The Springtime Foils Designer Series Paper is different than any I’ve experienced, so I’m using it again for today’s birthday card. It’s a heavier, glossy paper with metallic shine. Amazing! I’ve used three of the four patterns, and this is the only one I hadn’t used.
Springtime Foils Celebrate You
Can you see that I fussy cut (cut by hand with scissors) the yellow flower and green leaves? I have a friend, Stesha, who inspired this card, and she is a “master fussy cutter.” Not only that, but she is extremely creative, and a designer at the Global Design Project. This week, she happens to be the designer we are given the opportunity to CASE (copy and selectively edit). Here is Stesha’s card:
Stampin’ Up provides dies for cutting many of the images, and I took advantage of using the words in the Celebrate You Die Set to cut “amazing” from Copper Foil. But, I had to honor Stesha with my hand-cut flower, which I raised on dimensionals, matching a piece of Springtime Foils DSP. This is layered on a card base of Crumb Cake cardstock.
To color the flower and leaves, I used Stampin’ Blends; Light Daffodil Delight and Light Old Olive. You can see Stesha’s Stampin’ Blends in the background of her photo. I brought in the color of her blue flowers with the blue sequins, placed like her rhinestones.
I used the “YOU” die from the Celebrate You Die set for the inside sentiment, also cut from Copper Foil. I double layered it with Thick Whisper White cardstock, as I did the word “amazing,” so they would have some added dimension. For extra pizzazz, I connected “YOU” to a stamped, green (Pear Pizzazz) sprig from the Beautiful Peacock Stamp Set. I also embossed the envelope flap with the Layered Leaves embossing folder, so it is ready to send to a friend to celebrate her birthday.
Thank you designers at the Global Design Project, and especially Stesha, for the inspiration.
