Some fun news here to start the New Year off! I am thrilled to be joining the Seize the Birthday design team as a Party Guest for the next 2 months! I love playing along with this talented group of card makers and I hope I can add some inspiration to the mix! I hope you'll play along and share your card in the gallery so we can oooohhh and aaaahhh over it. And it's always a good idea to get a head start on those birthday cards you'll need this year.
The first challenge I'm doing is to Use Something New. Well that certainly isn't hard with my recent very large demonstrator preorder but the problem was choosing which new items to focus on! I decided to play it straight and use a set of products that hadn't seen any ink yet; Storybook Moments Suite!
I started with a piece of Storybook Moments DSP in a pretty swirly vine pattern for the background. Then I used one of the layout ideas from the Sept.-Dec. mini catalog for my focal piece. Using the retired Tailor Made Tags dies I cut a large tag out of Basic Beige cardstock, then layered a Mossy Meadow frame over the top. The frame dies in the Storybook Friends die set are lovely and give such an elegant way to highlight an image or add a fun shape. This one in particular is perfect with this DSP as the little swirls are very similar.
Then I cut 3 circles with the Stylish Shapes dies out of watercolor paper. The produce images are stamped in Crumb Cake also on watercolor paper and then colored in with a Blender pen and inks. After they were die cut I popped them on dimensionals on the circles.
The sentiment is from another new stamp set Delightful Wishes and I just stamped it in Lost Lagoon ink and trimmed it down so it wouldn't cover up too much of the carrot.
Finally for the embellishments I added a linen thread bow at the top and a few Earth Tones Shimmer Gems in Very Vanilla on the swirls of the frame. I think this card will be a perfect card for a gardener!
I hope to see your card in the Seize the Birthday challenge gallery!
Thanks for looking! Did you stamp today?
All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.
Stamps: Storybook Garden Patch, Delightful Wishes
Ink: Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon
Paper: Storybook Moments DSP, Basic Beige, watercolor paper, Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon
Accessories: Storybook Friends dies, Storybook Garden Patch dies, Tailor Made Tags dies (retired), dimensionals, linen thread, Earth Tones Shimmer Gems
We are so delighted to have you with us for the next two months, Amanda. You have a way with layers and this card is no exception. I love it. Take care and looking forward to seeing what you send me next.
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