Delightful Wishes Wishing You Well PP735

by Joanne James27. April 2025 08:00

Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous Claire to host this week and she has my favourite, a sketch challenge for us to work with:

    

I knew I wanted to play with my Floral Delights papers today; the Delightful Wishes Suite was my first choice from the mini catalogue - I do love yellow! - yet it hasn't seen anywhere near enough love, so today is a step towards changing that - take a look:

 

Here's the low-down on today's card:

Floral Delights - I decided I would stick with the basic round shape in the sketch and use this as the basis for my collection of fussy cut flowers, taken straight from the Floral Delights papers. I wanted to create an arch of flowers to frame my sentiment, so just layered them up until I was happy with the arrangement.

Delightful Wishes - The 'wishing' die is my favourite element of the Delightful Wishes bundle - along with the other sentiments in the set, so many bespoke greetings can be created. Today I went for 'Wishing You Well' - this would work as a get well soon card, but also as a farewell or even good luck wishes for the future. I stamped part of the sentiment onto my diecut circle, then overlaid my 'wishing' diecut onto the cluster of flowers added previously. The white border of the diecut, along with the white border of my fussy cut flowers and the mat layer all tie in to give a neat, uniform appearance. 

 

Just Two Colours - I was originally intending to use some yellow gingham plaid for my base, but my ribbon got rather lost amongst the pattern. When I spied this faux-textured Old Olive paper, I immediately switched - it works so much better. Almost without trying, I ended up using only two colours on today's card: yellow and green (with white as a neutral). I'm so pleased with the finished effect - and I hope the ladies over at Color Dare will like it too, since they are also looking for two-colour combos including yellow this week. 

I'm pleased that the Delightful Wishes bundle is on carryover; the Floral Delights paper though is not, so if you have it in your sights, it's your last chance to snap it up. The link to it in the online store is below - you're welcome ;-)

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

 

You can see all of my Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

 
Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
 
1.  Create a new paper project
2.  Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us and provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
3.  Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL.
4.  Have FUN!

Enjoy your day; the hubby and I went to the theatre yesterday evening to watch 'War Horse', the dramatisation of Michael Morpurgo's famous book of the same name. It was amazing - the life-size mechanical horse puppets really were a sight to behold. Back down to earth today! I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

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Comments (10) -

Christy Stanford
Christy StanfordUnited States
4/27/2025 6:41:09 PM #

Beautiful card, Joanne!  Your fussy-cut flowers look divine and I like how you used the skinny ribbon for the strip on the card sketch.

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Stef Perry
Stef PerryUnited States
4/27/2025 9:23:30 PM #

Beautiful, beautiful card, Joanne!  The arched spray is so pretty and I'm impressed with your fussy cutting skills, the pieces all look die cut to me.  Love the textured dsp in the background along with your ribbon treatment.  Another gorgeous design!

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Claire Broadwater
Claire BroadwaterUnited States
4/28/2025 12:28:35 PM #

Joanne, this is so beautiful!  I love the skinny ribbon strips for your panel.  The fussy cut flowers are soooo gorgeous!  The texture in the DSP is perfect, too!  You certainly made my challenge shine!  Have a great week!

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Ann Schach
Ann SchachUnited States
4/29/2025 3:38:10 AM #

Oh my gosh! What a stunning card, Joanne! Yellow is such a cheery color. I love the arch of gorgeous fussy-cut flowers. The Old Olive faux textured paper is the perfect backdrop, enhancing the focal image rather than detracting from it. The ribbon is a wonderful take on the sketch. Your cards are always a delight!!!

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Jan Clothier
Jan ClothierNew Zealand
4/29/2025 5:45:02 AM #

This is SOOOO good! I love the way you've interpreted that vertical as a criss-cross of ribbon. The fussy cut flowers make a great bouquet - or rather, you have turned them into a great bouquet. Lovey card!

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Michelle Loncar
Michelle LoncarUnited States
4/29/2025 3:53:44 PM #

This is so pretty. I love how you used your ribbon. Your flowers are perfect against the green background. Thanks for sharing at Color Dare.

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LeAnne Pugliese
LeAnne PuglieseUnited States
4/30/2025 7:30:46 PM #

Your fussy-cutting skills are pretty awesome! These flowers are just stunning and the ribbon treatment is very cool!  What a lovely card--a bouquet that will never fade!

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Heidi
HeidiUnited States
5/1/2025 3:40:04 AM #

Beautiful flowers! You've shaded them with so much detail! Thank you for joining us at Color Dare! -Heidi

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Becca Yahrling
Becca YahrlingUnited States
5/4/2025 5:23:56 PM #

Your card is just delightful. Love the design. That BG paper is divine & reminds me of an organic linen. Thanks for sharing at Color Dare.

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Suzanne Reynolds
Suzanne ReynoldsUnited States
5/5/2025 3:16:15 PM #

Beautiful floral and choice of colors.  Love how you placed your sentiment on the frame and different fonts.  Beautiful card... thanks for sharing with us at Color Dare.

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