Abundant Hope - Thanks!

Hi Everyone.  Happy Friday Night and welcome to Jaydee's SU stampin' space.  Tonight's card shows you yet another way to use Abundant Hope.  And tonight's card is dedicated to Sally.  You can see my other Abundant Hope cards here

Before we get started on tonight's cards... I'd like to give a shout out to Lynn.  Her cards arrived for Hugs and Hope today and they are gorgeous.  Look out for some of Lynn's fabulous creations on my blog tomorrow.  I promise you will be inspired.  A shout out to Cam, too... who let me know her cards on the way.  Thank you ladies!

And whilst we are on the topic of doing something for others... here's more detail on the drive that Stampin' Up! is having to help those in Haiti.  So... think about buying a heart (stamp set) - to help others!

My new goodies arrived for my stampfest tomorrow.  A couple of friends are coming around to add to our card drive, so I'm looking forward to having some girl time and some play time - all together.... now that's a good Saturday.  Which is a good thing, because I didn't have a particularly good Friday and can honestly say that I am, uncharacteristically VERY GRUMPY!  So, I think I am several of the Seven Dwarfs all in one tonight!  :-)  However, spending time with a little bit of rubber and ink should cure me of my grumpiness.  If that fails... then a glass of wine... if that fails... I'll watch a George Clooney movie! :-)  Actually....mmmm... maybe a George Clooney movie and a glass of wine - now that should definitely do the trick! :-)

So, back to the card for tonight....I really love this Daffodil image and I wanted to see how I could use it in a way that visually changed the proportion of the stamp - and I found that using it on a square base, with a square matt, did that for me.  Of course, I had to use my scallop border and corner punch.  Don't forget.. talk to your friendly SU demonstrator to see how you can earn your own free scallop trim border punch... and I also used my Tiny Tags sentiments!  You know I wasn't crazy about getting the Tiny Tags...until I got them!

Card recipe:

• Always Artichoke and Crushed Curry Card stock.  The central image is stamped on Whisper White.
• I stamped the sentiments "4 you" and "thanks so much" in Always Artichoke and punched them out with the jewelry punch.
• I inked the stamp with Always Artichoke and Crushed Curry markers and stamped the image onto the Whisper White
• I used my scallop border and corner punches on a piece of Crushed Curry card stock.  Jaydee tip: I used the 3 13/16" size as per LyndaLee28's great post on splitcoast.  You can check the link and LyndaLee has put the sizes that she worked out to get the best use of the corner punch with scallop.  The key is to start in one corner (with the right size paper) and then work down one side, do the next corner, etc.  until you have worked all the way around the square.  The key is.... you have to have the right size square in order to get the corners and sides to match.  It takes a little effort - but I think the results are really worth it.
• I matted the Whisper White onto a piece of Always Artichoke and then put that onto the Crushed Curry.  I stuck the Always Artichoke matt onto the crushed curry with snail and attached the Whisper White focal image using dimensionals.
• I wrapped a piece of crushed curry around the card and stuck the two ends in the middle of the front of the card. 
• I put the image and the matts onto the card base, over the ribbon, using dimensionals.
• I made a bow with a piece of crushed curry ribbon and stuck 4 mini glue dots behind the knot ... yeah.. I know...4 is more than you need... but I wanted to make sure it was REALLY stuck!  before I adhered the bow to the image, I stuck the sentiment labels underneath the bow and secured them to the mini glue dots.  I then pressed the bow onto the image.

I hope you like it. I think I'm done with Abundant Hope for a couple of nights :-)  I have some new goodies to go play with:-)

I hope you have a fabulous Saturday and that you get to spend time doing the things you love with those you love the most.  For my readers in California, I hope you are all safe and dry.

Hugs

Jaydee

Comments

[Kit Marie]

I saw this on SCS. It is a beautiful card, and I appreciate the details. The yellow is georgous!

[Adelle]

Hope you are feeling better. This card is beautiful and the colors are soo great together. Up in northern California the weather is great for stamping. Too wet and windy to go outside and do anything. I can hardly wait to get this stamp set! Enjoy your "girl" time.

[Patricia Hoffman]

You deserve to have a wonderful time with your friends tomorrow. Don't forget to take pictures! I love Abundant Hope, although I don't have it yet, it will be on my next order. I love what you have done here with the square card. The colors are so vibrant, that card would put a smile on anyone's face. You are so creative. Have a great day!

Trish in Wisconsin

[Missy]

Jaydee,
I love this stamp set!I think it is one of the prettiest stamp sets Stampin' Up has made! It looks so pretty the way you made this card! Thank you for sharing another beautiful card with us!
Hope you have a great time with your friends tomorrow! Hope you will show us what you and your friends create!