I was on a roll crafting this weekend and decided I had to use my other retiring purchase from Stampin' Up. Yesterday I used the Paper Florist dies; today is the Artistic dies. I really wanted the stand-alone flower the leaf in the die set but I didn't get the stamp set so all the other dies in the set are irrelevant. As soon as it was discounted at retirement, I could justify only needing half the dies in the set!
I absolutely fell in love with the color combination at Sunday Stamps. It's nothing I would ever have come up with by myself. When I saw them, I knew the rich colors would really highlight this flower die in all white. With the detail in the die, I just added four stripes and then used the fifth color to highlight the banner.
The sentiment went on the only thing from Stampin' Up in my stash that is still current - the Stylish Shapes dies. It was a heck of a retirement year - my stash is now totally out-of-date. Thank goodness I'm not a demonstrator and can use old sets as long as I want (check out the sentiment on this card to see how old I can go!) Then I haven't used sequins in a while but I thought their shine just made sense on this card so I dug those out of the retired stash also. (I don't love the look of the sentiment but it fit in the banner and it has a nice coordinating inside sentiment - "wishing you the HAPPIEST birthday yet".)
I had two other bouquets cut and I was going to layer them up to give it dimension. I was absolutely dreading it. I'm bad at layering up even simple die cuts - I never quite seem to get things perfectly lined up. But I had the card laid out on my desk and I liked the way the edges of the die were curling up. It gave it some nice dimension so I only adhered a strip down the middle. I'll probably regret it when trying to get it in an envelope, but I like the way it looks sitting on my desk.
Thank you to Sunday Stamps for my color inspiration!
SUPPLY LIST
Stamps: Stampin' Up On Your Birthday
Dies: Stampin' Up Artistic and Stylish Shapes, Simon Says Stamps A2 Thin Frames
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Terracotta Tile and Melon Berry, Stampin' Up Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay and Pretty Peacock (just a hint behind the sentiment banner)
Ink: Stampin' Up Pretty Peacock
Other: Stampin' Up Woven Threads Sequin Assorment