Help Me Grow Collage Card

Today airs Season 8, Episode 3 of the Great North American Stampin’ Show! We were challenged to make a card using inspiration from page 53 of the current Mini Catalog, and YIKES…this was a tough one for me! I don’t do grunge, and I don’t do “collage.” I had to come up with something!

Today’s card uses the adorable Help Me Grow stamp set and dies, and I used these to try my best to put together a card that looked “collaged.” How do you think I did?? PLEASE CLICK HERE to watch the video where I made this card. It came together piece by piece!

The card base is a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock, measuring 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″, folded in half. I layered on a piece of the fabulous Mixed Up Patterns Designer Series Paper (DSP), which I love! It’s soooo versatile and can be used with so many different designs. This piece measures 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″. I speckled some Pecan Pie Blends all over the background, and also stamped some floral background images (but you can’t see them very well after the card is done!).

I die cut out the flower pot, greenery, and flowers from Basic White cardstock, and used my Blending Brushes to color them all in. I love how they turned out! I also die cut out the pruning shears from Pecan Pie and Lunar Lustre papers, and layered some ribbons on top of them, underneath the sentiment. This is my “collage” look to its finest. LOL!

The finishing touch was some Metallic Adhesive Dots, which tied in the silver from the pruning shears. I really liked how that brought the look together.

I hope you love this card! I really ended up liking it, once it was all done! You can find this darling stamp set bundle on my website. It’s perfect for Spring and Summer!

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