Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Picturesque Hello Card using the Picturesque Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up! I had a lot of fun playing with this stamp set that I made three cards all with slight variations. One is a gate fold card, another an easel card, and the third is a regular card.

The Details of My Gate Fold Card

I needed to create a swap and decided that I would use the Picturesque Stamp Set for it and create a gate fold card. Give the set some love since there wasn’t a lot of cards out there using it and I always need more masculine card!

I decided this stamp set would be perfect with the Enjoy the Journey Designer Series Paper to create an outdoorsy masculine theme. It is currently free during Sale-a-Bration!

I went with one flap larger than the other since I wanted to show off the DSP. The Into the Clouds Embossing Folder created some interest on the smaller flap while lightening my card up. It also helped to balance the sentiment cluster.

For my stamped image, I used several colours to represent a sunset over a nature scene. The Coastal Cabana and Mango Melody were both stamped off once before stamping on the Basic White. For the sky, I decided to use the Oceanfront Stamp Set to give it a painted feel, but you could use the water stamp from the Picturesque Stamp Set instead.

Once everything was stamped, I used the largest stitched square from the Stylish Shapes Dies to cut it out and matted it with Starry Sky card stock.

Next, I wound some linen thread twice around my focal point and tied it in a knot on the opposite side from the sentiment cluster. The die cut tree was from the Majestic Mountain Dies and I thought it added to my outdoorsy theme and balanced the stamped tree on my focal point.

I stamped the sentiment in Starry Sky and used the arrow die from the All That Dies. I loved how it pointed into the scene while creating a base for the sticker and tree.

Those Enamel Sticker Icons are so neat! I went with the tree icon on my swaps since it went well with the die cut tree and my outdoorsy theme. The finishing touch was three Rustic Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots.

The Details for My Other Cards

For the Easel card, I decided to give it a distressed look by using my scissors to run along the edges of everything. I even folded down a corner of the DSP so that the Garden Green back can be seen.

I loved the encouraging sentiment and decided to use it for the inside as a stopper so that the easel could stand up.

The full card was stamped the same way, but I used the Stitched Rectangle Dies to die cut the focal point and mat out. I also used the compass from the Enamel Sticker Icons.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Picturesque Stamp Set (160511), Majestic Mountain Dies (151608), All That Dies (159078), Oceanfront Stamp Set (157862), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183), Stitched Rectangle Dies (151820)

Inks: Garden Green (147089), Highland Heather (146986), Coastal Cabana (147097), Starry Sky (159212), Mango Melody (147093)

Paper: Starry Sky (159263), Garden Green (102584), Basic White (159276), Enjoy the Journey 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (160586)

Accessories: Into the Clouds Embossing Folder (159171), Enamel Sticker Icons (160598), Rustic Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots (159082), Linen Thread (104199), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Paper Snips Scissors (103579)

Measurements: 

• Starry Sky (2 pieces): 
  • 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 2 ½” and 6 ¾”
  • 3” x 3”
• Basic White (3 pieces):
  • 1 ½” x 5 ¼”
  • 3” x 3”
  • Scrap for Sentiment
• Garden Green:
  • Scrap
• Enjoy the Journey DSP:
  • 2 ¼” x 5 ¼”

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