Hello and welcome! Time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and this time, our hostess Nancy is asking us to ‘Use the word Celebrate‘. Of course, as always, you’re also free to ignore this topping and go with ‘Anything Goes‘ birthday project.
And here’s what I made –
I wanted to use this stamp from the Simon Says Stamp Retro Wishes from such a long time. I had tried using it for a previous challenge, but hadn’t liked the results, and so I had dropped the idea then. But this time, since I was free to choose the colors, I just picked a few that looked like they would do good together, in light and darker shades. I stamped them using MISTI – which was a life saver for this design!! – and then trimmed the resulting piece to size. I didn’t want to do much for the rest of the card, since I wanted this background to be the highlight. But I did want some decoration.
I chose to add washi foil tape to the sentiment instead. I first added a foil designer washi tape (same idea I used on a previous card here), adhered it over a scrap piece of white cardstock, then die cut this using Neat & Tangled Celebrate die cut. I also die cut a couple more pieces out of scrap cardstock to adhere behind this one and used the shadow die to die cut from vellum. Again, before adhering the panel to the card base, I felt that the white space was too white. So I used Simon Says Stamp Ornate Background with gold pigment ink, stamped it on the white base. This was a very subtle gold ink, so that just added the tiny bit of texture and interest to the background.
Finally, I added the background and sentiment to the card base. I also chose to add a couple of white gemstones on two corners of the panel, just to add a sort of frame to it. And that finished my card. 🙂
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