A2 Sized Wreath Builder Cards

Did you know you pay extra postage for a square sized card? Well that’s if you use a square envelope. You could always put a square card in a rectangle envelope.  I love square-shaped cards but don’t like paying extra for postage. So I decided to turn my square card into a standard A2 size which is 4.25″x 5.5″.

I used Gina K’s Wreath Builder stamp set to create a card. The wreath builder stencil and stamp set only creates square cards. That’s why I had to change things up. To start, I put the wreath builder stencil inside the MISTI and cut a piece of Royal Sundance Felt Card Stock in Brilliant White to a 3.75″ x 3.75″ square. To make sure the card stock stays put while stamping, I applied temporary adhesive to the back. When I’m finished, I remove the temporary adhesive with the adhesive remover shown below.

I stamped this wreath slightly different. I began by stamping several images the traditional way in the 8 different corners of the stencil. I did that for the light green branch and the two aqua flowers. For the other images, I stamped only 4 times instead of 8. I only have 4 of the pink images – the hearts and pink floral. For those, I only used the square orientation in the wreath builder stencil.  It’s a quick way to get a different look using the same items.

For this card, I wanted a traditional A2 sized card (4.25″x 5.5″). To do that I stretched the wreath image. By cutting it in half and adding a strip of paper, you can stretch the card to an A2 sized card. The scary part is cutting the wreath image in half. 

And here’s the finished card.

I created a couple other cards while I had the stamp set out. The other two are the square sized cards created with the same stencil. The one on the left, stamped in red and greens, I explained in an earlier post you can view here. For the card on the right, I used mostly green inks and just a touch of yellow. For the green and yellow card, you’ll noticed I positioned the images so they are branching out of the circle instead of creating a traditional wreath in a circle. It’s just a matter of placing the images in a different position. 

If you need to stock up on the Cougar Super Smooth Card Stock or Felt Card Stock , you have until the end of the month. It’s on sale over here. 

Thanks for visiting today!

Marcia