Card of the Day - Happiest Wishes

 Hello and welcome back! For today's card, I've reached back into my stash of retired products and used a fancy fold inspired by Connie Stewart.

The card base is Pool Party, with layers of Tranquil Tide and Whole Lot of Lovely DSP. The Stitched Circles are Whisper White and Crushed Curry, and the stamping is done with Tranquil Tide. The fold is pretty simple - basically, the front is scored at the 2-1/8" mark and folded back on itself. The wrapped and tied panel is attached on the fold.

I added a layer of Whisper White inside for the sentiment. The outer layer is wrapped and tied with Tranquil Tide Finely Woven Ribbon, and the dot on the exclamation mark is accented with a Glitter Epoxy Shape.

I used the sketch from this week's challenge at Just Add Ink, but I turned it 180 degrees (sort of!).

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Happiest Birthday Wishes, Itty Bitty Birthdays

Paper - Pool Party, Whisper White, Tranquil Tide, and Crushed Curry cardstock; Whole Lot of Lovely DSP

Ink - Tranquil Tide

Accessories - Tranquil Tide Finely Woven Ribbon, Glitter & Clear Epoxy Shapes

Tools - Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

PCCCS#163 & CCMC#374 - Tic Tac Toe & Color Challenge

Hello and welcome back! Today's card is a combo challenge card (again!) for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge at Paper Craft Crew and the color challenge at Create with Connie and Mary.

For my tic tac toe, I decided to go right down the middle, with birthday, embossing, and ribbon. You can never have too many birthday cards, and I rarely make a card without embossing and/or ribbon! So here's today's card:

For this card, I cut my card base the long way (4-1/4 in x 11 in) and scored it in the middle. That way, I could wrap the ribbon around the base to tie it. A sponge dauber dipped in Blushing Bride ink helps bring out the texture from the "vintage" Elegant Bouquet  embossing folder, and a bit of piercing on the scallop circle surrounding the stamped sentiment from the "vintage" Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set helps to emphasize that as well. The finishing touch comes from the dotted lace trim tied in a simple square knot.

This card was pretty quick and easy - I may have to make a bunch of these for my stash!

I hope you like this card!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

--Cindi

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