Impressions Abloom, Banner Sayings, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a much simpler card than yesterdays.  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 5" x 3-3/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Exposed Brick" embossing folder.  I glued this to the front of the card base.

Next I cut a 1-3/8" x 4-3/4" strip of Basic White card stock. At first I textured it using the "Stone & Vine" folder but it looked too busy on top of the brick and it really didn't go well together. So I just left it plain.

Then I worked on the flowers, stem and leaves. I used the "Impressions Abloom" bundle for this. The leaves and stems were cut using the dies in the bundle on a piece of Old Olive card stock.

The flowers were cut using Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Brushed with Beauty" 12" x 12" package. Using my blending brush I scrubbed on some Petal Pink ink on the edges first and then I lightly added some to the petals.  

For the center I cut two using Lemon Lolly card stock. I used the same blending brush with Petal Pink ink (what was left on the brush) and I went around the edges to soften and tone them down a bit. I glued the centers to the flowers.

The words are from the "Banner Sayings" bundle and were stamped using black Memento ink on Basic White card stock. I cut them out using the matching dies in the bundle.  

I glued the flower stem down first.  Now here's where I made my mistake. My eye wants to see the flower straight but with that angled strip and having the stem lined up on the bottom center, it looks crooked. I would recommend gluing the strip to the front of the card and going from there.  But I glued the stem to the strip (not on the card base) and then added the smaller flower. The large flower was added using Dimensionals. Then I glued the piece to the front of the card about 3/4" from the fold and even spacing on the textured top and bottom edges. 

Dimensionals were added to the word piece and it was set in place on the lower part of the card about 1/2" from the bottom and 3/8" from the right side.

I added three hearts from the "Loose Valentine's" assortment container using glue and the card was done.

I think the flowers would have been prettier and would have gone better with the hearts had I made them in pink and not the color of the DSP.  But it is what it is and I learned a lot from this card! That's what it's all about, right? Learning and having fun!  And I did both!

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