I love this Grace’s Garden Handmade card! Grace’s Garden stamp set (151513) is the first set to catch my eye in the new spring mini catalog. I love flowers in my garden and this set has flowers galore and a lovely garden gate. Check out the stamp set.

What is even better is that it comes bundled with Garden Gateway Dies (151512), Grace’s Garden Bundle (153789) for a 10% discount! Having the coordinating dies eliminates fussy cutting the flowers and gate. Note: the arched gate die is larger than the stamped gate. I have made it work by die-cutting the gate and the arch separately, cutting the gate in half and cutting the gate off the arch as shown in my second card.

To make Grace’s Garden Card I first folded a 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ piece of Whisper White cardstock to make the card base. Then I cut a 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Crushed Curry cardstock with the Stitched Lace dies (149625) and a die-cutting machine. I used the single edge die to make the scallops along the sides. I stamped the image with Gray Granite ink on Whisper White cardstock and colored the flowers with Light Lovely Lipstick and Light Granny Apple blends. I shaded the background with the Light Sea Side Spray blend. Then I cut the image out with one of the Painted Labels dies and mounted all this on the card front.

Now the ribbon I used on this Grace’s Garden Handmade card is tricky. I wanted a Granny Apple Green ribbon but the one in the catalog was wider than I wanted. So I took the Dark Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blend and colored the Whisper White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon (151326). I love the softness and width of this ribbon and the fact that you can color it any color you wish with our Stampin’ Blends. You’d better stock up on this ribbon that will only be available in the spring mini catalog!

I also created this beautiful diorama card using the Grace’s Garden Bundle. If you would like a picture tutorial of this card, contact me and I’ll be happy to send you one. The cost of the tutorial is $5.