Joy and Laughter

This week, our designs have the sentiment taking center stage. We’re going to be working with sentiments of all shapes and sizes to keep things interesting and to show how even a small sentiment can be eye-catching. Today, we’re using both ribbon and dimension to bring the eye to our intended focal point. We’re combining a medium-sized sentiment from the Pattern of Friendship stamp set and a very busy piece of patterned paper from the Perennial Lavender paper pack to create this fun friendship card.

We get started with a base of Crumb Cake cardstock. I wanted to keep this design super simple, so we’re combining two major elements – patterned paper and a sentiment. The Perennial Lavender sheet is cut to leave a very small border around all sides of the focal panel. I tied a strip of Fresh Freesia velvet ribbon around the front panel, which will help draw the eye to the sentiment panel we will mount on top. The sentiment panel is cut from Fresh Freesia cardstock with the Sentimental Framing dies using the extension method to ensure that the panel is long enough to fit the full sentiment. The sentiment is stamped onto the panel in Fresh Freesia and Versamark and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The panel is mounted over the velvet ribbon on the right. I colored the butterfly with Wink of Stella and added purple shimmer gems to add shimmer and draw the eye up to the sentiment panel.

Tomorrow we’re going to use a fun fold to make our sentiment the feature statement (pun intended) of the design. I hope you’ll drop by and check it out!

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