Shades of Blue – Best Wishes

Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#373), we have a color suggestion and at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#464), we have a sketch.

I selected Cupcake Inspiration (#618) Trees for my theme.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Secret Sea cardstock.
• Strip (1): (5” x 1¼”) Secret Sea Striped patterned piece of paper from the 2025/2025 In-Color Collection Designer Series Paper pack.
• Strip (2): (4½” x 1”) Cloud Cover Splattered patterned piece of paper, also from the 2025/2027 In-Color Collection Designer Series Paper pack.
• Accent Circle Mat: (3” x 3”) Misty Moonlight cardstock die-cut with the (2⅝”) Circle die from the retired Layering Circles Framelits Dies set.
• Circle: (3” x 3”) Basic White cardstock.
  • The Shades of Blue Tree scene was created with stamps from the retired Hills of Tuscany stamp set.
  • Water Triangle – Cloud Cover ink; Land Strip – 2^nd Generation Misty Moonlight ink (stamped off once) twice in two directions and once with 2^nd Generation Secret Sea ink in between; Trees – 2^nd Generation Secret Sea ink; and Tree Reflection – 3^rd Generation Secret Sea ink (stamped off twice).
  • The scene was die-cut with the (2½”) Stitched Circle die from the Stylish Shapes Dies set.
• Sentiment Banner: Basic White cardstock scrap.
  • The sentiment, best wishes, from the Sunrise Sailing stamp set, an On-Line Exclusive product, was stamped with Misty Moonlight ink and then trimmed on the diagonal.  Finished size: (2⅞” x ½”).

All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The Scene and the Sentiment Banner were popped up with Dimensionals.

A clean and simple masculine birthday card. 

Looking forward to seeing how you choose to use Shades of Blue and/or the Sketch.  Join us at Cardz 4 Guyz and/or Hand Stamped Sentiments this round,

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today.  Cheers,  Jolanda!

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