Encre, papier, ciseaux: Featuring Stampin' Up!'s Bright & Beautiful

I just came back to work after a two-week vacation. You would think that would have given me time to stamp, but I didn't craft at all during my time off from work. We had the golf tournament at work, then my sister's 30th surprise party, along with an helicopter tour the next day, then I had to prepare for the trip I took on the West Coast with a couple of friends. We visited Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, which were all great. Now, it's back to work and reality, but the upside of being back to my routine is that I had a little bit of stamping time after dinner.

I had the Bright & Beautiful stamp set waiting on my doorstep when I came back from vacation (I preordered it in August, but it didn't ship until now - not sure why it wasn't available before) so I wanted to use it on my project. I found a few challenges that were perfect for it and inspired me, so I combined the Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge, Merry Monday challenge #127 and Festive Friday challenge #40.

The colors and vintage vibe of the card were inspired by the Festive Friday picture. I began by stamping the two largest stars on Very Vanilla cardstock and embossing them with Pewter Stampin' Emboss powder. I used the Stars Framelits dies to cut them out. They didn't pop out enough when I superposed them, so I inked the edges with Crumb Cake and Blushing Bride ink. I colored the center of the top star with a blender pen and ink, and added a 2013-2015 In Color sequin in the center, using a glue dot.

For the background, I thought the small star could fit in the polka dots from the Large Polka Dot embossing folder, so I embossed Blushing Bride cardstock, stamped the star in matching ink and matted the cardstock with Baked Brown Sugar cardstock, then added the piece to a Crumb Cake card base.

The pennant part of the sketch was created with a piece of Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper, punched out with the Scalloped Tag Topper punch. I added a smaller strip of Crumb Cake cardstock on which I stamped "Joy" repeatedly (from the same stamp set), and I added a piece of Venetian Crochet Trim at the bottom. Two buttons from the Neutrals Designer Button pack were also added, and a Crumb Cake Medium envelope was stamped to match.

By the way, the Merry Monday challenge was a bingo and I managed to make three different lines with this card! Almost a complete card, but there's no red on my card so that's the only element missing. I have sparkle woth the sequin, patterned paper with the tag, embossing and die-cuts with the stars, ribbon on the tag, kraft as one of my cardstock colors, punch with the tag edge, and buttons!

Color Combo: Blushing Bride + Baked Brown Sugar + Crumb Cake + Very Vanilla

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Éblouissants de joie (Bright & Beautiful)
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla
Specialty Designer Series Paper: Typeset
Ink: Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, VersaMark
Accessories: 2013-2015 In Color Sequins, Neutrals Designer Buttons, Sponge,
Pewter Stampin' Emboss Powder, Stars Framelits Dies, Stampin' Dimensionals,
Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, Venetian Crochet Trim, Blending Pen,
Crumb Cake Medium Envelope, Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder