Garden Wishes Bundle - Dandy Garden Suite

Feb 2

Oh Dandy Garden Suite… how do I love thee!! There is so much to this amazing suite that I can only begin to utilize all the adorable elements! This post is primarily about the Garden Wishes Bundle, as I feel it has not received nearly enough attention! While dandelions can be a gardener’s worst nemesis, it can also be a charming element to wildflower fields, pollen sources for bees, a wonder for small children as they pick and gift bouquets to their adoring moms or blow the dandelion seeds to kingdom come!!

**Whimsical True Friend Card**

This fun little card utilizes the fun little **Garden Wishes Bundle** stitched bee flight die together with the **Stitched With Whimsy Dies** on a layer of Vellum CS (3-3/8”x4-5/8”), layered over **Misty Midnight CS** (3-1/2”x4-3/4”), and popped up with **Dimensionals**. The dandelion seed dies are cut in **Vellum CS**, along with the grass stalk dies (from the **Dandy Wishes dies**), and adhered with **Glue Dots**. The verse is from the **Garden Wishes stamp set**, stamped on **Basic White CS** (1”x2-7/8”) with **Memento Ink**, embossed with the **Stitched With Whimsy dies**, layered over **Misty Midnight C**S (1-1/8”x3”), and popped up with **Dimensionals**. The card

base is Basic White Thick CS. For the next layer of 4”x5-1/4” Bumblebee CS, with stips of Dandy Garden DSP ( 7/8”x5-1/8” strip & a 3”x5-1/8” strip) glued down to the Bumblebee CS. Once adhered, the entire piece was embossed with the Subtle 3D EF, then glued down to the card base. The sweet little bee is from the Dandy Garden DSP, cut with the dies from the Dandy Wishes Dies and popped up with Dimensionals. I added the Metallic Pearls and the Misty Moonlight/Silver Bakers Twine from the Flowers for Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack. More pics below…

**Your Acts of Kindness Card**

One of the lovely elements of the **Dandy Garden Suite** are the **Dandy Garden Memories and More Cards & Envelopes**, because they have the fun print on both the card and the envelopes in Bumblebee. The envelopes are larger than the typical cards I make, and are 4-1/4”x6-1/4”, a really nice size. All I needed to do was fold the card and add my layers.
The lovely card layers are 2-1/2”x4-1/4” of **Basic White CS**, colored with **Mossy**

Meadow, Bumblebee, and Blackberry Bliss ink, applied with the wonderful new Blending Brushes (watch this video for how to apply the ink). The image was then stamped with Mossy Meadow ink with the Garden Wishes stamp set. I layered this inked piece over Mossy Meadow CS (2”-4-1/4”), and popped up with Dimensionals. The verse was inked with Blackberry Bliss ink with a verse from the Garden Wishes stamp set on Basic White CS, and die cut with the Stitched Rectangle dies, layered over 1-1/8”x2-3/4” of Mossy Meadow CS, glued on one side, and popped up with Dimensionals on the side that hangs over. After inking the Basic White CS with Blending Brushes, I stamped the and punched dragonfly from the Dragonfly Garden Bundle, and popped it up with Dimensionals. Really the Mossy Meadow pieces were scraps, and I liked how they were not coordinated in size with the above or below layers. A fun card! More pics below…