Birthday Card with Tasteful Touches

Today I sat and looked at all my stamps and thought…..what haven’t I used recently? Its way too easy to forget about those stamps you bought when they launched and then have pushed them to one side once new stamps are released. So, I flicked through my pile of stamps and decided to use a couple of stamp sets that I haven’t used for quite some time because before we know it another new catalogue will be out and again those unused stamps will be pushed to the back. I also didn’t want to use the main focal images on the stamps, but I did want stamped textured background on a birthday card. So, I used Tasteful Touches and also used Free as a Bird stamps.

I used Gorgeous Grape and Granny Apple Green for my card layers and stamped onto some basic white in Memento black and Granny Apple Green. The flowers are stamped onto some white card, coloured with Stampin’ blends and then fussy cut – who doesn’t love a bit of fussy cutting? And then, I cut slightly into the centre of some flowers and gently eased the petals to give some dimension. I layered one flower on top of another, making sure NOT to line up the petals for a more realistic effect.

The square shaped ‘blocks’ add a lovely bit of texture and interest to the background.

I added a mat layer inside and stamped and coloured one of the flowers inside too.

What do you think to this birthday card with Tasteful Touches?

Shop any of the products I used by clicking on the images below

Tasteful Touches Cling Stamp Set (English) [152562] £21.00	Free As A Bird Cling Stamp Set [149468] £20.00	Best Year Cling Stamp Set (English) [152568] £19.00	Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] £8.25	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] £8.25	Matte Black Dots [154284] £6.50
Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154887] £8.50	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] £8.50	So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154905] £8.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] £5.50	Paper Snips [103579] £9.25

If you were at this weeks Coffee and a Card, then you will have had the opportunity to make this card.

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