Charming Day, Floral Charm, Labeled With Love, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock for the layer. I textured it using the "Exposed Brick" embossing folder. I glued that to the front of the card.

Next I cut a 3" x 4" piece of Basic White for the focal layer.

I textured a piece of Basic White card stock using the "Damask Design" embossing folder and I cut it a 4" x 1 and 1/2" x 4".

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is from the "Floral Charm" 12" x 12" package and I cut the piece to measure 7/8" x 4".  I glued the textured pieces in place on the 3" x 4" piece and then the orange piece of DSP was added last. This way you can get the spacing better. I could have moved my textured pieces inward a bit but it still looks nice the way it is.

The flower is from the "Charming Day" bundle. I stamped it using black Memento ink and cut it using the coordinating die.  I colored the piece using my Blends pens. I used both light and dark Mossy Meadow and Pumpkin Pie and the center was colored with the dark Daffodil Delight pen.

I cut a 3/8" x 2-3/4" piece of Timid Tiger card stock for the small strip.

The words are from the "Labeled With Love" (retired) set. I didn't have current birthday wording that was small enough for the area I wanted it in. I punched the words out using the 1-3/4" circle punch. I made sure the words were as far up and to the right as I could go without cutting them off.

I added tape to the back of the strip but I didn't press down on it after setting it on top of the larger strips. It's about 1-1/4" up from the bottom edge of the 3" x 4" piece. I set the word piece on top to see how much of the bottom part of the circle I would need to trim off. After trimming it off I added tape to the back and slipped it under the strip. I pressed down on both the circle and the strip.

Glue was added to the flower and it was set in place on the front of the card.

Dimensionals were added to the back of the 3" x 4" piece and it was set on the front of the card centering it as much as I could by eying it.  And the card was done.

I thought about adding some bling to the card but I decided I liked the clean look to it.

This was a fun card to make and anytime I can color with Blends I'm happy!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda