Delicate Petals Friendship Card. I ordered the Delicate Petals Stamp set quite a while ago, but for various reasons, I did not really take a good look at it until yesterday. I spotted some stamps that were almost hidden and are clearly not close to being the main feature of this set. Well, let’s just say that they don’t appear in many of the samples in the Mini Catalogue, and certainly have not been used as feature images on any of them.

I chose to use the larger of the two images to build up larger images. Just 6 stamped impressions are needed to make up these little flourishes, which remind me of Dandelion ‘clocks’. I wanted the card to be very soft and subtle, so chose to use Soft Sea Foam for the background, with Mint Macaron for the sentiment and mat.

As ever when using stamps for a background, I find that it looks more ‘intentional’ if you stamp off the edge of your piece of card and then add even smaller elements into the main stamping, in this case, so little dot clusters. Even some of these little dot clusters were stamped off the edge of the White layer.

The ‘I’m so happy you’re my friend’ sentiment is perfect if you want something not too overwhelming, made even less overwhelming by stamping on a strip of card and then fussy cutting it out. If you have followed my projects for any length of time you will know that I love a bit of fussy cutting, in fact I am almost disappointed when there are dies in a set. But, although there are dies in this bundle, they do not die cut the sentiment, so I was good to use my Paper Snips.

The finishing touches were the addition of some Opal Rounds, these are so subtle, and work really well with the soft aqua/green tones of this card. Just three small rounds are all that is needed to give this card its final flourish.

Ordering Special!

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Orders of AT LEAST £50 (before P&P) will receive a Clear Wink of Stella, worth £7.50, as a gift from me. These are in ADDITION to my usual Thank You Card, Gift and Reward Vouchers.

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During March, in addition to my Ordering Special, I am continuing the Sale-a-Bration Celebrations by holding a Draw. Anyone placing an order in March will receive a FREE Mini Card Kit from me. This will contain products to make 2 cute cards using some of the Papers from Sale-a-Bration. All you need to provide are adhesives, ink and a sentiment. BUT, and this is where it gets exciting, you will also be entered into a Draw to win a Mini Cut & Emboss Machine as a Gift from me. If your order is over £25 (before P&P) you will get an additional entry for every £25 you order (before P&P) using my Online Store. The Draw will take place on Thursday, 1st April and the prize will be sent out soo after that. Only orders placed through my Online Store are Eligible for entry into the Draw. For a FREE Entry, you can also send a handmade card to me (Liz Yuille, The Old Stables, Fieldside, Long Wittenham, Oxon OX14 4RG), using CURRENT Stampin’ Up! Products only. Cards must be received by me no later than 31st March 2021. Prizes can only be sent to those with a UK Postal Address.

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Dimensions

For International A4 Card

Standard A6 Cardbase
First Mat – 5-5/8 x 3-7/8” (14.4 x 10cm)
Second Mat – 5-3/8 x 3-5/8” (14.2 x 9.8cm)

For Letter Sized Card (8-1/2 x 11″)

Standard Card Base (half sheet folded in half to 4-1/4 x 5-1/2″)
First Mat – 4 x 5-1/4″
Second Mat – 5 x 3-3/4″

Nail Varnish Colours

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