My Little Yellow Cottage

When I was creating this card for a sneak peek sample, I was inspired by the embroidered ribbon flavor and colors! This beautiful stamp set along with many others and various supplies can be found at http://www.cleardollarstamps.com/

DIMENSIONS: 5”x5”. Card opens from right side
STAMP SETS USED: Clear Dollar Stamps Asian Plants
CARDSTOCK AND PAPERS: Colormates Medium Spring Green, Paper Trey White Cardstock
INKPADS: SU! Old Olive Ink, Stazon Black Ink, Ranger Gold Embossing Powder
MARKERS: Krylon Gold Leafing Pen, Signo Black Gel Pen
ACCESSORIES AND EMBELLISHMENTS: Heat Gun, SU! Large Oval Punch, Karen Foster Click-It Hole Punch, Stickles Crystal Glitter Glue, American Crafts Dimensionals, Tsukineko Sponge Daubers, Martha Stewart Branch Punch, Making Memories Grommet, Michael’s Self-Adhesive Gold Beads, K&Co. White Glitter Flower, Michael’s Holiday Ribbon, Sewing Machine
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES: Basic Stamping, Background Stamping, Heat Embossing, Sponging, Machine Stitching

Instructions:
The card base was cut from Colormates Medium Spring Green to 5"x5" size, then a 4"x4" square mat was cut from Paper Trey White Cardtock. I edged both the light green and white mats using a Krylon Gold Leafing Pen. After the edges were dry, I stamped the bamboo background image onto the white square mat using Versamark Watermark Ink. Then sprinkled gold embossing powder over the stamped images and then heat embossed using a heat gun. I machine stitched around the edges of the light green mat and the white mat.

The sentiment was stamped onto white cardstock using Black Stazon ink. The sentiment was punched using the Large SU! Oval Punch, and then heavily sponged around the oval edge using SU! Old Olive ink. I dot doodled around the oval using a Signo Black Gel Pen. The sentiment was anchored using a Making Memories Grommet/Jumbo Eyelet that I colored using the Krylon Gold Leafing Pen (I didn't have any gold grommets at the time). Then I wrapped the green and gold sparkly ribbon around the card base and through the grommet, tying off a ribbon knot.

The big gold flower was originally a 3 layered white, glittery flower from K&Co. embellishment set. I stripped off the 2 top layers, painting the large flower with the Krylon Gold Leafing Pen and adding Stickles Crystal glitter to add dimension. I added the original white glittery flower center to the gold flower center, adhering with an American Crafts Dimensional, and embellishing with 4 medium sized self-adhesive gold beads, and a larger one for the center of the flower. I popped the whole flower up on Dimensionals, and added light and medium spring green leaves punched with the Martha Stewart branch punch and added those around the flower. I added one single large self-adhesive gold bead to the lower right corner for balance. The card was finished by gluing the card base to a 5"x5" white cardstock lining.