Cottage Rose – Best Wishes Birthday

Welcome back to the work week.  Off to a good start this Monday morning.

Playing with the Seize the Birthday (#252) Case challenge and mixing it up with the Color Hues (#54) suggestion and sharing it with Happy Little Stampers (December) group and CAS on Friday (#245).

I chose to case the card created by Vicki Dutcher from the Seize the Birthday (#243) Challenge.

Here is the result: 

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Very Vanilla cardstock.
• Focal Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Very Vanilla cardstock.
  • Floral and Leaf images from the Cottage Rose stamp set were stamped in the lower left corner with Night of Navy ink. 
  • To achieve the layered look, Masks were stamped onto Masking Paper and fussy cut with Paper Snips.
  • Using the Fine-Tipped Water Painter Brush, the Night of Navy Stampin’ Write Marker and a Block (ink scribbled on to block), the Floral design was water colored.
  • Lost or blurred details due to water coloring were added back with the Night of Navy Stampin’ Write Marker.
  • A touch of Highland Heather ink was added to the Baby’s Breath Flowers and a touch of Pear Pizzazz ink was added to the Leaves.
  • Once dry, the panel was die-cut with three of the Rectangle dies from the Stitched Rectangles Dies set. (3” x 4⅜”), (3⅜”x 4¾”) and (3¾” x 5⅛”).
  • The (3¾” x 5⅛”) Frame was adhered to the card base.  The (3⅜” x 4¾”) Frame was added inside with Mini Dimensionals and the Center piece was added with double mounted Dimensionals for the Triple Layered Technique look.
  •  The sentiment, Best Wishes, also from the Cottage Rose stamp set was stamped with Night of Navy ink and die-cut with the (1⅝” x 1¼”) stitched Rectangle die.

I have always been fond of a blue/white/vanilla image.  Reminds of my Dutch heritage and the pretty Delft Blue porcelain.

Clean and simple, one layer with a twist.  Thanks for the inspiration, Vicki.

Glad you spent some of your time with me today.  Cheers,  Jolanda.

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