Beautiful Birthday - Stampin'Up!® Simply Beautiful

 I'm enjoying the new Simply Beautiful bundle and have made a few cards with it but I've kept to the color palette of the coordinating Lovely & Beautiful DSP so I wanted to try some very different colors than what the samples show in the mini catalog.  My husband got me the Color Cubes for Christmas and I used them to pick out my palette for this card.  I used the Sunday Stamps Challenge for the layout; it was perfect to highlight the smaller flower and bud image in this bundle.

  I don't think I would have put these colors together but I love how they work!  The card base and next layer are both Secret Sea and the background layer is stamped with the flower bud image using Secret Sea ink for a nice tone on tone look.

  Next is a layer of Basic White embossed with the Beautiful Pattern embossing folder.  The top edge has a bit of Calypso Coral tucked behind it which has a bit of a roughed up edge for more texture.

  The images are all stamped in Secret Sea and then colored in with Stampin' Blends markers.  I love how vibrant these colors are and how they pop against the darker background.  After they were die cut the two buds are adhered flat against the card front and the bigger flower is popped on dimensionals.

  I didn't want to cover up any of the image so I stamped a small birthday sentiment on a scrap of Basic White and popped it up on the bottom corner and accented it with a gem.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

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

Stamps: Simply Beautiful, Banner Sayings

Ink: Secret Sea

Blends: Calypso Coral light & dark, Petunia Pop light and dark, Summer Splash light & dark

Paper: Secret Sea, Basic White, Calypso Coral

Accessories: Simply Beautiful dies, Beautiful Pattern embossing folder, dimensionals, faceted gem