Inspiration: Colour Inkspiration #116 + Time Out Challenge #208
I was tidying up and leafing through old Stampin' Success magazines. One of the samples caught my eye and I decided to see what I could use that I had on hand to do my own interpretation of it. I picked the Colour Inkspiration palette and I mixed a bunch of retired items to create this card.
Here are the ideas I recycled from the original sample: a torn border with a scalloped edge peeking out, the wrapped ribbon, the tone on tone stamping and the metal frame. I've had those Hodgepodge Hardware frames for probably a good 15 years and I'm trying to get them used already. I looked through my sentiment stamps and picked "happiness always" because it filled the frame nicely and the font had the right feel for the main image.
For the image, I used the cake from the Happy Birthday to You set. I stamped it in matching ink colour and on a whim, I decided to colour the flowers in white to make them stand out while remaining very subtle. I had also torn the card base a little crooked and was left with too side a border compared to the original sample, so I looked for a piece of Mint Macaron patterned paper and added a torn strip in between. I decided to emboss the side panel for added texture.
I added a thin strip of Rich Razzleberry cardstock and wrapped a piece of Mint Macaron ribbon around the card. The result still felt a little bare, so I pulled out the Marks stamp set from Woodware Craft Collection and adding markings around the image. I found I didn't have enough Rich Razzleberry on the card, so I added Candy Dots on some of the scallops and to fill the space around the sentiment, I added little Loose Flower Flourishes embellishment. I really don't like the look of the flowers with no centers on them, so I looked through my Crystal Drops collection and used Violet Galaxy to fill in the centers.
Supplies
Stamps: Bon anniversaire très chère, Douces pensées (Stampin' Up!); Marks (Woodware Craft Collection)
Cardstock: Highland Heather, Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Rich Razzleberry (Stampin' Up!)
Designer Series Paper: Subtles (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Highland Heather (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Brights Candy Dots, Mint Macaron Ribbon, Silver Hodgepodge Hardware,
Pretties Kit, Scalloped Border Punch, Wrapped in Texture Embossing Folder,
Loose Flower Flourishes, Whisper White Medium Envelope (Stampin' Up!);
Violet Galaxy Crystal Drops (Nuvo); White Pencil (Prismacolor)
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