So, I was wanting to do a "mushroom" card at the Senior Center, using the Toadstool Gardens DSP. But, I was also wanting them to color. (They love to color.) So, I dug out the retired Snailed It stamp set which goes PERFECTLY with the DSP! (There's also a "snail" that goes perfectly with it, too). So I designed this "chair rail" card design for them to make and color! The mushroom stamp allows for perfect coloring of the design to coordinate with the DSP!
Measurements:
- Granny Apple Green:: 1/2 sheet
- Toadstool Gardens: 1 3/4" x 5 1/4", 2 1/4" x 5 1/4" (same print - uses both sides), 3/8" x 5 1/4" strip
- Pumpkin Pie: 3/8" x 5 1/4"
- Melon Mambo: 3 1/4" square
- Basic White: 4" x 5 1/4" (inside), 3" square (stamped image)
- Gray Granite: scrap
To Make This Card:
- Adhere DSP pieces to folded Granny Apple Green card, as shown. (This is the same piece of DSP, just flip flap the pieces, as desired.
- For the "chair rail", cover where the cut edges meet.
- Stamp "mushrooms" from the retired "Snailed It" stamp set onto the White square. Die cut with Spotlight on Nature die.
- Color "mushrooms" with Blends, as shown.
- Die cut a large circle from Stylish Shapes in Melon Mambo square. Adhere these 2 pieces together and then add to card with Dimensionals.
- And, lastly, die cut a "label" from Gray Granite. Stamp sentiment to one end, and then recut "label" shorter, by lining up the stitching of the die, and making it shorter. (This is a neat technique. Remember it!)
- Finish inside with White layer and strip of DSP.
- Finish front with scattered SAB Purple Sequins!
