Welcome back! A busy day ahead, so getting this card done first thing. Happy Wednesday.
Those April Showers sure begat those May Flowers and that is the order of the day. The challenges:
Inspired by (#335) Pretty Florals and Wood Elements along with the suggested Sketch; Seize The Birthday (#305) to add Flowers; Four Seasons (May) Spring Floral Inspiration Board; Can You Handle The Pressure (#25MAY10) with a Floral Twist; and choosing the Cupcake Inspirations (#617) suggested Colors.





Here is the result:

Steps:
- Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Highland Heather cardstock.
- Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Very Vanilla cardstock.
- The Wooden Parquet image from the retired Comfort & Hope stamp set was stamped with Pecan Pie ink and colored with the Light and Dark Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Markers.
- The Panel was then dry-embossed with the retired Elegant Lines Embossing Folder.
- Focal Image – Flower: Basic White cardstock scrap.
- The Lavender Plant image from the Gallery Blooms stamp set was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Stampin’ Blends Markers. Colors chosen: Blooms – Light and Dark Highland Heather and Leaves – Light and Dark retired Soft Succulent.
- The Flowers were die-cut with the coordinating die from the Gallery Blooms Dies set and then fussy-cut with Paper Snips for a closer edge.
- Sentiment Label: Basic White cardstock scrap colored with the Light Soft Succulent Stampin’ Blends Marker.
- The sentiment, Have the Best Day, from the 2025 Sale-a-bration Handmade Designs stamp set was stamped with Gorgeous Grape ink and then die-cut with one of the Stitched Rectangle dies from the Wild Ferns Dies set, still available but on the Last Chance List.
All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. The Flowers and the Sentiment Label were popped up with Dimensionals.
A lovely card to celebrate a Spring birthday…
Thanks for spending some more of your time with me today. Cheers, Jolanda!
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You are so good at combining challenges, Jolanda. Love the color palette and that EF too. Thanks for playing along at Seize the Birthday.
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Thank you, Nancy!
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OMGosh … what a fabulous design … love it! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Four Seasons & Can You Handle the Pressure Challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back again soon.
Darlene
Four Seasons Challenge Co-Owner
CYHTP Co-Owner
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Nicely done, always a pleasure seeing your cards in the gallery. Great Embossing and the flower awesome. Thanks for playing our Color Combo at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge. Have a great day! Leanne DT Member ~ CIC
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Beautiful card – very elegant.
Thanks for joining us at the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog.
Helen x
DT
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Beautiful card – thank you so much for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!
Lori – CIC DT Member
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This is so pretty. I love the images you used. The CAS design is fabulous. Thank you for playing with us this week at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge.
Nora
DT Member
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge
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Your card is so unique, and just fabulous!! I really love your greeting too. Lots of wonderful work here, thanks so much for playing along with us over at Can You Handle the Pressure. I hope we see you back again soon!!
Judy~ CYHTP DT Designer
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