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Revisiting the Woodland Grove Collections and taking a much needed break from Christmas holiday cards.

I’m really getting some crafting hours and finished cards from this ‘scrapbooking’ set from American Crafts by Maggie Holmes called Woodland Grove. Using this collection I’ve shown you just the start of how many different card designs you can generate from coordinating cardstock and ephemera. This is my third batch of cards and the possibilities continue.

When this set and Maggie Holmes’ Forever Fields, sets that appealed to me in both theme and color, went on sale (with deep discounts) at the start of the summer, I grabbed items I normally wouldn’t have bought like 1/8th inch foam stickers, but also came away with ephemera, frames and a beautiful assortment of cardstock.

All of the cards here us this great repeated camera patterned paper that’s found in the 12 x 12 Woodland Grove card pack. The black and white image grounds the background without being too busy. Something about the camera image reminds me of a life of adventure and possibility, unique personal point of view, and art and introspection reflected in the lens.

My first color pallete is black, white, yellow/gold and pink. I embellished with metallic gold thread and then later (after photographing) added Nuvo drops in Caramel Cream, one of my favorite go-to Nuvo drops color.

The gold lined flower is actually a washi tape sticker that can be peeled off and removed but I like to use with the backing left on as the design stands out more. I also cut little banner tails using complimentary patterned paper and vellum. Each also includes an ‘Admit One’ ticket, ephemera from the same collection.

In my next two cards I took the same overall design but changed it up for a vertical arrangement. My color palette is black and white, light blue, and gold. The focals are two camera washi tape stickers affixed using foam tape. I added banner tails, metallic gold thread loops and Nuvo drops in Pale Gold for embellishments.

I had some gold speckled vellum that I picked up from Hobby Lobby and used it here with the softer blue background instead of plain vellum. I like that it adds just a bit more color and detail. The camera patterned paper becomes the vertical strip layered over the top of the vellum.

I’ve been so happy with the Woodland Grove collection, I only wish that it had a few more washi camera stickers so that I can make duplicates of these two cards.

In my final card design, I used more of the camera patterned paper and added to it scraps of pink and yellow/gold patterned paper with a strip of gold foil paper in various widths. I glued these in a vertical orientation on a 4 x 5- 1/4 inch piece of cardstock. I trimmed it down about 1/8 inch all around to make sure the edges were straight and square using my Fiskars Precise Trimmer Tool.

I wrapped a piece of 1- 1/2 inch vellum around the card front and glued to the back. For my focal I used this lovely pink flower from the Forever Fields ephemera pack by Maggie Holmes. I die cut leaves in Concord & 9th’s Artichoke cardstock using a leaf from the Fall Leaves Cutting Die Set from Recollections.

The flower was applied with foam tape and the leaves tucked and glued behind the flower. I then added a piece of looped metallic gold thread and some Nuvo drops in Pale Gold. The card front was then attached to a 4 x 5- 1/4 inch piece of white cardstock and then attached to the A2 base for a finished card.

Tip: Be careful not to apply too much glue when working with vellum! Apply glue behind cardstock leaving a clear edge so glue doesn’t press out when you attach to the vellum. The glue will not dry clear on vellum and you will see it as a darkened area, which you don’t want.

Find more Woodland Grove inspired cards here and here and Forever Fields cards here.