Hello There Sunshine!

I had a very nice surprise on Saturday! Yes there was sunshine, but the doorbell rang and it was my daughter. She drove in from Chicago to surprise me for my birthday! What a special treat that was. My son was already home from college and so we had a fun playing games and we all had a drink to toast yet another year older!

Yesterday we hung out in my craft room and made cards together. Well, not my son and husband! LOL This is one of my cards. Tomorrow I will share with you the card my daughter created.

Begin with a 5¼ x 11” piece of Bumblebee cardstock. In landscape position, (aka the long side), score at 5 ½”. Fold and burnish. This will create a tent fold card base.
Cut a 4 x 5 ¼’ piece of Basic White cardstock and attach to the card front.
Next cut a 2 ¾ x 4 piece of Early Espresso cardstock and use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine to dry emboss it with the Hammered Metal embossing folder. Attach to the lower part of the white panel.
Next cut a narrow strip of Basic Black cardstock and add it across the Early Espresso hiding the seam.
Stamp the large sunflower from the Celebrate Sunflowers bundle in Memento Black ink onto a piece of Bumblebee cardstock. Cut it out using the coordinating die from the bundle.
Cut the Sunflower outline with Basic Black cardstock and use liquid glue to attach it to the sunflower. Next cut the center of the sunflower with Early Espresso cardstock and attach it to the sunflower with a Stampin’ Dimensional.
Add the sunflower to the upper portion of the card base.
Stamp “hello there” in Memento Black ink on a scrap of Basic White cardstock and punch it out using the Double Oval punch.
Again use the Double Oval punch to cut the scallop oval from a scrap of Bumblebee cardstock and attach it to the lower portion of the card.

What a fun set to create some springtime cards! I really enjoyed making cards with my daughter and am so blessed she spent the weekend with us. I can’t wait to share her creation with you tomorrow.