Picture Perfect Birthday Gift Bow Narrow Gift card

I am loving the new Whisper White Narrow Notecards and Envelopes... and great seeing as my class ladies seem to be on their "do it small" kick for the New Year!

So a simple little card for you today... with Berry Burst and Pool Party/Bermuda Bay gift bows using the two-step stamping pair from the Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set... love the wording in this set... truly great little set...

And again those little Stampin Spots work a treat... aren't these a lovely little colour set...

Spot that I stamped off my Berry Burst inked "filler" stamp onto scratch paper before stamping/filling in the bows... ie using the top right stamp in the set image above

As Stampin Up says about these notecards...
Make someone smile by sending them a note on one of these cute little cards. 
* Small and narrow 
* 20 Thick Whisper White cards and 20 envelopes 
* Note card: 2-1/2" x 4-1/2" (6.4 x 11.4 cm) 
* Envelope: 2-3/4" x 4-3/4" (7 x 12.1 cm)

And as my local Post Office says... 
Fine to post in the UK... but be aware that smaller envelopes can get lost in the system more easily... so you may wish to pop into a standard sized envelope if it is something important...

And an admittance... my ladies last week didn't realise these were gift bows.... which is code for a completely different usage for these coming sometime soon... 

Picture Perfect Party Pop Out Swing Card for Fancy Fold Friday

Wow... that's a tongue twister! Think I may have to come up with a new name in class!!

So this card tutorial has proven very popular for the last 6 months in the 6" form... so thought I should remake a 5 1/2" square one using A4 (or US Letter size) card... and show you where that tutorial is...

Though I have had to make the central square cut out differently this time... as sadly those larger Square Framelits are no longer available.... so I also took the opportunity to make the border slightly wider....

So here is how I cut out that central square (which I did after I stuck the paper onto the card)... the rest of the details are as per the original tutorials...

Using the trimmer- go in 1”/2.5 cm from each side – aka line up on the Top Bar at 1”/2.5cm (or 4 1/2"/11.5cm as relevant as you turn it round!) on the Top Bar and cut from 1" to 4 1/2" (2.5 to 11.5cm) … on all 4 sides... 

Click here for the 5 1/2" square A4 (US Letter) tutorial..
Click here for the larger 6" version tutorial... [note cuts for central square would be at and from 1" to 5" (2.5cm to 12.5cm) on this one]

SU! Products Used
Picture Perfect Party Papers
Picture Perfect Birthday Stamps
Inks- Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Peekaboo Peach

And whilst I am talking inks... a quick product highlight for those of you that have not spotted them in the new Spring Summer (Occasions) catalogue...

Stampin Spots are back! 1" cubes of juicy bright inky goodness...get them whilst you can... just £8.25 for the 4 colours in the pack... 2 packs to collect...

Picture Perfect Party Spots...

And Tutti Frutti Spots...