Good Morning Fellow Stampers !
Happy Monday!!! Whoooooooooo Hoooooooooooooo -- we have an AFC Championship Team in town this morning - and we're on the way to the Super Bowl!! It's going to be an exciting couple of weeks here in Colorado! Certainly there was much excitement and smiles yesterday afternoon! What a fantastic football game!
It was so distracting and exciting around here, I had a hard time getting back into the Studio and concentrating on the week ahead, and getting a card designed for today's challenge. I finally did get to it late in the evening though. I hope you'll like today's design. It is indeed Paper Players [PP279] challenge time for this week. I pulled out another new stamp set, die set, and some beautiful designer paper for today's card. Let's check it out ~~
Doggone Delightful Stampin' Design Tips:
- Layerothology. This card base is cut from our thick Whisper White cardstock cut 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4". The background layers are Pool Party and Blushing Bride. The Blushing Bride piece has been scored with the Diagonal Score Plate, every half inch marking, from both directions. The layered vertical banner strip is a beautiful piece of designer paper from the Birthday Bouquet collection, matted with Pool Party.
- Beautiful Blessing. Everything in this design comes from the beautiful stamp set, Rose Wonder, with the coordinated die set, Rose Garden. The sentiment was stamped with Pool Party and cut with the framelit from the set; then all the flowers used here are from the die set. All the flowers were cut from the Birthday Bouquet DSP so that they have a variegated look which is just so beautiful. Then the rose flowers and the smaller flowers are stacked and curled on top of each for depth and a light airy look (backed with a 2" circle). The absolutely gorgeous new Pool Party Glitter Ribbon is soft to the touch and easy to work with. It makes a beautiful bow! I popped in a retired Pool Party button from my stash, with a pearl in the center of course!
- Speaking of Pearls. This design would not be complete without a nice smattering of pearls. I laid pearls at the diagonal intersections, at the every inch marking to spread them out and give a balanced look to the layout. There are pearls laid in the center of the small flowers in the center of the focal point, and pearls laid to the sentiment. It's kind of the "frosting" on the cake I think!
- Turn to the Inside. The inside of this card sports another one of the sentiments from this set, stamped in Pool Party and surrounded by some Old Olive leaves. Simple and clean with a little space to write a brief note to the recipient.
I hope you have enjoyed today's card design. This is a beautiful suite in the new catalog. The stamp set has so many wonderful sentiments, both for the front and inside of your card. It's a definite must have for your stash. I'd love to know what you think; leave me a comment :-)
Wishing everyone a fabulous Monday and week ahead! If you're digging out on the East Coast, wishing you well. The sun is out, and Spring is on the horizon!!
Until Next Time . . .
