Celebrating You Card

 Good morning, lovelies!  Today, I am sharing a card I made to enter into two challenges.  

I stumbled across The Flower Challenge  and it sounded right up my alley!  It is a challenge that celebrates cards using flowers, and you know I love flowers. 

The prompt for this challenge is to add spots or stripes... and of course, use flowers.  

For my card, I started with a panel of white card stock, and I covered it in washi tape.  This is perfect for those wide rolls of washi tape you might have in your stash that you don't know what to do with.  I had seen this technique, but never tried it.  It is perfect for creating a background panel in no time at all.  I folded the top and bottom edges over and trimmed the excess off of the sides. 

I had some floral images that I had stamped a while ago and hadn't used, so I die-cut them.  When I tried arranging them on my panel, I felt like it needed something else, so I die-cut a square frame, turned it to make a diamond, and layered my flowers over and under it.  When I was happy with the placement, I glued the elements together and adhered it to my card panel, which I then attached to a black card base. 

Lastly, I embossed my sentiment in white on black card stock and popped it up with some foam tape. I decided against adding any embellishments, as the background was busy enough.  I love this card and I can't believe how quick and easy it was to put together!  

I am also entering it into the Altenew Fan Group Monthly Challenge:  Washi Wonders.  Guess what the requirement is for that challenge! 

Products Used: 

• Recollections 110# Card Stock:  Black, White
• Altenew Washi Tape:  Painted Grid
• Altenew Build A Flower:  Coneflower Stamps and Dies
• Stampin' Up Layering Squares Dies
• Altenew Sentiment Strips Stamps
• Kindred Stamps Sentiment Strips Dies
• Altenew Crisp Dye Ink: Iceberg, Persian Blue, Ultramarine, Sapphire, Pink Diamond, Pinkalicious, Rubelite, Razzleberry, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glade, Evergreen, Snapdragon, Marigold
• Wow! Embossing Powder:  Opaque Bright White
• Foam Tape

As always, thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope that you find something that inspires you to be creative.  

Happy crafting!