Hi there. I'm so glad you stopped by!
I'm excited to be Guest Designing today with the fabulous team from
I chose a diagonal column: Stripes, Clean & Simple, Sentiment without the word birthday
I had die cut this arched piece from a smooshed piece for a different card and didn't use it
so it was laying on the table. Same thing for the fern. They kind of fell together and
looked good so that was a good starting point.
I wanted to keep this CAS and needed stripes, so I found a stiped embossing folder
and had textured stripes for the background.
The fern looked a bit lonely so I die cut some flowers and colored them
to take the stage with the fern.
The sentiment was easy since this plate presses and the die cuts a group of
birthday sentiments at the same time. I have a box full of various
foiled and pressed birthday sentiments.
Thank you for the invitation. It's always a pleasure to join you.
Let's go see what the talented designers did at
Card Recipe
Stamps: BP Cheers to You (foiled)
Ink: Pumice Stone (smooshing), Peeled Paint, Rustic Wilderness, Wilted Violet, Villianous Potion (DI)
Paper: Neenah Solar White
Other: Essential Arches (SB) Sword Fern Die (SSS), Wildflower Stems #2 (TH), Stripes EF (ret SU)
Enjoy!
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Hey Bonnie! we shared Surprise Party Guest honors over at Seize the Birthday today! What a beautiful card you created - love the smooshed arch background and beautiful layered florals over it - wonderful soft coloring on it all! Julia xx
ReplyDeleteI love your gorgeous floral arrangement, Bonnie! Those pieces were most definitely meant to be together!
ReplyDeleteJust like you and STB! Congratulations on your GD gig and your win!
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Love that large fern with the pretty violet flowers. They look great on that arched die cut. You always have such lovely pieces that you put together perfectly. So glad to have you guesting with us at Seize the Birthday.
ReplyDeleteDon't you love it when things lying around on your craft table just come together unexpectedly? Those can be the best cards and this one sure is. I love all the details and textures. That pop of purple is perfect.
ReplyDeleteI just love the way you color die cuts! Love the varying shades of green on these too. Fabulous card, Bonnie!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your GD! I so love this with the arch and the stripes. Fabulous card.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on being the Guest Designer. Love the card you made - beautiful bit of smooshed background and great leaves and flowers. Perfect sentiment for a birthday card that doesn't include the word "birthday".
ReplyDeleteLOVE how your pieces just fall together and make such fantastic cards, Bonnie!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful card Bonnie, and I love your interpretation of the stripes element of the challenge. Congratulations on your GDT spot
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Maxine
All these pieces go together brilliantly Bonnie, and I love the lilac/purple inked flowers mixed in with the fern over the smooshed arched shape which makes a wonderful background, and finished with a lovely foiled sentiment. x
ReplyDeleteCAS and oh so pretty Bonnie!! I love the purple and green together, and the striped background is perfect...this card was truly meant to be!! Hugs. :0)
ReplyDeleteThis has come together perfectly. I love it. Congrats on your GD spot too xx
ReplyDeleteFantastic card, Bonnie and so beautiful. Love all the dimension with the striped background. Thanks for sharing with us as one of our Surprise Party Guests.
ReplyDeleteHello Bonnie, glad to have you here with us. Your card is so classy, and I love the simple ideas. That soft background really brings out the flowers. Great photo of the card too.
ReplyDeleteI know I already told you that I adore this card, but I need to tell you again. What really struck me today is how realistic the leaves look. The embossed panel and arched piece compliment this design perfectly. So happy to have you back with us at Seize the Birthday. Take care!
ReplyDeleteThis is a gorgeous design Bonnie, love the smooshed background and pretty florals and the arch sets it all off beautifully, thankyou for guesting with us at STB, Cathy x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Card! Your coloring makes them look so realistic
ReplyDeleteLove this, Bonnie! I have a fern but yours is better. It looks perfect with those simple flowers.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on guesting, Bonnie! Your card is just as pretty as it can be!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on guest designer, Bonnie - love your floral sprigs!!
ReplyDeleteBonnie your card is stunning! I love the arch shape and your beautiful fern and flowers! You always bring so much inspiration to our challenge! Another winner!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you put this together with leftover pieces. It looks so perfectly planned out. I am in love with the background of your arch. This is just lovely. Thanks for Guesting with us!
ReplyDeleteI love it when discarded pieces go so well together to make a new card - leftovers for the win! And I love how you incorporated your background stripes. Thanks so much for being our surprise party guest, Bonnie!
ReplyDeleteIt's looking really pretty. I love how you've kept the design CAS even with all the layers. The ferns are looking so spectacular with the flowers. Awesome card with the Tic tac toe board, Bonnie! Thank you so much for this incredible inspiration!!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely gorgeous Bonnie! The textures and colours are amazing - love it. So glad to have you join us.
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