Celebrate Your Day

 Hello! I hope everyone had a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend. Today's card was created for the latest Inkspirational card challenge. It's not often I create a clean and simple card, mostly because I struggle with those. I love layers and patterned paper, but this one was fun. I created a white panel using Stampin' UP's tulip edge embossing folder and adhered that onto some pink cardstock from Hobby Lobby. I stamped the sentiment from Verve Stamp's Poppy Birthday stamp set using Versamark clear ink and embossed it using Recollections Silver embossing powder. I adhered the vellum strip in the center of the card and adhered the entire panel to the card base. Using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit from Stampin' UP I created the butterflies. I adhered them to my card by adding liquid glue just behind the center of the body so the wings could still lift up on the card. I finished the card off by adding beautiful clear rhinestones from Recollections all around the card and on the bodies of the butterflies. Thank you for stopping by my blog today!

Celebrate Your Day-Send A Smile 4 Kids

This month at Send A Smile 4 Kids we are celebrating the moms/special women in our lives. To create my card, I started by layering some olive cardstock from Hobby Lobby onto my white A2 card base. Using the Stampin' UP Framed Tulip embossing folder and some 110lb cardstock to create by background panel. Using some A2 nesting dies from Pink and Main I die cut the inner panel and the border panel. I stamped the floral images from Stampin' UP's Thoughts & Prayers stamp set using Gina K Designs Fresh Asparagus ink. I stamped the birthday sentiment in the right upper corner using Versafine onyx black ink and Verve Stamp's Poppy Birthday stamp set. Using a paint chip from Lowe's that matched the cardstock, I die cut the butterfly using Stampin' UP's Beautiful Wings Embosslit. I layered the top panel onto the card using some low profile foam tape, added the butterfly with some glue dots, and finished the card off with some clear sparkling gems from The Paper Studios. This was a pretty clean and simple card and think it would make a gorgeous set if done in different colors. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Please be sure to leave a comment and stop by the Send A Smile 4 Kids blog and see how everyone else was inspired by this month's theme.