I’m LATE! Again!! Am I kicking off another bad habit here…? Hopefully not! I know I keep saying that, but I’ve been pretty wrapped up lately. Several things have also been happening, that are affecting my ‘performance’ (lol) but I can’t spill the beans just yet… sigh.
But! Enough blabber, you’re far more interested in that little thing below, I reckon… 😉

Last week I served you a square card, this time I’m asking for a long format. Pretty simple layout, with an emphasis on pretty background and a sentiment separated in two.Of course, if you wish to use standard shape, feel free! It’s a ‘free for all’ fun 🙂

I had SO much fun making this card… I should start by saying that the idea behind it, started with the CFC72 challenge, “Toot Your Own Horn”.
They ask to use our own blog header as an inspiration, and I thought it’s a prime idea. What I had in mind straight away, is stamping in bold black on a subtle patterned paper and then do simple colour blocking as it shows in the circle. It’s a dimensional, fabric-like effect that I was striving to achieve. Down to the little bits of background, showing through the coloured flowers…

I wasn’t quite sure if it’s the way to go, but once I started putting the elements together, it looked pretty cool. I used Etched Flowers from Hero Arts for the background, and I stamped them over My Mind’s Eye Miss Caroline DP. Then I coloured some flowers in, with light shades of Copics.

I transferred the horizontal element - blog title, into sentiment strip. I stamped the phrase from PTI Big & Bold Wishes, in PTI Fresh Snow and Fresh Ink Provincial Gray. I also used the dots from PTI A Little Argyle, to mimic the lime coloured pattern in the logo.
I thought I’d decorate the inside as well:

I used theactual patterned paper, for the card base, hence the inside is decorative as well. In an insert, I stamped the flowers again in grey ink, and the verse from PTI Out On A Limb Sentiments set. The flourish is from Mat Stack 1.