Dandy Garden Joy Fold Card

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This month our theme is the Dandy Garden Suite on pages 24-27 of the January -June Mini Catalog. I chose to use the dragonfly image and a sentiment from the Dragonfly Garden stamp set as well as three different papers from the Dandy Garden Designer Series Paper pack.  The Gilded Leafing on the dragonfly is full of shimmer and shine. It adds a striking touch to this card. This is a joy fold card and here is a photo of the card when opened.

To create this card, begin by cutting a Blackberry Bliss card base that is 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ and score it at 3″. Fold the 3″ section to the right. Adhere a 2 3/4″ x 4″ piece of Dandy Garden paper to the front of that piece and a second piece from the same pack cut to  4″ x 5 1/4″ to the inside of the card base.

Next, create a smaller Blackberry Bliss card base 3″ x 8″ and score it at 4″. Fold it in half and adhere it to the middle of the larger card base so it swings open to the right. On the inside of the smaller card base, adhere a basic white 2 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ piece of card stock. If desired, stamp a sentiment on this piece. Then close the smaller base and adhere a third pattern of Dandy Garden paper measuring 2 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ onto the front. 

To decorate the front of the smaller card base,  die cut the second largest stitched oval in Basic White. “For a true friend” is stamped in Blackberry Bliss on the left hand side. The dragon fly was stamped on Blackberry Bliss card stock in Versamark Ink and sprinkled with Heat & Stick powder. The heat and stick powder was melted with the Heat tool and then laid in a bin filled with Gilded Leafing. The excess Gilded Leafing was gently rubbed off with a wedge of Stampin’ Sponge. Then the dragonfly was punched out using the Dragonflies Punch. This was adhered to the front of the card with dimensionals. 

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Lorraine

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Here is a list of all the supplies I used to create this card!