Stampin' Up! Best Year Thank You Card with Peony Garden DSP for the Use Your DSP Series

Such a simple card yet so elegant with the tone-on-tone Petal Pink color palette and delicate Stampin' Up! Peony Garden Designer Series Paper (DSP). This card was so easy and quick, making it a breeze to create several all at one time with various greetings from the Stampin' Up! Best Year Stamp Set.

NOTE: The Peony Garden Designer Series Paper (DSP) is on sale now, while supplies last, and will retire on 03-MAY-2021 - take a look at this gorgeous paper and order yours now. You may also want to view the Peony Garden Suite, also on sale, including so many products -- Prized Peony Cling Stamp Set, Peony Dies, Peony Garden Designer Series Paper, Square Vellum Doilies, Elegant Faceted Gems, Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon, and Dainty Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder.

Shop for more products on sale now through 03-MAY-2021 -- there are amazing deals right now!

Card Recipe

Ingredients

• Stamp Set: Best Year

• Dies: Stitched Rectangle Dies

• Ink Pads: VersaMark, Petal Pink

• Cardstock: Petal Pink, White

• Designer Series Pape (DSP)r: Peony Garden DSP

• Embellishments: Elegant Faceted Gems

• Ribbon & Trim: Petal Pink Organdy Striped Ribbon

• Embossing Powder: White Stampin' Emboss Powder

• Adhesives: Stampin' Seal+, Stampin' Dimensionals, Tear & Tape, Mini Glue Dots or Multipurpose Liquid Glue (to adhere ribbon)

Tools

• Basic Supply Kit: paper trimmer, paper snips/scissors, bone folder, acrylic stamping blocks

• Heat Tool

• Stampin' Up! Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Technique(s)

• Heat Embossing

Cardstock & Ribbon Measurements

• Card Base: Petal Pink measuring 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"

• Layer #1: Peony Garden DSP pattern #1 measuring 5 1/4" x 4"

• Layer #2: Peony Garden DSP pattern #2 measuring 5" x 3 3/4"

• Layer #3 - Inside: White measuring 5 1/4" x 4"

• Layer #4 - Inside Strip: Peony Garden DSP measuring 5" x 3/4"

• Sentiment: Petal Pink measuring 3 1/4" x 2 1/2"

• Ribbon: two (2) strips measuring approximately 6"

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Prepare Your Cardstock: cut/trim/score all paper as described above

2. Die cut the Peony Garden DSP pattern #1 with the largest Stitched Rectangle Die

3. Die cut the Peony Garden DSP pattern #2 with the third largest Stitched Rectangle Die

4. Adhere the two DSP layers together with Stampin Seal+

5. Adhere a strip of Petal Pink Organdy Striped Ribbon approximately 6" long (or a tad shorter) -- adhere with Tear & Tape in the center of the front of the DSP layers, centered vertically, and to both the left and right sides of the back of the DSP layers

6. Adhere the DSP & ribbon layers to the cardbase with Stampin' Seal+

7. Adhere the inside strip of DSP to the inside layer of white cardstock, at the bottom

8. Adhere the inside layers to the inside of the cardstock [center the layers better than I did =)]

9. Stamp the inside sentiment on the inside cardstock, centered, in Petal Pink ink

10. Stamp the sentiment with VersaMark ink on a piece of Petal Pink cardstock, measuring approximately 3 1/4" x 2 1/2", cover in White Stampin' Emboss powder, and heat until melted

11. Adhere the sentiment to the front of the cardbase, centered horizontally on top of the ribbon with Stampin' Dimensionals

12. Create a bow with the remaining piece of ribbon, trim ends, and adhere to the front of the card

13. Adorn the card with several Elegant Faceted Gems

Remember: the Peony Garden Designer Series Paper (DSP) is on sale now, while supplies last, and will retire on 03-MAY-2021 - take a look at this gorgeous paper and order yours now. You may also want to view the Peony Garden Suite, also on sale, including so many products -- Prized Peony Cling Stamp Set, Peony Dies, Peony Garden Designer Series Paper, Square Vellum Doilies, Elegant Faceted Gems, Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon, and Dainty Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder.

Shop for more products on sale now through 03-MAY-2021 -- there are amazing deals right now!

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Happy Crafting,

Krista

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