with Soft Suede ink.  Randomly stamp leaves around the edges of the flowers.  Stamp them in clusters of two or three leaves before re-inking your stamp.
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On scrap Whisper White paper, stamp the large flower with Rich Razzleberry and two small flowers with Rich Razzleberry that you’ve stamped off twice as in step 5.  Cut each of the flowers out.
- Lay the cutout flowers on the main flower image and use a paper piercer to punch through both layers.  Insert brads to secure.  Curl the flower petals around the barrel of your paper piercer to get them some lift and dimension.
- Glue to a 4-1/4″ x 3″ piece of Rich Razzleberry card stock and glue to the card front.
- For the inside of the card, cut a 5-3/8″ x 1-1/2″ strip of Whisper White card stock and sponge around the edges with Soft Suede ink.  Load the small flower stamp with Rich Razzleberry ink and stamp off twice before stamping on the left side of your paper strip.  Add a couple of leaves using Soft Suede ink.  Glue to the inside of the card approximately 5/8″ from the bottom of the card.
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Cut a 5-3/8″ x 1/2″ strip of Soft Suede and stamp the border stamp along one edge.  Sponge the edges and glue below the Whisper White strip as shown.  Cut another strip of Soft Suede to 5-3/8″ x 1/8″ and sponge.  Glue to the top of the Whisper White strip – I find it’s easier to glue these small strips using a 2-way Glue Pen.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and tutorial.  If you have any questions, just let me know!
Happy Stamping
Lianne Carper
CS partner and DTM for Brenda Cook
Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
Supplies:  (all Stampin’ Up!)
Stamps:  Vintage Vogue (WM#117690 – CM#118598), Well Scripted (WM#117072 – CM#118601)
Paper:  Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White card stock
Ink:  Soft Suede and Rich Razzleberry
Accessories:  sponges, 2-Way Glue Pen, Glue Stick, Hodgepodge Hardware Set Brads
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