Floral and Funny Encouragement Card

Hello, Hello!!! Laurie here with my very first post for Ink Road Stamps!!  I’m super honoured and excited to be a part of this incredible team!  Lara releases some of the most heartwarming, beautiful and funny stamps, EVER! So, it was no surprise that I had to combine florals with a humorous sentiment!

I started by colouring one of the gorgeous floral images from the Bella Flora Stamp Set. I will give you 3 reasons why I adore this set: 1)  The images are gorgeous…this is a given.  2) The images are huge! Large enough to be all you need on your card front.  3)  Thick, bold lines.  Not only is this striking but makes colouring a lot easier!!  BONUS REASON:  The sentiments and font!!

So after colouring, I fussy cut the image out. This wasn’t hard to do but let’s just say I’m really excited about the release of the Bella Flora Dies!! I wanted to add a bit of bright colour to the background so I used the stripe stamp from the Between The Lines Stamp Set .  This is another versatile, must have set for your collection and you’ll be seeing me use it a lot!!

Now, how about that sentiment??  Isn’t it fantastic?!  I, like many others, am a huge fan of Friends and am pretty sure I’ve seen every episode at least twice. It is such a classic.  This sentiment comes from the The One With All The Stamps Stamp Set.  I white heat embossed it on black cardstock for the boldness of it and to also bring in a little more black to the card.

Both the floral image and the sentiment were adhered with dimensional adhesive.  A bit of glitter pen and Glossy Accents to  the “berry/buds” portions of the florals and a few clear sequins finish off this card!

Thank you so much for stopping in today!!  I loved making this card!

Until next time…

Laurie