Wishing a Happy Birthday

Hello, my stamping friends!  I've taken a step back from the Thankful Garden Bundle for a few minutes.  I needed a birthday card for a teen girl.  I don't know her personally, but I've been told she likes butterflies and bright colors.  So that's the beginning point for the card today.  I hope she likes her card and has a fabulous birthday.

For the bright colors, I thought the multi-color print from the Bloom Impressions DSP would work.  This was a Sale-a-bration free item that I'm sure most of you were able to pick up on.  That meant it was not a current item, but it fit the project.  The multi-color print on its own is a bit bright for me.  That meant for my happiness I needed to tone it down a little.  

I thought of the Spring Corners Bundle that has several die-cut corner designs.  One of these might have enough open area to reveal the print but wouldn't be over-powering.  I had a piece of Basic White cardstock left over from another project that measured 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" that would be a good size to do a die-cut corner.  I used the coneflower corner die that fit nicely with lots of space left over for my design.  The piece of DSP was attached behind the design area with adhesive.  Don't those slivers of color peeking through dance like sunlight through a stained-glass window?

While I had the DSP out, I die-cut a trio of butterflies from the same DSP print.  This die is from the Sketched Butterflies Bundle that is in the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog.  This is a lovely set with five different sentiments that match an array of butterflies just perfectly.  The butterflies are all hooked together into one piece, but I easily cut them apart.

Next was deciding on what color cardstock to use for the base and a layer.  Azure Afternoon seemed the best pick to enhance the DSP colors.  A piece was cut that measures 5 1/4" x 4".  I was planning on using Basic White for the card base, but at the last minute changed my mind and added Pretty in Pink cardstock instead.  

The die-cut sentiment from Delightful Wishes would be nice going across the card front.  Decided on Azure Afternoon for the sentiment layer on the "wishing" word.  It could be cut from the center of the card layer and then the layer could be used without it showing at all.  After cutting the sentiment, the Azure Afternoon layer was attached to the center of the pink card base.  It's attached flat with adhesive.

The more detailed "wishing" was cut from a piece of Basic White cardstock that had a strip of the Adhesive Sheets added to the back before die-cutting.  This made it easy to peel the backing and have a "sticker" to place over the blue layer.  (Oops!  I just noticed in the picture that one of the dots for the i fell off.  I'll have to replace that!)

The rest of the sentiment was stamped with Azure Afternoon ink onto a 3/8" strip of Basic White.  The words were snipped to separate them.  "Wishing" was placed slightly angled onto the card.  Then the rest of the words were cascaded down under it.  The first piece was attached flat, the second two were attached with Mini Dimensionals.  

The largest butterfly of the three was added to the top right corner to balance the colors.  It's attached with a sliver of a Dimensionals under the body.

Lastly three gems from the Tinsel Gems Four-Pack in the rosy color were added to the design.  They picked up and complimented the many pink colors in the cut-out design. 

I forgot to take a picture of the inside, but I'll tell you about it anyway.  There is another layer of Azure Afternoon with a layer of Basic White attached inside the card.  The sentiment inside the card is from the Translucent Florals and is stamped with Azure Afternoon ink.  The two extra butterflies were attached for a cute accent.

Hope you like this special card.  It's not often I can make a card to order for someone else to use.  The bright color was a little daunting, but I love the finished design.

Thanks for hanging out with me today.  Try making something different today than what you normally gravitate towards.  It's time to stretch your creativity!  And don't forget the Mini Catalog and the Annual Catalog will both expire the end of April.  That's basically just another month. If there's anything in the current catalogs that you've got your eye on, consider ordering it now before it's too late.  And then the new Annual Catalog will start is May - exciting!

Happy stamping and creating,

Sharon