Thanks

Hi, everyone, and welcome to June!!  Yikes, how did it get here already?  Today is my chance to show a Project of the Week for Repeat Impressions and I am continuing on in my "Inspired by Pinterest" series.  I'm hoping to inspire you to take a look at stamps you have and make them work for creating cards like ones that have inspired you.  Here is the card I was inspired by today:

(It only goes to a picture, so I can't give credit where credit is due.)

I love the simplicity of this and the fun text circles.  As soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted to try it using the "Sheet Music" background stamp and the little flowers from the "Flower Power Background and Borders" collection.

To start, I created a mask by die cutting 3 circles out of a lightweight paper and taping it in place over my card base.

 After I took the photo, I ended up transferring the whole thing to my mini MISTI as it can be hard to get a good impressions using a mask and a large background stamp.  Using the MISTI lets you stamp as many times as you need to in order to get a good impression.

 I removed the mask and used the "2 inch Circle Silhouette" stamp to add a little bit of color to the circles with a pale amethyst ink.

 Then I stamped the "Flower Cluster Detail" image and the "Leaf Cluster Outline" image.  It doesn't look like much yet, but just wait.

 I colored the flowers and leaves and then used the same purple markers to scribble an ombre fade unto a piece of scrap card stock before cutting it out with a "thanks" die.

 I stamped the sentiment, "I'm so glad . . .", adhered the "thanks" die cut (I glued it to two layers of white card stock cut with the same die before adhering it to the card base), and added a bunch of clear rhinestones. 

As you can see, my card is a bit fancier than the inspiration card, but the elements that inspired me are still there.  I hope this inspires you to take a look at your Pinterest boards and find some stamps in your stash that you can use to recreate a card or two.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Sheet Music", "Flower Cluster Detail", "Leaf Cluster Outline", and "I'm so glad . . ."

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; Simon Says Stamp "Painted Thanks"

Challenges:

Crafty Gals #207--for the ladies

Word Art Wednesday #441--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Crafty Friends #136--add embellishments

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Southern Girls--anything goes 

Aud Sentiments #252--flowers

Creative Fingers #187--anything goes

YNS #140--sparkle and shine (the rhinestones are pretty sparkly!)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends--anything goes