Delicate Dreams, Wild Bunch, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. I found this on Pinterest. It's supposed to be a fun fold card but I don't do too many of them because some of the recipients don't know what to do with them. Like self-standing ones or flipping ones. So if I like the looks of the layout then I'll run with that and omit the fancy/fun part. You can see the original card by clicking here.  While there I saw a few more cards that caught my eye. They may be showing up in a few days! Maybe!  Please read on to see how I put today's card togehter.

For the base of my card I used a half-sheet of Basic White card stock. On top of that is a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" piece of Secret Sea card stock. Before taping it to the front, I cut the large layer from it's center. I used the 4th largest die in the "Branching Out" bundle. 

A 3-7/8" x 5-1/4" piece of Crumb Cake card stock was cut for the second largest layer. On top of that layer I taped the Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Delicate Dreams" 12" x 12" package. I had cut the piece at 3-3/4" x 5-1/8"". I trimmed each strip to 1-7/8" x 5-1/8". I flipped one strip over and taped them to the front of the card. 

The focal piece was next. Using the 5th largest die in the "Branching Out" dies, I cut a one of Basic White card stock. I stamped the flowery looking greenery image from the "Delicate Whispers" bundle using Crumb Cake ink.

I cut several "greenery" pieces using the dies in the "Delicate Whispers" bundle. I cut one of Basic White and using the same die, I cut one of Crumb Cake card stock. There are two smaller thin ones on the upper left area and those were cut using Basic Beige card stock. Those pieces were glued in place. I just added a little bit of glue on some of the middle wider areas and set them in place on the focal piece. 

The flowers were cut using another piece of the DSP. I cut five large and five small and glued them together. Then they were glued in place on the front of the card. I added little pearls to the center of each flower. The piece was then taped to the Secret Sea layer. Dimensionals were added to the back of that and it was set in place on the center of the card. I just eyed it. I always figure that if it looks centered to me then it's centered enough!

The words are from the "Wild Bunch" set and were stamped on a scrap piece of Crumb Cake card stock using Pecan Pie ink. I punched them out using the "Three Banner" punch. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card. I doubled stacked the Dimensional on the right end so it didn't droop.  It was a bit too long to hang over the focal piece without drooping. And that was it, the card was done.

This was a super quick and easy card to make. I really did enjoy making it. I could see myself making more in the future. 

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