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Beautifully Blushing Friendship

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Here is the inspiration card I have created for CAS Colours & Sketches Color Challenge #360. These colors, Shaded Spruce, Blushing Bride and Soft Sea Foam, screamed spring to me. Left me no choice but to head to the garden.

The floral images are from the DistINKtive Beautiful Friendship Stamp set from the 2019-2020 Annual catalog. DisntINKtive stamps give photo-realistic style images. Stampin’ Up! Distinktive stamps have a special texture that gives added depth and dimension in a single step. These look have a watercolor look that I love.

The card base is Blushing Bride. On Whisper White cardstock the, front Rose cluster image in the foreground is stamped in Blushing Bride I masked the rose cluster, then filled in behind with Hydrangea flower image in Soft Sea Foam. The double leaf image is stamped in 3rd generation Shaded Spruce – still fairly dark. The completed picture is cut using the Nested Rectangle Die. The sentiment ” So very Happy to Know you” from the same stamp set is stamped in Blushing Bride on Whisper White and cut with the Label Me Lovely Punch, I trimmed off the side edges to adjust its size a bit. I cut a mat in Blushing Bride with the same punch, trimmed the side edges again, then cut in half. Each half frames the top and bottom edge.

The Whisper White panel is attached to the card base with liquid glue. The matted sentiment is attached using dimensionals.

Inside the card, I stamped a single rose image in blushing bride, a single leaf in stamped off Shaded Spruce and a twig image is stamped in Soft Sea Foam on a piece of Whisper White, trimmed down and then attached inside with tear-n-tape.

Thanks again for stopping by and spending a bit of your time with me. I hope you enjoyed learning about how this card came together. Hopefully you were even inspired just a bit. Below are pictured links to all the items used for this card, click the link of the item to be taken to my online store where you can learn more about each item. If you would like to learn more about this challenge or to see what other talented designers have created for this challenge, hop on over to CAS Colours & Sketches. I will return soon with something new. Until then, stay safe, and by all means keep crafting, exploring and creating. See you soon.

Product List

Beautiful Friendship Photopolymer Stamp Set [149252] $22.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $35.00	Label Me Lovely Punch [151296] $18.00	Blushing Bride 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [131198] $8.75
Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [100730] $9.75	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad [147100] $7.50	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ Pad [147088] $7.50	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin’ Pad [147102] $7.50
Clear Block B [117147] $6.00	Clear Block E [118484] $12.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00
Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00

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Positive Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [151490] $21.00	Nature’s Thoughts Dies [153586] $29.00	Special Someone Photopolymer Stamp Set [151643] $17.00	Special Day Dies [153587] $29.00
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Happy Birthday To You Cling Stamp Set (English) [152308] $0.00	Birthday Dies [153590] $27.00	Small Bloom Punch [152316] $0.00	Heart Punch Pack [151292] $34.00
Tulip Builder Punch [151295] $18.00	Umbrella Builder Punch [151293] $18.00	Pleased As Punch Designer Series Paper [153558] $11.50

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