Lily Birthday Card - Freshly Made Sketches #668

 Good Morning! 

Today's card was inspired by the new card sketch challenge at the Freshly Made Sketches blog.  

I knew today I wanted to work with some type of flower and chose Altenew's Queen of the Lilies stamp and die set.  I think I have avoided this set because it is a layering stamp, but I thought I would tackle it.  Altenew has a very nicely made template on how to stamp each layer in order.  It was extremely helpful! 

The stamp set actually is numbered, to make the process a little easier.  I wanted to replicate a Stargazer Lily that has more of the vivid pinks in the flower, so I chose a light, medium and dark shade of pink.  

Next, I used a stamp positioner to line all the layers up.  This set does include layering stamps for the leaves, but I decided to work with some left over leaves from my die box.  

To assemble this card I used a piece of  Night of Navy card stock and Embossed with Altenew's Beautiful Baroque 3-D folder.  I used a nesting hexagon, and cut a frame from gold foiled cardstock in place of the circular shape.  Night of Navy satin ribbon and a left over piece of trim was added to the left border.  A Happy Birthday sentiment from Stampin Up's Go to Greetings was stamped, fussy cut and popped up onto the flower.  

Supplies Used:

Altenew: Queen of the Lilies Stamp and Die set, Beautiful Baroque embossing folder

Stampin Up: Night of Navy Cardstock, Night of Navy satin ribbon, Go to Greetings sentiment stamps,

Roccoco Rose Ink, Rose Red ink, Daffodil Delight Ink, Espresso 

Accent: White 120# cardstock base

Recollections: Gold Foil cardstock

Accessories- Hexagon nesting dies

Thanks for stopping by! - Valerie Kaye