This Share What You Love Tufted Card For a Friend is one that I saw somewhere online and loved the look of it, especially the tufted background. I changed a few details of the card and you could change it up even more. Mostly I love the sentiment! What a great card to send to a friend with that stamp!
The card base is Mint Macaron, of course you could use any color that coordinates with the designer paper. Or you could use one color for the card and another color for the layer.
The tufted background is embossed with the Tufted Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. This is one of the “heavy-duty” embossing folders that makes such good impressions on the cardstock. It is suggested that you spritz the cardstock with a little water before you run it through the Big Shot. I have a small spray bottle that I have water in and keep by my Big Shot and then I just very lightly spritz the paper. Don’t go overboard with the water! Just a light spritz will make enough of a difference!
For the focal point of the card, I used a piece of the Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper. This whole package of paper has been one of my favorites! Instead of paper, I took a piece of the Petal Pink/Whisper White 5/8″ Variegated Ribbon and draped it over the top of the designer paper and clipped the bottom of it in the v-shape like a banner.
After stamping the sentiment and a few flowers from the Love What You Do Stamp Set I die-cut that with a large Stitched Shapes Framelits Die and layered on a larger scalloped circle die. Next, I punched out some vellum pieces from the Leaf Punch, adhered those to the back of the greeting and then adhered that to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. For one more finishing touch, I added a small bow to the side with the Whisper White 1/8″ Sheer Ribbon. You could a few Rhinestones or Sequins if you liked.
Don’t forget to go back in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog and look up some things you might not have looked at for awhile! The Tufted Embossing Folder really adds a nice background to your cards and the Share What You Love Designer Paper is very pretty as well!