We rise by lifting others up is a great inspirational saying.  This greeting card uses the Above the Clouds Bundle  (Above the Clouds stamp set and Hot Air Balloon Punch.

To create this fun card, use the Above the Clouds Bundle and the Rooted in Nature Stamp Set. Using the trees from the Rooted in Nature Stamp set, and combining the clouds and the birds really gives this card the feeling that it is sailing above the trees.   This card makes a great inspirational message, But, if you change up the sentiment, you can use it with many other occasions.  Some that come to mind are birthdays, thinking of you, and sympathy cards.

Recipe for Inspirational Greeting Card

Stamps: Above the Clouds, Rooted in Nature.

Ink: Balmy Blue, Tuxedo Black Memento, VersaMark, Garden Green, Pacific Point.

Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Follow Your Art Designer Series Paper.

Accessories: Hot Air Balloon Punch, 1″ Circle Punch, 1-1/2″ Circle Punch,  Shimmer White Embossing Powder, Sponge Brayer, Grapefruit Grove Nature’s Twine.

Measurements for  Cardstock and Papers.:

• Card base – Thick Whisper White  5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored and folded at 4-1/4″.
• Pacific Point – 4″ x 5-1/4″, 2″ x 2″.
• Whisper White – 3-3/4″ x 5″, 1-1/2″ x 1-1/2″
• Follow Your Art Designer Series Paper: 2″ x 2-3/4″ Choose the paper with the Abstract design, scrap for basket.
• 6″ Grapefruit Grove Nature’s twine.

How to’s

• Do the clouds first by using the emboss resist technique.  Stamp the clouds in several places with VersaMark ink, sprinkle with the Shimmer White Embossing Powder and heat with Heat Tool. Once the embossing powder is set, continue to the next step – emboss resist technique.
• Use  the sponge brayer and Balmy Blue ink to give the small Whisper White panel a wash.  Remember to always start your brayering off the cardstock and then continue to cover the panel. When you have finished applying ink, rub any excess ink off the clouds.
• Stamp the birds  with Tuxedo Black ink.
• Ink the Balloon stamp and the  basket stamp with Tuxedo Black ink and stamp on the piece of Designer Series Paper. Punch with Hot Air Balloon punch.
• Stamp a row of trees across the bottom of panel.  Ink the 2 tree stamp with Garden Green ink and stamp.  Without reinking the stamp, stamp the trees again just above the 1st row.  Now ink up the single tree stamp with Garden Green ink, stamp off 2x on scrap paper and fill in the tree row.
• Ink the sentiment stamp with Pacific Point ink and stamp on a piece of Whisper White cardstock. Punch with 1″ Circle Punch.  With the 1-1/4″ circle punch, punch another circle from Pacific Point cardstock and attach to the Whisper White circle.  Loop a piece of Grapefruit Grove Nature’s Twine around the back of the circle, secure and attach to card front.

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