Front and Center Card Making - thinking of you

 For today, I am sharing front and center card making with a thinking of you theme.  This step-by-step process incorporates stamping on the inside and outside of the greeting card.  This is up on the Unity blog today.

Sentiment:

Front:  You're in my thoughts today.
Inside:  I would have just texted you, but I wanted to make a card.

I love the combination options using the front and center stamp sets, especially for inside sayings in cards.  However, almost any stamps that you have on hand can be incorporated inside or outside of your greeting cards.

This shows the outside of the card.

Now, here is the inside of the card which includes a sentiment.

Helpful tips:

Here are helpful tips for front and center card making.  To begin, prepare an A2 sized card base.  Then, onto white card stock, stamp the sentiments and the bird using alcohol-friendly ink or ink for use with your markers of choice.  Be sure to leave room to trim or die-cut the sections needed to be used on your card.  Also, color in the stamping.  Next, trim or die-cut the bird into a circle shape, the front sentiment strip and the inside card sentiment panel.  Optional, die-cut or trim a frame layer for the bird and the inside panel using color card stock.  For the background, lightly stencil a pattern onto the card front using ink blending.  Finally, adhere all of the layers for the front and for the inside of the card base, to finish.

Here are some process steps.

Step 1:  Do all of the stamping at once onto a large piece of cardstock, if possible.  I used a stamp positioning tool, Misti.

Step 2:  Color in your stamped image.

Step 3:  Trim or die-cut the circle and rectangle layers.
Step 4:  Add stencil accents to the card front.
Step 5:  Layer it all inside and out.

This is the stamp set used, linked below.

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Supplies:

Unity Stamp Co.
Sometimes I Wonder
Scallops and Circles {nesting dies}

Double stitched rectangle dies, sentiment strip die, stencil herringbone, color card stock in fire coral, adhesive pearls in white, gelly roll pen #10 white, black amalgam ink pad Gina K. Designs, distress oxide ink pad in cracked pistachio; distress ink pad in spun sugar; Ink blending brushes, Copic markers RV95, E93, C1, C2, C0, BG23, BG32, BG10, BG11, 0; removable tape; foam tape, glue, magnetic die storage sheets, plastic stamp & die storage pockets, Misti stamping tool, Misti sticky mat, flat double-sided tape ATG, tweezers, scissors, die-cutting machine, scoring board, bone folder, craft scissors, A2 envelopes, clear bags card storage, Neenah 110 lb cover solar white cardstock, Neenah 80 lb solar white cardstock, paper trimmer, desk craft & cutting mat.

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