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March 2024 features a beautiful art box that contains everything you need to make 3 sets of 3 cards – a total of 9 cards from gorgeously printed cards that coordinate with the Online Exclusives suite of products – Meandering Meadows. Today I am highlighting 4 alternatives cards in this blog.

This set contains wood elements, iridescent embellishments, coordinating envelopes and purple vellum pieces. These are the two stamp sets that come in this kit.

The card pieces are printed on both the front and back making them perfect for alternative projects to be cut apart. For the first alternate card I made a simple z-fold fun fold card using half of the card with the tree pattern on them. I cut the card in half and then cut that piece to two pieces of 2″ x 5 1/4″. I grabbed a Gorgeous Grape card base of 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ scored the card in half at 4 1/4″ and then at 2 1/8″. I cut a Basic White inside piece to 4″ x 5 1/4″ I saved the thin slice to use on the Basic White layer.
I used the retiring Vellum Basics which is on sale for $6 (#160839) and still in stock as of saving this post. I cut the vellum to a 2 3/4″ square and die cut a smaller white square from the Stylish Shapes die set which is one of my all time favorites!

This is how I cut the card and I will use all the vertical pieces of the left side of the card.

I adhered the most left hand piece of the card to the first panel.

Adhere the second 2″ piece to the middle panel.

Adhere the Basic White layer to the right hand panel and then adhere the 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ piece to the right hand side of the Basic White layer.

Stamp a sentiment onto the square in a diamond orientation. I stamped off the smaller flower image and stamped the petals around the sentiment.

Adhere the left side of the white diamond to the vellum square with stamping dimensionals positioned in a diamond orientation. Only put Stampin’ Dimensionals onto the left side of the Basic White layer and add to the vellum diamond. Add Stampin’ Seal only under the Basic White diamond on the left side – adhere to the first panel only placing the points of the top and bottom of the diamond directly over the score line between the first and second panels.

I added three Purple Shimmer Gems to the finished card for a little coordinating bling.

The second alternate card I used a half sheet of card base cut to 4″ x 5 1/4″ used one of the purple vellum pieces layered with the wooden tree embellishment attached with the glue dots and the added a sentiment piece. I added three Purple Shimmer Gems to finish off this simple card but by cutting the base in half and adding cardstock I can at least double the cards in the kit!

The third card is a double Z-fold using the brand new In Color cardstock Petunia Pop!
I cut the card in half at 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″ and 2 3/4″, then I cut the other side of the 4 1/4″ x 11″ to 3″ x 11″ and scored at 5 1/2″ and 2 3/4″. Flipped the cardstock so the 3″ piece has the larger side on the left and the 4 1/4″ piece has the larger panel on the right .

I cut two Basic White cardstock pieces one to 4″ x 5 1/4″ and one to 2 3/4″ X 2 1/2″.

I cut the daisy printed card base.

I cut the card base at the score line. I cut the left side of the card base to 4″ and then at 2″ x 4″, 2″ x 4″ and 1/4″ x 4″. I took the right hand piece and cut horizontally across at 2 3/4″ x 5 1/4″.

Adhere the 4″ x 5 1/4″ to the largest panel of the 4 1/4″ card base. Attach the smaller white piece to the smaller right hand panel of the 3″ card stock base.

Adhere the 2″ x 4 ” pieces to the first panel of the 4 1/4″ piece and to the right hand side of the Basic White piece on the back panel.

Adhere the smaller panel to the middle of the back panel over the Basic White piece.

Adhere the daisy cut 3″ x 5 1/4″ piece to the larger panel of the 3″ Petunia Pop card base.

Adhere the back left hand side to the first panel of the back card base.

I stamped the sentiment from the kit stamp set on the smaller inside piece. and added a few Purple Shimmer Gems for the final touch for this beautiful card.