Just Sitting Here

Just sitting here thinking about what card to make for a person who needs cheering up when of course I thought of the Sitting Here stamp set!

I stamped the porch swing with Versamark at the side of an Emerald Envy matte and then heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss. After planning for how I would make my card I decided to go in another direction so ended up trimming this matte down so that it would fit on a 4.75 x 6" card front.

Two sheets from the Playful Palette DSP Stack were trimmed to fit on a Thick Whisper White card front, adhered to each other and then a length of Emerald Envy Ruched Ribbon was knotted around the matte where the two patterned papers joined. The porch stamped matte was then adhered on top.

Using Basic Black Archival ink, I stamped the three pillows, the dog and the dog's bed on Whisper White card stock. I used Stampin' Write Markers to color all five items and then fussy cut them.

For each of the pillows, I used my McGill Paper Blossom Tool Kit to shape the back of each one to make "puffy" pillows. These were adhered to the card front using Dimensionals. The dog's bed was adhered with Fast Fuse to the card front and then the dog was popped up on it with Dimensionals.

The sentiment was stamped onto a strip of Very Vanilla and then the Banner Triple Punch was used to flag one end. The strip was then adhered to the card front with Fast Fuse. A black Sharpie was used to color three White Perfect Accents and then they were affixed to the sentiment banner.

The only embellishment for the inside of the card was to stamp the pot of flowers and to color them with Stampin' Write Markers.

I'm hoping this card will provide cheer for the recipient!