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I am sharing a quick card that is more Spring than Winter. Hopefully you will like the technique of the focal layer and try it yourself.

Background Technique

The DSP is probably more the star of this show because it is so soft and elegant looking. However, I am focusing on the background I used with the focal layer. But the softness of the DSP did give me the color combinations I used on the floral layer. This is my Squiggle Technique!

The Squiggle Technique is simply taking a Stampin’ Blend and using the brush end to “squiggle” lines back and forth across the paper. For this floral stamp, I wanted different colors to simulate (sort of) looking eye level to the flowers. So I began with Dark Mint Macaron, next was Light Mint Macaron followed by Light Soft Sea Foam. Then I added Dark Soft Sea Foam and finished with Light Pool Party. My mind sees the darker grass at the bottom moving up to lighter and then the sky. You may just see squiggles! And that is okay. 🙂

Stamps

The floral stamp is from the Dragonfly Garden stamp set. This looks to me like a bunch of wild flowers growing up from my imaginary field. Part of the thought with the background was a way to not have to color all of the flowers with shades of green and flowery colors. I thought the squiggles were a much quicker route to take.

For the sentiment I went to the Charming Sentiments stamp set. This set is one of all wonderful sentiment in a mixture of fonts. I love the mix of fonts and partially chose this one for the fun look it gives. It seems to be trying to get your attention with the exclamation point!

Papers

Last but not least is the beginning of the card! This beautiful embossed DSP is from the Splendid Day Designer Series Paper. It contains this same pattern in a few of the softer colors. Since this DSP piece is a Soft Sea Foam, I went a shade darker for the card base. That is Mint Macaron with a layer of Basic White between the two.

Finishes

To finish this card I added just a few little touches. First is the Brass Butterfly with the larger flower in the field. As I said in the beginning, it really is not a Winter card! Next I used the Label Me Fancy Punch to cut the fun sentiment with. The floral layer is placed close to the left edge to leave room on the right side for the tag. The two are almost touching in the center. So I added a simple White Baker’s Twine Bow to break that up a bit.

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Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.

Smile and Keep On Stamping,

Jackie