Floating Frames with Groovy Stampers

When I joined Stampin' Up! 15 years ago, I was a downline under my sister.  These days, my sister is back to being a demonstrator with me as her upline!  Today we had our Groovy Stampers meeting and I was able to walk two of my favorite crafting friends and teammates (Kathy and Tammi) through the Floating Frame technique using the stamps from the April Paper Pumpkin kit, Sentimental Rose.

Now you can look up a bunch of videos on how to do this technique on YouTube.  I learned from this one.  And once I had it all designed for our meeting, I found this sample by Rachel Tessman so I switched from the Healing Hugs set to the Paper Pumpkin one.  

For my card, I started by giving them each two 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 pieces of Whisper White cardstock scored in half.  Then a 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece that isn't scored to use for the stamping.  Finally, I gave them a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece to use at a matting template for the images.

The first step is to stamp the images on the 5 1/2  x 8 1/2 piece of white cardstock.  I used Gorgeous Grape for the Rose and Granny Apple Green for the leaves.  Then you cut them out and arrange them on the 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece of Whisper White.

Next you take a piece of Press and Seal and lay it over your images.  Press firmly enough for it to grip the images. Cut around the template and remove the cardstock from the back.  Lay on the Big Shot and cut out the 4th largest rectangle from the center.

Remove from the Big Shot and pop out the center.  Turn them over and add dimensionals to the white side of the images on both pieces. 

Remove the backings of the dimensionals and add to the folded Whisper White card.  You can do this best by lining up the corners.

Turn your card over and carefully pull off the Press and Seal wrap.  Go slow - this may remove a small amount of ink or tear the paper if you go too fast.

Stamp the saying on the inside of your frame.  Stamp on the scrap of white (that you used for stamping) and cut out that saying with the rectangle and add to the card with dimensionals. I added some rhinestones to fill in the holes.

Cool, eh?  Yet again, Paper Pumpkin provides me with what I need to be successful in stamping!

Next month's kit was designed by Shelli and screams her personal style.  The kit includes 12 mailable cards (3 cards of 4 designs), plus ink and stamps, for only 19.95 (plus tax).  That is an incredible deal.  Plus subscribers will get their alternative ideas from me and can get a free 2019-2020 catalog.  If you'd like a sneak peek in to the kit, click the video below!

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Have a craftastic day,

Stacy