fresh & fun

Here is the card I created for today’s Inspiration Challenge. I can’t wait for my new stamps. I want to use them SO bad!!! But…I hadn’t used this set before. It’s almost like having a new set right? NOT! LOL! 

I picked Ruby Red, More Mustard, Always Artichoke and Basic Black as the colors, kept the square layout and flowers in the center. I first wanted to use Heartfelt Thanks. But….my center square got way to small for the flowers from that set.

I started out with a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Basic Black cardstock folded in half.

Next is a sponged 4″ square of More Mustard followed by a 3 3/4″ square of Ruby Red.

The Ruby Red square was sponged on the edges, stamped with the stripes from Happiness. A border was added in black with one of the All in a Row borders (no way will I get rid of this set! What was SU thinking to retire it???)

For the center panel I inked up the flower bouquet from Best Kind of Friend with Always Artichoke, More Mustard and Ruby Red Markers, sprayed it with my water mister and stamped it on a 1 7/8″ square of Very Vanilla Cardstock. I sponged the edges with Creamy Caramel and used the Color Spritzer and More Mustard Marker to add the speckling. Last I added a doodled border with my 03 black Micron pen and added some definition lines to the stamped image with the same pen as well.

The Vanilla square was layered on a 1/4″ bigger sponged  and paper pierced  square of More Mustard and a Black scallop square that was cut with my Square Nestabilities.

When I stamped the flowers, the weren’t quite centered. So I added a sponged 3/4″ ruby red circle on the bottom left, topped with a large Pewter Eyelet. I tied Moss Taffeta ribbon through it. 

The sentiment is from the same set. It was stamped in black on Vanilla cardstock, punched out with the small oval punch and sponged with Creamy Caramel. Again I added speckles with the Color Spritzer and More Mustard marker.

A 1″ More Mustard circle was sponged, stamped with the vase of Best Kind of Friend (for texture) and taped on a Designer Label Punchout. After taping the oval over it, I paper pierced the top of the oval and added a Three for you flower in Ruby red on the top right. For the flower center a Fire Rhinestone brad was used.  Both the center panel as well as the sentiment were adhered with dimensionals.