Birthdays are my favorite cards to make as they are generally for a friend. Card making is about sharing our love of crafting with friends and family. Today’s card is a multiple layer floral version.
This card uses a group of different dies, stamps, and papers for a birthday challenge. It is for the Make My Monday Challenge. My fellow designers and I hope to give you ideas and inspiration for your own versions. You can check the other cards and also add your own by clicking on the badge below.
Stamps and Dies
These pretty flowers and leaves are from the True Beauty stamp set. The flowers were die cut using the matching Organic Beauty Dies. All of the flowers were inked and stamped using Rich Razzleberry Ink. One of the two together was the “stamped off” version. The softer color works well. And the leaves and stems are all done with Mossy Meadow Ink. For the bundle of buds, I used the Rich Razzleberry and Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Write Markers.
To add to my floral card, I used the Split Card Texture Dies for the lattice look on the left side of the card. This die gives such awesome detail. It comes with a second similar die. The Rose and Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper is a much thicker piece than most of Stampin’ Up!’s DSP. Even with running it through the Cut & Emboss machine three times, there were a few pieces that had to be punched out. So keep that in mind when using this die. However, it is well worth the extra effort !!!
Papers
The pretty floral paper behind the lattice die cut is from the Awash In Beauty Designer Series paper pack. So the other colors were chosen from that piece. Rich Razzleberry is the card base as well as the flower colors. There is Balmy Blue as the layer. It was supposed to be shown again around the sentiment, but I ended up in a different direction there. Can you relate?
Finishes
After adhering all of the layers and the flowers, I had to decide where and how to add the sentiment. To make the sentiment pop, I know it seems odd, but I went back to Basic White! With all of the colors, the white actually showed better than anything. This is where the blue got pushed to the side and the Sweet Sorbet Metallic Ribbon for a double loop bow was used instead. A simple flagging of each end of the sentiment was all it needed. (The sentiment is from the Sending Smiles stamp set) And the final touches were a scattering of Rhinestones around the flowers.
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Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie
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