Grandma's Love (Blog Hop)

Our theme for this month's blog hop was Mother's Day and I knew right away which set I wanted to use--Grandma's House.  Especially right now, where littles everywhere are missing the hugs and kisses of their grandparents!

I have been spending my social distancing time watching TONS of technique and fancy fold videos on YouTube.  I have so many great ideas for future classes!!  I couldn't wait to try this Inside Shadow Box card I saw Jennifer McGuire make and knew the images from the Grandma's House stamp set would be perfect.

I used a piece of striped paper from the Bird Balled DSP that had such fun colours for Spring as my jumping off point.  I stamped and coloured the flowers using Blends and perfectly lined up my sentiment using my Stamparatus.  I used the Stitched So Sweetly scalloped rectangles to cut out both my stamped piece and a slightly larger layering piece.

I wrapped a bit of pretty Calypso Coral seam binding ribbon (retired, but you can make your own by colouring the white seam binding with Blends markers) into a bow and adhered to the back on the larger stitched rectangle before layering.

The real surprise is on the inside!  This is where the 3D scene magically forms thanks to some easy but clever scoring.  And the best part is it folds completely flat and is able to fit in a standard envelope for mailing!

Here is how it looks as you start to open the card and the shadow box starts forming...

And here is a view from the top-down, where you can see how the shadow box is completely formed.

I sponged the background with a cloud stencil and Pool Party ink, and then sponged a Granny Apple Green hill and layered it on the bottom. I cut out a stitched rectangle so that you can see through to the back panel, and layered some clouds, trees, and a house from the stamp set that I coloured with Blends and fussy cut.

I love that this design could be used for any occasion--I'm going to do some birthday balloons next!

On the inside I also stamped "Thank goodness for Grandma", because seriously...thank goodness for Grandmas!

I encourage you to try out this card for yourself--it is very easy and has incredible wow factor!

Be sure to hop along and see what everyone else has for you today.

Take care and stay safe!

Barb

A La Cards (Leena)

LollyandSand (Sandy)

JustBStamping (Barb--you're here!)

Stampingjen.BlogSpot.com (Jennifer)