When I went to OnStage in November, I received the Parisian Beauty Cling Stamp Set for Prize Patrol. I couldn’t wait to play with it! So, I made my Paris in Springtime card for a swap. I love Paris any time of year, but Paris is the Springtime is magical. The inspiration for this card is this postcard (© Phenicia / Fabrice Moireau) that I bought on one of my trips to Paris.

For this card, I wanted to create a window of leaves with the Eiffel Tower poking through like on my postcard. I accomplished this by using the Stitched Nested Labels Dies and the branch from the Sweet Silhouettes Dies. I stamped the Eiffel Tower in Smoky Slate on Watercolor Paper. By squishing my closed Pool Party ink pad, I created a pool of ink in the lid to use for my wash of sky. I love how I mixed the sentiments from the Parisian Beauty Cling Stamp Set and the die cut from the Sweet Silhouettes Dies. A couple of rhinestones and Baker’s Twine are added for embellishments.

This card would be perfect for Valentine’s Day, an anniversary or even a retirement card! The softness of this card definitely reminds me of Paris in the Springtime! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Parisian Beauty Cling Stamp Set (151466)

Dies: Sweet Silhouettes Dies (149541), Stitched Nested Labels Dies (149638)

Inks: Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad (147113), Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad 147107) Versamark Pad (102283)

Paper:  Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper (149612), Petal Pink (146985), Smoky Slate (131202), Pear Pizzazz (131201)

Accessories: Aqua Painters (103954), White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109132), Heat Tool (129053), Embossing Buddy (103083 ), Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine (124262), Rhinestone Basic Jewels (144220), Bone Folder (102300), Paper Snips (103579 ), SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108 ), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Measurements: 

• Smoky Slate: 2 pieces – 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼” and 1 ¼” x 3 ½” (for “adventure”)
• Petal Pink: 5 ¼” x 4”
• Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper: 2 ½” 4 ½”
• Pear Pizzazz: 2 pieces – 4 ½” x 3 ½” and scraps (for sentiment)
• Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine: 7”

Instructions:

1. Fold the Smoky Slate card stock in half to create the card base.
2. Stamp randomly the postal stamp and script from the Parisian Beauty Stamp Set in Smoky Slate on the Petal Pink piece.
3. Centre the second largest Stitched Nested Labels Die on the Petal Pink piece. Die cut it out.
4. Stamp the Eiffel Tower in Smoky Slate from the Parisian Beauty Stamp Set on the Watercolor Paper.
5. Using the same Stitched Nested Labels Die, die cut it out.
6. Squish the Pool Party Ink Pad lid while closed to create a pool of ink to use for water colouring the sky with the aqua painter.
7. Rub the Embossing Buddy on the Pear Pizzazz card stock. Stamp the sentiment in Versamark.
8. Sprinkle White Embossing Powder over the sentiment and heat set with the heat gun. Cut the sentiment apart.
9. Die cut the Smoky Slate with the “adventure” die from the Sweet Silhouettes Dies.
10. Die cut the branch from the Sweet Silhouettes Dies in Pear Pizzazz and trim it into pieces to fit in the “window”.
11. Wrap the Baker’s Twine 3 time around the right side of frame and tie in a bow.
12. Use dimensionals to pop up the Petal Pink frame on the Smokey Slate card base.
13. Adhere the watercolor paper with Multipurpose Liquid Glue to the Smokey Slate card base by positioning it through the Stitched Nested “window”. 
14. Using glue dots, adhere the cut branches to the underside of the Pink Petal frame positioning them so the they frame the Eiffel Tower.
15. Adhere the Pear Pizzazz sentiments with snail on the left side and mini dimensionals on the right side.
16. Adhere “adventure” with Multipurpose Liquid Glue being careful to only cover the part that will be laid on the Petal Pink frame.
17. Add a couple of rhinestones.

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Hope you like my Paris in Springtime Card!

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