How to make a handmade slimline card for your next card project. Interest in Slimline cards is  returning and I am sure that you will love making them.  Remember when you could purchase those types of cards in the store?

These types of cards are easy to do and can be based on the regular 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″.

World of Flowers Card Recipe

Stamp Sets: Wonderful World, Hydrangea Haven.

Ink: Mossy Meadow,  Stampin’ Write Markers: Orchid Oasis, Mossy Meadow, Flirty Flamingo, Highland Heather.

Paper: Mossy Meadow, Basic White, Wonderful World Designer Series Paper.

Accessories: Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Beautiful Shapes, Evening Evergreen Windowpane Check Ribbon.

Cutting Measurements

• Basic White: 7-1/4″ x 8-1/2″ Score @ 3-5/8 Burnish fold with Bone Folder.7-1/2″ x 3-1/4″ (for flowers), Scrap for sentiment.
• Mossy Meadow: 8-1/2″ x 3-5/8″. 8″ x 3-1/2″
• Wonderful World Designer Series Paper.

Assemble the Card

1. Prepare the card base.  You can get 1 card base from a 8-1/2″ x 11″ sheet of paper.
2. Attach the Mossy Meadow panel to the card base.
3. Ink and stamp the 3 flower stamps with the Orchid Oasis, Flirty Flamingo and Highland Heather. Use  Mossy Meadow to apply ink to the leaves and stamp. TIP: Don’t forget to huff on the stamps to moisten the stamps.
4. Attach the ribbon to the DSP, tie a faux bow ( which will be flatter than a real bow) at the left hand side.  See Photo.
5. Use the  hexagon dies from the Beautiful Shapes dies and cut a frame. Nest the second largest die and the third largest die and cut. TIP:  Before cutting the frames attach the dies to the paper with a piece of Washi Tape or another type of positional tape.  Save the cutouts to use in another project.
6. Cut the flowers using the same largest die from step 4.
7. Use Fine Tip Glue Pen to attach the frames to the flowers. To space the focal images, place a frame at each end of the card.  The focal image needs to be 1/4″ from the edge of the DSP.  Position and attach the last flower in the middle of the 2 outside flowers.
8. Stamp the sentiment with Mossy Meadow ink, cut with a frame from the Beautiful Shape Dies and attach to the card front.

I hope that you give this type of card a try. Do you need supplies to construct a handmade slimline card?

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