In The Potting Shed
When possible, I like to create cards that have a personal connection to the recipient, so this one was designed with my friend’s love of gardening in mind. To begin, I cut a piece to make the bench and two pieces that I embossed with a wood plank embossing folder, one to decorate the bench and one for the card front. I stamped the window from 3C New Day Windowsill and cut out the window panes. Next, I glued the bench in place and decorated it with pieces of the embossed pieces. I lightly sponged some brown ink to highlight some of the wood texture. For the decorative elements, I cut lots of pieces from the MFT Spring Garden dies set. I added a little shading on the watering can and pots and curved them to add some dimension. To enable the plant pots pop-up, I added some open square blocks on the back. The gardening elements were glued in place and I added a sentiment from another 3C stamp set, fussy cut with th...