Sister and Friendship Cards Take 2 and Siblings Come to Visit

I'm still on a sister kick so I handcrafted another sister card and friendship card.  I used the same sketch as my previous sister and friendship cards, but selected a different color scheme and different messages for the inside of the cards.  For these two cards I used apple green and peach as my primary colors because it is one of my favorite color combinations and reminds me of my sister.  Since both my sister card and friendship card are embellished with punch art flowers they meet the criteria for the Creative Card Crew Challenge which is to incorporate handmade flowers into your project.

Speaking of sisters, I had a couple of siblings visit my garden this past week and I was able to get some pictures of them.

Sibling Fawns Looking Over the Menu

Sibling Fawns Looking for the Head Gardener

Sibling Fawns Taste Testing an Entree

Sibling Fawns Trying Different Greens

I see these little guys several times a week playing in the yard and wandering through the garden.  Momma is never far away.  On this day she was munching along the tree line while keeping an eye on her little ones.


Handcrafting My "Sister and Friendship" Cards Take 2

  
Card Statistics for Both Sister Card and Friendship Card

• Final Card Size: 5.5" tall x 4.25" wide
• Tools: girl stamps, scoring board, paper cutter, letter punch, hydrangea punches, scissors, ruler, blending stumps, computer
• Materials: cardstock, scrapbook paper, cover stock, ribbon, adhesive, colored pencils, gamsol, Stazon ink
• These cards are available in my Polished Moxie Etsy Shop: Sister Card and Friendship Card

Front Views of Sister Card and Friendship Card

View of the front of my Sister Card

View of the front of my Friendship Card

As you can see from the pictures above the cards are pretty much identical with the exception of the images I used and the sentiments of "sister" versus "friends".  For complete details on how I made these cards check out my previous blog post Sister and Friendship Cards. The only differences are the paper and color scheme used.


Angle Views of Sister Card and Friendship Card to Show Dimension

Sister Card placed at a left angle

Sister Card placed at a right angle

You can see the dimensional element of the punch art flower pretty well in the above pictures.  The punched word "sister" is also popped from the surface of the card although it is not showing up that well in the photos.  Below is a closer look at the flower blossom.

Close up of the elements on the front of my Sister Card

This picture does also show the punched letters of "sister" a little better and you can see that they are raised slightly from the card surface.

Here are identical views for my friendship card so that you can see its dimensional elements as well.

Friendship card placed at a left angle

Friendship Card placed at a right angle

Close up of the elements on the front of my Friendship Card

Inside Sister Card and Friendship Card

View of the inside of my Sister Card

For my sister card I selected the inside message to read "A better Sister I could never find!"  The embellishment for the inside of the card is just the matted strip of floral paper.

My friendship card is similar in construction with a change in the message to read "Thoughts of you always bring a smile to my face!"

View of the inside of my Friendship Card

I also constructed an envelope from heavy cover stock for each of the cards to compliment them.  I used a strip of the floral paper down the left side of each envelope as an embellishment.

Final Sister and Friendship Card and Envelope Ensembles

Sister Card and its Coordinating Envelope

Friendship Card and its Coordinating Envelope

These card and envelope ensembles are available in My Polished Moxie Etsy Shop: Sister Card and Friendship Card.

Card Recipe Specifics

• Cardstock: Hammermill, Wausau
• Scrapbook Paper: DCWV 
• Cover Stock: Staples
• Stamps: Me and My Big Ideas
• Punches: Hydrangea and 3-in-1 Hydrangea from Martha Stewart; letter punch from Marvy Uchida
• Ribbon: Offray
• Ink: Stazon black
• Prismacolor Pencils: peach, light peach, peach beige, crimson red, blush pink, salmon pink, dark green, apple green, pale sage, beige, dark umber, cool grey 30%
• Tools: Martha Stewart scoring board, Making Memories paper cutter, ruler, blending stumps, scissors, computer
• Misc: adhesive, silicone adhesive, gamsol 
• Techniques: stamping, gamsol, punch art

Thank you for visiting my blog and allowing me to share my handcrafted Sister card and Friendship card with you.  I hope you enjoyed your visit and will come back soon!

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