Birthday Beauty - Stampin' Up! Layers of Beauty

   I recently started a little challenge with my stampers on our group Facebook page to give them some layouts and color combos to work with and spark their creativity.  It was so fun seeing what they all created using the sketch from the first challenge!  Now it's time for the next challenge using colors (see the end of the post for the challenge graphic) and I thought they worked perfectly with the Layers of Beauty bundle.  What do you think?

  I love how the Layers of Beauty masks allow you to use just a few colors and get such a nice multi-toned effect!  I started this one with a Coastal Cabana card front embossed with the Eyelet embossing folder for some nice texture in the background.  

  I stamped the large flower cluster in Basic Gray (it's a nice one to use when you want something softer than black) on Basic White cardstock and then used the masks and inks to blend on the ink until the image was all filled in.  I used the layout challenge at TGIF Challenge as it seemed perfect for a large image panel like this one so I cut the panel into 3 unequal sections and then adhered them to the card front with dimensionals.

  The Unbounded Love dies gave me a lot of options for the sentiment label.  I choose this smaller one because I didn't want to cover up too much of the flowers.  I used Basic Gray ink again and stamped the sentiment from the Saying Hey stamp set and popped it up on dimensionals.  I accented the label with some die cut leaves from the Layers of Beauty dies and a small length of retired Petal Pink ribbon and a retired adhesive sequin also in Petal Pink.

  If you're one of my customers and would like to be added to the Facebook group so you can join the fun please let me know!

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

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Layers of Beauty, Saying Hey

Ink: Basic Gray, Coastal Cabana, Petal Pink, Granny Apple Green

Paper: Basic White, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green

Accessories: Layers of Beauty masks, Layers of Beauty dies, Unbounded Love dies, Eyelet embossing folder, dimensionals, Ribbon Due Combo pack (retired), adhesive sequin (retired)