Today is the worst kind of snow day and I feel for all those moms of little kids who are home from school today! There's nothing worse than having a day off from school due to snow but you can't even go out and play in it! The snow we got yesterday is wet and heavy and all slush and it has continued to rain on and off all day. You'd need 50 pairs of mittens to be able to play in this snow! Instead of being outside I'm all cozied up in the stamp room and have some lovely colors on this floral birthday card today!
I used the just closed Just Add Ink challenge to get started on this card. They had a nice summer looking inspiration photo and I pulled out the colors to use. I decided on Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana and Crumb Cake.
While my card yesterday was a clean and simple one this is the complete opposite with a lot of distressing and fussy layers and bling.
The card front is a panel of Crumb Cake that is first stamped with the the round script stamp in the Elements of Text stamp set. I used Crumb Cake ink and then heavily distressed the whole panel. I crumpled it up and smoothed it out, then crumpled it again along different folds. I used a sponge and some Crumb Cake ink to bring out some of the creases as well as sponged it along the edges. Finally a few small tears finish up the distressing.
Next I stamped 2 of the flower sprigs from the Delightful Wishes stamp set and then fussy cut them. There is a die that cuts out just the flower portion but I wanted to have the leaves and stems included so I kept them together with fussy cutting. I popped the flowers on dimensionals around the edge of the scripty circle.
I cut a few leaves from Granny Apple Green and tucked them in behind the flowers.
The sentiment is stamped in Coastal Cabana and then die cut. The 2 sentiment pieces are also popped on dimensionals.
Finally I blinged the card out with a bunch of Summer Splash In Color Shimmer gems.
Thanks for looking! Did you stamp today?
All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.
Stamps: Delightful Wishes, Elements of Text (Online Exclusive)
Ink: Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake
Paper: Crumb Cake, Basic White, Granny Apple Green
Accessories: Delight Wishes dies, dimensionals, 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems
What a unique creation! I love the vintage-y background with the fresh pretty flowers! Delightful! And yes, the snow was kind of yucky. Although I did see about 20 Amish kids sledding on their hill this afternoon...they were definitely having fun not being at school!
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