It's time for a new sketch at
Freshly Made Sketches! Today we have a sketch by
Karren and here’s what I did with it!
The birthday card I needed to make today was for someone I don't know well. I knew the card shouldn't be frilly, yet I have seen her wear clothes with a floral pattern. I knew it shouldn't be pastel nor bright. I settled on colors based on pictures on her office wall and I love how it turned out.
The background stripe was a happy accident but I love how it grounded the flowers. Each vertical line is cut using the Memory Box Vertical Line Collage. Originally I cut multiple colored stripes for each opening - first I cut a variety of colors, then I cut a variety of greens like the greenery behind the flowers. Then as I was pondering how to keep the cute flowers from being...cutesy!....it struck me that I could go black and white so I found some stripes and added a panel behind the cut out stripes going the opposite direction.
The Happy Birthday is a recent purchase from Simon Says. My plan was to adhere the "happy" on top of the flower so I used vellum behind it. After I decided to add it behind the flower, I wish I would have the background layer in white - but my glue is strong and it was just too late! I love sets like this that give me a bold "happy" element and scripty add-ons.
A big shout-out to my Stampin' Up enabler at work for the wonderful black dots I used for the centers of the flower!
As you read this I am on the vacation/retirement-scouting-trip that I mentioned last week. I am very much hoping I'm not sitting on a river bank while my husband fishes - while protecting myself from humidity, bugs and cicadas. I literally didn't know before we left that we were visiting during a massive cicada "awakening" - something that only happens every few hundred years. I'm not a huge fan of bugs, plus I noticed the American Academy of Audiology warns about ear damage from the noise. Ugh. We're on the edge of it so fingers-crossed my worst nightmare hasn't come true!
I hope to see you playing along with us this week at Freshly Made Sketches.
SUPPLY LIST
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp (CZ Designs) Happy Combos
Dies: Simon Says Stamp (CZ Design) Happy and Fab Flower, Memory Box Vertical Line Collage
Paper: My Favorite Things Black & White Stripes
Cardstock: Stampin' Up Boho Blue, Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral
Other: Stampin' Up Matte Black Dots
Kim, I LOVE your stripes/lines so much I went in search for that die! What an adorable card - the birthday girl will love it!
ReplyDeleteGood luck on the scouting trip!
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This card is amazing....anyone would think so! She'll love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great card Kim! I love those sweet little flowers! Love that striped paper and sentiment as well! A cicada awakening? Who knew? I didn't know you could get ear damage from them! That's insane!
ReplyDeleteI love every single detail about this card! Can't wait to hear your final retirement decision! There's always upstate New York......;)
ReplyDeleteOnce again, I find myself so interested in your thought processes as you decide on which elements to use in a card for a specific person. So very thoughtful of you! And what a gorgeous card you created!
ReplyDeleteI love everything about this beautiful card, Kim! It is so fresh, so happy.
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