Inspired Stamps - Easel Card

Welcome to Thursday with Inspired Stamps!  This week the DT is focussing on Easel cards with Scripture.  I must admit, I've not tried making fancy Easel cards, so I'm sharing just a basic one today with a slightly fancy front panel.

Here's the front of the card.  The size of the easel card base measures 3-7/8 x 3-7/8 when folded, which is determined by the fancy front panel and mine is a Nesting Doily square die-cut.  To decorate the front panel, I adhered a piece of printed vellum.  The Scripture sentiment is from the "Fall Gratitude" set, adhered just below the flower.  The flower image is from mini stamp set "Flowers" and I did some quick colouring with Copic Markers (Flower centre - Y35, Y38 & Petals - Y11, Y21).  The flower was adhered on top of a Rosette medallion.

On the inside of the card, I cut a rectangular piece using a Nesting Doily rectangle die.  I adhered it to the card using pop dots, and I stamped the Thank You sentiment from Perfect Sentiments set and the Rectangle frame from Label Maker Alphabet set.  The Rectangle frame outline was coloured using Y35 & Y38.

I hope you like the card.  Be sure to check out the Inspired Stamps Blog for the DT's awesome creations.

Thank you for visiting today.

Have a Lovely day!
Kary

Products used : Inspired Stamps Flowers, Fall Gratitude, Perfect Sentiments, Label Maker Alphabet. Memento Rich Cocoa & Espresso Truffle, Copic Markers, QuicKutz Nesting Doily Squares and Rectangles, Memory Box Woodrow Rosette, Vellum from Webster's Pages, Hero Arts Layering Papers - Eggshell.

Sunflowers

Welcome to another Thursday inspiration from Inspired Stamps!  This week our assignment is to use Floral stamps and Scripture for Lots of Flowers theme.

I've chosen to use one of my favourite floral sets, "Flowers", and sentiment from the set "Sing for Joy".  I thought it would be nice to create a background with lots of Sunflowers.

I stamped the sunflowers using Memento Rich Cocoa on a piece of white cardstock, and coloured the flowers with Copic Markers Y11, Y21, Y17, Y38, YG00 and outline it with G000.  The sentiment piece was die cut with Spellbinders Floral Oval die and I stamped the sunflowers again, this time with Memento Desert Sand and coloured them with Y00, Y11, YR00, YG00.  I also cut out a piece patterned paper (Lily Bee - Head over Heels) using the same Floral Oval die, and cut out the centre oval using the pierced holes as a guide and adhered it on the sentiment piece.

I hope this card cheers your day, and for more inspiration, please visit the Inspired Stamps blog.

Today is also my dad's birthday.  He doesn't remember his own birthdays anymore, and his age.  But, we sang a song for him and wished him, and I baked him his favourite chocolate cake.  It is customary for us to give a packet filled with some money for birthdays, and my dad almost had tears in his eyes when I gave him  a little something and this card.

It's a simple card and I had the butterfly diecut as a symbol that oneday God will set him free from Alzheimers.  But, we are so thankful to God, for today that we can still enjoy my dad's presence with us. (The card follows the sketch at Simon Says Stamp).

Have a wonderful day!
Kary