Happy Wednesday AI Friends!
My card today fits the new blog challenge - Floral Frenzy and features two new stamp sets - #6220 - Sing to the Lord and #6221 - Frameworks Set 3 along with the cute little gnomes from the #5785 - Gnomes set. I personally think you can put gnomes on anything and it just creates cuteness overload! Wouldn't you agree?
I stamped the images onto copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored with copic markers listed below. I used the corresponding dies to cut the gnomes. The florals are one stamp from the stamp set. I colored the full stamp image and then cut it into thirds using a small circle die. I stamped the frameworks image onto a 4" square piece of white cardstock. I adhered a colored floral image into each of the frameworks.
To make the "Book Cradle" card style: There are several tutorials showing how to make this fun fold but I watched the one from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts and made a slight change to it.
Start with a base white cardstock measuring 4 x 8. Score on the long side at 1/2, 4 and 7 1/2. Fold and burnish each score as a mountain fold.
For the cradle base: Cut a 4 x 5 inch white cardstock piece. Score at 1/2, 1 1/2, 2 1/2, 3 1/2, 4 1/2 on the long side. Burnish at 2 1/2" as valley fold. Glue the second fold (as mountain) up to the 2 1/2" leaving the first 1/2" as a tab. Do the same on the other side. You should be left with 1/2" single width of cardstock, then 1" double width on next two folds and then lastly, a 1/2" single width tab.
Make the support stand that fits at the bottom of the base: Cut a 4 x 2 1/2" piece of cardstock. Score along short side at 1/2, 1 1/4 and 2. Shape into a W. Glue the 1/2" tabs of this stand to the inside bottom of the base piece. See below (bottom of card).
Adhere the card base 1/2" tabs to the cradle base 1/2" tabs. The card should fold flat and pop up when standing. Finish decorating with mat layers and pop up the gnomes with foam tape. Add the sentiment to the bottom using the banner from the #5588 - Journal Oval Frames.
