Stampin' Up! Magnolia Mood Happy Birthday

Thank you for stopping here from wherever you came! We have a sketch challenge today and here is what I created for our hop...

I was inspired by the challenge at The Paper Players PP680. Jaydee I love the colors you chose! I loved them so much I made a second card! More on that at the end! AND the second one is also for our team blog hop challenge!

Let's take a closer look at how I used the colors, shall we?

My card base is Basic White. I cut a 3 3/4" x 5" mat of Basic Black with a die from the Garden Meadow Die Set. Next I cut a piece of  DSP from the Bright & Beautiful DSP 6" x 6" pack with the same die and adhered the arch panel into the open arch of the black.

I used Light Lemon Lolly, Light Bubble Bath and Light Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends to color the flower center, petals and leaves on the Basic White Cardstock I had cut with a die from the Magnolia Mood Die Set. I also cut out some leaves from Granny Apple Green Cardstock  using the same set.

After I did a dry fit, I stamped the sentiment from the Go To Greeting Stamp Set using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

For the inside...

another piece of DSP on which I stamped the sentiment from Go To Greetings.  I colored the magnolia stamp with my Bubble Bath and Granny Apple Green Stamp N Write Markers and used the no-longer-available Stamparatus to stamp the image.

Three Brushed Brass Butterflies finished the inside.

So, like I said above, I created another card because I thought it really fit our team challenge. 

I had cut out another magnolia but took the leaves off and colored the veins with a Bubble Bath Stamp N Write Marker and shaded it with the Light Bubble Bath Blends. Instead of metal butterflies, I used the Paper Accent Butterflies. The DSP is the same only Lemon Lime Twist color. I used one of the Stitched Shape Dies to cut the Basic Black Circle. I also used the "hello" from the Hello Ladybug Stamp Set and heat embossed it. I can't decide which one I like better. What do you think?

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Amy Koenders
Mary Deatherage
Jaimie Babarczy
Karen Finkle - you are here!
Akiko Sudano
Karen Ksenzakovic
Tara Carpenter
Terry Lynn Bright
Carol Buckalew
Nel Thames