Elegant Birthday Wishes

Inspired by some cards on Pinterest I wanted to create a nice diamond pattern accented with pearls with my score board. The card layout is based on a sketch challenge on SplitCoastStampers.

Not very many materials went into this project, and it came together very quickly.

Materials:

• Soft Sky card stock (131203)
• Whisper White card stock (100730)
• Soft Sky ink (131181)
• Blooming with Kindness Stamp Set (c.126422 w.131961)
• Simply Scored scoring board (122334)
• Simply Scored Diagonal Plate (125586)
• Pearls (119247)

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See Ya Later Alligator

Getting motivated with a couple different challenges in one card. I participated in both the sketch and color challenges this week on Splitcoast Stampers. Here is the card:

Materials

Island Indigo card stock (122923)

Raspberry Ripple card stock (126842)

Old Olive card stock (100702)

Whisper White card stock (100730)

Raspberry Ripple ink pad (126859)

Old Olive ink pad (126953)

See Ya Later Stamp Set *sale-a-bration (c.133536, w.133533)

Banner Blast Stamp Set (heart) *sale-a-bration (c.133554, w.133551)

Decorative Dots embossing folder *sale-a-bration (133520)

Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon (retired)

Pearls (119247)

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Dotted Thanks

SplitCoastStampers had a great sketch challenge this week. Here is my card.

Directions

• Mark card base out of Island Indigo card stock
• Cut green pattern from Gingham Garden patterned paper at 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" adhere to card base
• Cut mat for right panel from Island Indigo cardstock 2 1/2" x 4 3/4"
• Cut right panel floral design from Gingham Garden patterned paper at 2 3/8" x 4 11/16" adhere to right panel mat, align the top to be flush
• Adhere right panel to card base, with the top of the panel flush to the pattern paper on card base
• Cut mat for stamped panel from Island Indigo card stock at 2 5/8" x 3 5/8"
• Cut panel for stamping from Whisper White card stock at 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
• Color flower from Polka-Dot Pieces with the following Markers - Island Indigo, Night of Navy, Melon Mambo, and Daffodil Delight then stamp it on the panel
• Color part of the stem from Polka-Dot Pieces with Pear Pizzazz marker and stamp on panel to create flower stem (using stamp-a-majig for placement)
• Once more color part of the stem and leaves from Polka-Dot Pieces with Pear Pizzazz marker and stamp stem and leaves (using stamp-a-majig for placement)
• Adhere stamped panel to mat, adhere to card base
• Stamp Thanks So Much circle from A Fitting Occasion stamp set in Night of Navy Ink on Whisper White cardstock
• Stamp Butterfly from A Fitting Occasion stamp set in Melon Mambo in the center of the circle sentiment (using stamp-a-majig for placement)
• Punch sentiment with 1" circle punch
• Die cut 1 1/8" circle using electronic die cut machine (I know, I know, I just don't think a 1 1/8" circle punch exists and I wanted my mats to be the same size)
• Adhere circle sentiment on the die cut circle
• Adhere to card base with Stampin' Dimensionals
• Tie Island Indigo Twine with ribbon around card
• Place a pearl in the center of the flower, butterfly and in the middle of the twine bow

Materials

• Polka-Dot-Pieces Stamp Set (c.129708, w.129705)
• A Fitting Occasion Stamp Set (c.127049, w. 131952)
• Gingham Garden DSP (129310)
• Island Indigo card stock (122923)
• Whisper White card stock (100730)
• Night of Navy Ink Pad (126970)
• Night of Navy Marker (100069)
• Melon Mambo Ink Pad (126948)
• Melon Mambo Marker (collection 131259)
• Island Indigo Marker (collection 131262)
• Daffodil Delight Marker (119677)
• Pear Pizzazz Marker (131266)
• Island Indigo Twine (125575)
• 1" circle punch (119868)
• Pearls (119247)
• Snail Adhesive (104332)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
• Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049)

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