Stampin’ Up! has done it again! In the January-April Mini catalog they have included a hybrid embossing folder bundle. The bundle is called Sweet Citrus and has the following items included in it: Sweet Citrus Photopolymer stamp set, and the Sweet Citrus Hybrid Embossing Folder. Wait! What is a hybrid embossing folder? It is an embossing folder plus dies that fit around elements of the embossing folder to allow you to cut and emboss at the same time! Here’s a sweet card I made with the Sweet Citrus Bundle.
Cardstock: Basic White—159276, one piece 4” X 5-1/4”, scraps for stamping, cutting, and embossing, Parakeet Party-159259, a small strip to put behind the sentiment.
Basic White Thick—159229, 5-1/2” X 8-1/2” scored at 4-1/4” and folded for your card base.
Designer Series Paper (DSP): Dandy Designs—160836, 1-1/4” X 5-1/4” strip of the Granny Apple Green small pattern.
Inks: Garden Green-147089, Parakeet Party-159208, Sweet Sorbet-159216
Bundle: Sweet Citrus-160645 (includes the stamp set and the hybrid embossing folder and dies).
Tools: Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine-149653 or Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine--150673
Stylish Shapes Dies--159183
Paper Snips Scissors—103579
Stamparatus—146276
Paper Trimmer--152392
Adhesives: Multipurpose Liquid Glue-110755, Dimensionals-104430, Mini Dimensionals-144108
Instructions:
1. Cut your cardstock and DSP using the Paper Trimmer. Score card base at 4-1/4” and fold
2. Emboss the 5-1/4” X 4” piece of Basic White with the embossing folder.
3. Using Multipurpose liquid glue, adhere the embossed piece of cardstock to the front of the card base, centering it.
4. Using multipurpose liquid glue adhere the strip of DSP on top of the embossed panel approximately 1” from the bottom of the embossed piece.
5. Using the Stamparatus place the connected 3-piece stamp of the citrus inside and ink it with Parakeet Party ink. Stamp on a large scrap of Basic White cardstock.
6. Line up the 4-piece outline and whole citrus image on top of the stamped citrus inside. Lower the plate of the Stamparatus and adhere the stamp to it. Ink the stamp with Garden Green ink and stamp it around and over the Parakeet Party images.
7. Put the stamped image and the die that cuts it into the embossing folder. There is only one way to put the die in on the recessed side of the folder. The paper should be lined up between the die and the folder. To help line it up to cut properly close the folder and flip it over so that you can see the die and cardstock are lined up. Cut out the images.
8. On another scrap piece of Basic White cardstock stamp 2 of the joined flower images using Sweet Sorbet Ink and cut them out with the matching die. The flower centers are separate stamps, so be sure to stamp them in the center of the flowers.
9. Ink up the leaf stamp with Garden Green ink and stamp 3 of them. Use matching dies to cut them out.
10. Stamp the greeting with Garden Green ink and cut it out with a label die from the Stylish Shapes dies. I chose to use the “zesty birthday” greeting and the smallest label die.
11. Arrange all your cut images on top of the strip of DSP and decide how you would like to place them.
12. Adhere the citrus images and flowers with Dimensionals.
13. Put multipurpose liquid glue on the leaf images and tuck them in around the citrus images.
14. Cut your strip of Parakeet Party cardstock to fit and show underneath your greeting label. Adhere the strip to the upper left of the card.
15. Put Dimensionals on the back of the sentiment label and adhere to the Parakeet Party strip, centering it.
Your card is finished. Enjoy and Share!
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