AUTISM AWARENESS Thank You Card

Hello there my friends! I hope you're doing well today!  It's time for Kylie's Demonstrator Training Blog Hop for the month of April!

April is also Autism Awareness month.  I have a personal connection to this disorder, so it means alot to me to be able to create a card like this.  Thanks so much to Stampin' Up! for giving us so many incredible stamp sets that help bring awareness to many causes that affect our friends and families.

The "LOVE YOU TO PIECES" stamp and die bundle are PERFECT for making spectrum cards.

I really like how the card came together.  I created it using a super popular technique called "floating frame".

I started with a Blueberry Bushel card base 4 1/4 x 11" and then a Whisper White layer cut at 5 1/4 x 4".   I used the bright primary colors: Real Red, Call Me Clover, Pumpkin Pie, Blueberry Bushel, and Pineapple Punch for the puzzle pieces, as is customary for the Autism Awareness colors.

I cut a larger puzzle piece out of all the colors, but settled on a green one.

I also cut a whole panel of pieces out of each color to use as the frame on the card.   Once the pieces were all cut, I attached the white layer to the card base and then arranged the little puzzle pieces how I liked them around the white layer.

After I aranged the pieces how I liked them, I used a piece of Glad Press'n Seal to layer over top and smoothed it down with my bone folder to get a good "connection" with the puzzle pieces.

When I was sure the pieces were stuck to the press'n seal, I peeled it away from the white layer and laid it on the big shot cutting mat. 

I used the Rectangle Stitched Framelits to cut my frame out of the middle.

After the frame was cut out, I flipped the piece over on the table and added dimensionals to the backside. As you can see, this technique uses a TON of them.  Holy mackerel!!  Next time I will use the framing parts of the dimensionals for this task. lol

I applied the frame to the card front and then used dimensionals again to attach the green puzzle piece.

I like the layers on this card.  They're pretty neat!

On the inside of the frame, I stamped "Thanks For Keeping me Together".

For the inside of the card, I used a piece of Pineapple Punch cardstock measuring 3 3/4" x 5" and stamped a frame of puzzle pieces in Tuxedo Black.  Then glued the red puzzle piece down with snail.

All in all, it's a fun technique, but BOY does it use a LOT of dimensionals! lol.

I hope you liked my project today. I enjoyed making the card. :-)

Make sure you follow the blog hop around to the other incredible demonstrators who are listed here.  They've got some amazing projects lined up for you as well!





Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you come back again soon!

 Until Next Time,
Happy Crafting! 

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Product List

Love You To Pieces Clear-Mount Bundle [148396]	Big Shot [143263]	Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies [148551]	Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146968]	Pineapple Punch 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146971]
Call Me Clover 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146969]	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482]	Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [105117]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]

Kylie's March International Highlights

Hello friends!  It's time for Kylie's Blog Highlights contest again!  I'm really excited to share this month's card with you.  I enjoy participating in the highlight because I absolutely love the "ENCOURAGEMENT" theme! 

Check out that sentiment!! It doesn't get much more encouraging than that does it?  I'm totally in LOVE with the "STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL" stamp set in the 2019 Occasions catalog (pg. 48).  What a GORGEOUS collection of sentiments!  From encouragement to friend to Mom, this collection of amazing and uplifting sentiments is a MUST HAVE!

Today's card is all about empowerment and knowing that YOU CAN succeed!  And THAT, my friends, is AMAZING!!

I used a bit of flirty flamingo cardstock and paired it up with some of the All My Love designer series paper.  You know how it's my favorite by now! hehe.  I roughed up the edges of both pieces. The DSP is 5 3/8" x 4 1/8", just shy of the card front which I made from Soft Sea Foam.

I embossed that gorgeous flourish (from the Beauty Abounds stamp set) in gold.  I love that set and used the dies on this card too.  It's a fabulous bundle that I find myself using quite often. It's very versatile and has some beautiful sentiments in its own rite.

I stamped the sentiment in black on Whisper White Cardstock and then cut it and a mat layer (Blackberry Bliss) using the Layering Circles dies.  The Blackberry Bliss is just a tiny accent color in the DSP background, so it fit perfectly I thought.  I used it again as a background for the butterfly I added.

I wanted just one part of that fabulous die piece.  So, I lined it up on that part & cut it out of Powder Pink and did the same with the other layer die and Blackberry Bliss.  These dies are so cool because they can literally be an entire card front, all on their own! AWESOME!! Can you say "EASY CARD"?! hehe.

To get those finely detailed butterflies glued together, I used a silicone mat and a sponge with my liquid Tombow glue.  You just squeeze a little glue on the mat and then sponge it onto the back of the detailed cut.  It helps cover all those fine lines and doesn't make a huge mess everywhere.  Then you can just wipe it right off the mat when it's dry. Easy peezy!  The trick is to hold your die cut very still!

The Beauty Abounds bundle includes these adorable little accent pieces, so naturally I had to use them too! I cut two of each.

I wanted a lot of texture and freedom on this card, so you see the distressed edges of the paper, the die cut sprigs and butterfly, the dimension between the flirty flamingo strip as well as on the sentiment piece itself.  And, there's just the right amount of "BLING" too!

I really like how this card turned out and I can't wait to send it out to someone! It's so much fun encouraging and supporting each other.  And it's something I definitely want to do more of in 2019!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and checking out my card! I hope you like it enough to VOTE for it in the contest!

You can click the button here to VOTE for my card!  I hope to see you in the March Highlights Blog Hop!! Have a fantastic day!!

Until next time,
Happy Crafting!

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Product List

Strong & Beautiful Cling Stamp Set [148732]	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146988]	All My Love 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [148576]	Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141416]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129]	Heat Tool [129053]
Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133675]	Beauty Abounds Cling Bundle [150617]	Powder Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144244]	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100702]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]