STAMPIN' UP! PENNED FLOWERS IN COLOR BIRTHDAY CARD

 I don't normally use pink and purple together, when making cards, but I have made an exception for today's card.  Fresh Freesia, one of the new In Colors in Stampin' Up!'s range, is a very pinky-purple.  Although it's a soft, subdued colour, it goes well with Polished Pink, which is bright and bold.

My card started out with a piece of Well Suited Designer Series Paper, that is white with fine black grid lines.  Using Blending Brushes, I applied Fresh Freesia ink to the bottom half, and Polished Pink ink to the top half.  I flicked some water over the coloured areas, then adhered this panel to a Basic Black mat, alongside a strip of Expressions in Ink Designer Series Paper.  I added a thin vertical strip of Basic Black card between the two paper panels.

Using Penned Flowers Dies, I cut some flowers from Specialty Linen Paper.  I coloured the larger flowers using my Fresh Freesia Light Stampin' Blends marker, and coloured the three smaller flowers with the Fresh Freesia Dark Stampin' Blends marker.  After peeling off the backing from the Linen Paper, I adhered the flowers to a Basic White circle that had been embossed with the Painted Texture 3D embossing folder.

I love the font on the sentiment, from the Artistically Inked stamp set.  I have gold heat-embossed it on a piece of Basic White card, that I then cropped using the Messages Die.  The sentiment has been placed over the top of a Polished Pink circle, cut from Expressions in Ink Designer Series Paper.  I added a gold sprig above the sentiment, and a Fresh Freesia bow below.  The gold sprig is from the Expressions in Ink Ephemera Pack.  The gold leaves that I tucked behind the flowers (in the photo above) were cut from excess gold paper in the ephemera pack, using Penned Flowers Dies.  I felt rather virtuous, using the paper edges in this way - nice and economical!

Listed below are the products I used to make this card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set [154542] $42.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Well Suited 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [154562] $20.00	Expressions In Ink 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [155464] $26.00	Linen 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [155681] $10.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $31.00
Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155518] $15.50	Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611] $13.00	Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [155712] $13.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $21.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Penned Flowers Dies [155557] $52.00	Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder [154317] $15.75	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00	Messages Die [154422] $59.00
Expressions In Ink Ephemera Pack [155465] $12.25	Fresh Freesia 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155615] $12.25	Gilded Gems [152478] $12.25	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00