You Are Remarkable Card

Hello, hello!  What a lovely day today.  I've been spending so much time creating in my craft room that I was forgetting to get some fresh air and sunshine.  Since today is one of those perfect days, I spent a little time out there walking and enjoying the beauty.  It really calms my spirit and lets me breathe fuller.  Things have been a little crazy around here for the past 2 weeks and that walk was just what I needed to clear my brain.

Now, back to stamping.  I was on a roll yesterday with way too many stamps and inks strewn across my desk.  My thoughts kept going back to the yellows.  And then that cute yellow and white checked print from the Floral Delight DSP kept calling to me.  So, here I am with another cheerful card for your perusal.  It's very clean, simple and straightforward and will be used to hopefully cheer up one of my friends.

I think I mentioned yesterday that I'd been on a pastel kick lately, and it shows with this card too.  I started with the You Are Remarkable stamp set and this cute daisy image as the basis for the card.  On a piece of Basic White cardstock that measures 3 1/8" x 2 1/4", the floral stem was stamped using Gray Granite ink.  The bottom of the stem doesn't fit on the cardstock piece, so don't worry.

This flower is a two-step stamp.   It has a stamp that fills in the flower petals and another fills the leaves, so the coloring is done in minutes.  Well, more like seconds not minutes.  The petals are stamped with Daffodil Delight ink.  The stamp produces all this great detail on its own.

The leaves are stamped with Gray Granite ink.  The flower center is stamped with Gray Granite also, but this time it was off-stamped to give a lighter color.  That's it for the coloring.  Told you it was quick!

Time to get that card put together.  The base is Daffodil Delight cardstock that measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2".  This is scored at 4 1/4" and folded in half.  

There is a layer of the yellow and white checked DSP that measures 4 7/8" x 3 5/8".  I used Gray Granite for layering on the card.  The largest piece measures 5 1/8" x 3 7/8".  For a little texture on the areas that show, I used the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder.  I like that little bit of texture peeking out on the edges.  The DSP layer was attached to the Gray Granite with "green glue".  Then these two layers were added to the card base with "green glue" also.

There is a layer of the Gray Granite cut to frame the flower layer.  It measures 3 1/4" x 2 3/8". This gives me a skinny frame that is just enough for this layer.

The sentiment used is from the Storybook Friends stamp.  The strip of Basic White that it's stamped on is 3/8" wide.  The sentiment is stamped with Gray Granite ink.  The ends are angle cut to give it a slightly different look.  It's layered onto a 1/2" strip of Gray Granite cardstock.  After attaching together, I trimmed the Gray Granite to match the angles on the white layer.

Both the flower layers and the sentiment layers are attached with Dimensionals to the card front.  The flower is attached more to the left side and the sentiment to the right side.  Try to follow the checked grid of the paper to keep it all straight.

For bling, I added three of the Pebbled Path gems from the 2023-2025 In Color Dots.  I don't have any Pebbled Path on the card, but they blended nicely with the Gray Granite color, so why not use them before they are retired.

That's it for my clean and simple card for today.   I've always liked yellow and gray together.  Using the Gray Granite for the gray gives it a really different look compared to what I was expecting.  It's always good to try new color combos.  You might find another new favorite to use.  Or it could be a bust.  You never know.  Either way, it's just paper.  You can always turn it over and try again or just pitch it!  The fun is in the creative process and trying new things.

Happy stamping and creating,

Sharon