He First Loved Us..

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Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.

 Pope John XXIII

Starting here with God's blessings I am posting here one of my three projects I made for the 2017 DT Call.

He First Loved Us... A Card with Easter Blessings !

Heartfelt Creations' Products Used :

Flowering Dogwood & Doves Die HCD1-7131

Flowering Dogwood & Doves Cling Stamp Set HCPC-3775

Flowering Dogwood Branches Die HCD1-7130

Flowering Dogwood Branches Cling Stamp Set HCPC-3774

Flowering Dogwood Die HCD1-7129

Flowering Dogwood Cling Stamp Set HCPC-3773

Dogwood Chapel Cling Stamp Set HCPC-3776

Flowering Dogwood Designer Paper Collection

Botanic Window Die HCD1-7100

Large Elegant Word Background HCPC-3323

Deluxe Flowering Shaping Kit HCST1-401

Instructions :

Other Products :

Archival Inks - Watering Can, Venetian Orange, Olive, Viridian, Leaf Green.

Watercolors

Dull Glass Glitter

Ranger's Multi Medium Matte

Green Floral Wire

Prills

Shabby lace

Stamens

ShimmerZ Spritz Olive Branch

Black Card Stock

Handmade Ash brown paper

Distress tool.

Glue Gun

Die Cutting Machine

Instructions :

The finished folded card size measures 11.5"/7.5" 

Cut,distress all the four sides and adhere the handmade paper over the 11.5"/ 6" base black cardstock.

Cut,distress and adhere the design paper from Flowering Dogwood Paper Collection,leaving 1/8th"on its top.

Stamp the flowers over it using Dogwood Chapel Stamps and Large Elegant Word Background Stamp.

Spray some Olive Branch Spritz over it.

Lightly give a light green color wash using water color over it tinting with greens and peach shades.

Take another black cardstock measuring 6"/6",adhere the distressed handmade paper over it and layer it with another design paper over it leaving 1/8th" on each side.

Spray Olive Branch Sptitz over it with water color washes giving tints n hues of peach n greens.

Stamp flowers using Dogwood Chapel Set.

Using double sided foam tape adhere it to the base card slightly towards the left side.

Diecut two pieces of cardstock using Botanic Window die. Adhere them together to form heavy body of it.Cut and adhere the design paper of the Chapel onto it.

At the base of the window adhere the lace. Now place and stick it in the centre of the square base card.

Stamp images of different flowers and doves with Archival inks using green shades. Cut them up using co ordinating dies in the die cutting machine.

Color them using finger daubers. Dip them in water to soften the paper. Place them on towel to absorb excess water. Shape and emboss the flowers using Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit.

Apply Multi Medium Matt over the sides of petals and sprinkle some dull glass glitter over it.

In the centre of the flower apply white glue and sprinkle green prills,it dries clear. Cut,color and shape the leaves also the same way.

Stamp and cut the doves also the same way,color them with water color.

Finally arrange the flowers,leaves and doves as per your desired layout sticking with Hot glue Gun.

Twist some green floral wires and glue them up in the floral arrangement.

Cut and adhere the sentiment Easter Blessings .

Here is the card now ready to send someone filled with your love and Almighty's blessings :)

Thanks for stopping by :)