Extraordinary Purple and Green Birthday - Stampin' Up!® Extraordinary Flora

   I made today's card a few weeks ago but since it was for my mother-in-law I couldn't share it until after I knew she had gotten it.  She's a big purple fan so I always try to make her card with at least some purple.  Well as you can see this one is full on purple!  The Extraordinary Flora stamp set made a perfect background!

  Please excuse the poor photo!  By the time I realized the photo wasn't the best the card was well on it way through the USPS system but I hope you get the gist anyway!

  I used Gorgeous Grape for the base, then I die cut a large Basic White panel with the Textured Notes dies for a nice detail along the edges.

 I stamped the Extraordinary Flora stamp twice to cover the panel and then colored them in with Stampin' Blends. 

 The sentiment is from the retired Sweetly Scripted set.  I highlighted the sentiment strip with 2 large flowers from the Month By Month stamp set that comes in the Month By Month Album Retreat (which is still available and a fabulous way to get a ton of pages made in a really fun format!).  Once the flowers were colored in I fussy cut them and popped them on dimensionals.

  A few retired Gorgeous Grape faceted gems and a Fresh Freesia seam binding fork bow are the final details.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Extraordinary Flora, Month By Month (Online Exclusive), Sweetly Scripted (retired)

Ink: Memento Black

Blends: Blackberry Bliss light, Fresh Freesia light & dark, Highland Heather light & dark, Granny Apple Green light & dark, Shaded Spruce dark

Paper: Gorgeous Grape, Basic White

Accessories: dimensionals, faceted gems (retired), Fresh Freesia seam binding ribbon (retired)