This Sentimental Park Thank You Card is my first attempt working with the Sentimental Park Bundle in the Regency Park Suite. I didn’t even look around at ideas online although I did look in the Spring Mini Catalog. I just pulled out the Regency Park 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper, picked out a paper I liked, and started playing around with it and the stamp set.
I first checked the coordinating colors with the designer paper and wrote the names in marker on the back of the cardboard so they are easier to read! I do this with all my designer paper. For this pattern, I pulled out the Shaded Spruce cardstock, which I haven’t used all that often.
I was curious about some of the dies in the Sentimental Park Dies, especially the LONG flower stem! I cut out the Shaded Spruce cardstock with that die and then stamped two flowers to layer together. The flowers are stamped with the daisy stamp which I inked up using the Mango Melody Stampin’ Write Marker to make two flowers I layered them with the Black Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The card needed something to offset the flower and stem to show up better so I cut a strip of Sweet Sorbet cardstock about 1 1/4″ wide. For a little more interest, I stamped a group of flowers in the stamp set with Sweet Sorbet ink but I stamped off first. You could also use Versamark ink. That gave just a little background on the Sweet Sorbet strip without clashing with the designer paper on the front of the card. I glued the flower stem carefully on the Sweet Sorbet strip with the layered flowers at the top.
For the greeting, I stamped the word “thanks” from the Sentimental Park Stamp Set. I first stamped it on Basic White, but then I got the idea to stamp it on a strip of designer paper, the piece with white dots on the Mango Melody background. I just flagged one side and adhered it, popped up on small pieces of Foam Adhesive Strips.
On the inside, adhere a layer of Basic White or another light color, and consider putting a strip of matching designer paper to decorate the inside of the card I little bit!
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I love your cards!
Thank you so much Alice! It means a lot! I love making them, even after all these years!
Hi Karen, I like your cards especially the Sentimental thank you card, are there any dimensions for it please? Cheers and Thankyou, Marilyn.
Hi Maryilyn! The card base is 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, folded in half so it is 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″. The designer paper is 4″ x 5 1/4″. The strip is 5 1/4″ x 1 1/4″. You can make that wider or any size you want. The banner for the greeting was just a scrap strip that the word would fit on and I flagged the one end. Hope that helps! 🙂