by Joanne James19. September 2026 21:00
I've been out at cricket all afternoon so this is a quick post to share an even quicker card for a couple of challenges:
Judy's layout is all about creating on the bottom half at Freshly Made Sketches this week and when I saw the colours at Color Dare I knew this was the perfect opportunity to showcase some super pretty paper that I've been hoarding - take a look:
Here's the low-down on today's card:
This pretty paper with tiny blue flowers and green leaves in the Bloom Boutique designer paper pack is just lovely and I'd been resisting cutting into it. No more! The sketch was perfect to showcase it and my favourite of this year's in-colours, Hydrangea Hue, too. I added a heat embossed sentiment and gold twine bow and single gold pearl to pick up the tiny gold dot detail in the paper:
I'll be honest, I spent longer deliberating whether to add the twine bow or not than I did putting together the rest of the card together. I'll leave it to you to decide - too much or just right?
The sentiment, from 'Words of Beauty', makes me smile; whilst I continued it on the inside of my card with 'you're amazing' as it's for one my Stampin' Up! team, I can hear my childhood English teacher saying "Joanne, you cannot begin a sentence with 'because'!" She would so not have approved of this card! I think of her every time I make a card using the Words of Beauty bundle and '...because' - she was a wonderful educator and I have nothing but fond memories of her and card making aside, I share her often pedantic attitude towards correct use of English grammar!
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 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any.
Enjoy your evening and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!
Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:
