Birthday Blessings

It’s 0800 Sunday morning here – in New Zealand, daylight saving started early this morning, so really it’s only 0700 (spring forward, fall back). All I know is, it sure doesn’t feel like 0800!

I had to make a special birthday card yesterday, for our friend and Stampin’ Up! team leader, Jacque. I’d seen the sketch challenge in Just Add Ink and the colour inspiration on Stamping 411, and knew I wanted to combine the two (then cursed quietly to myself for not buying some of that gorgeous Newsprint DSP, which would be perfect here).

Here’s the sketch:

And here are the colours:

And… here is what I made:

The sentiment is from Occasional Quotes (a Level 3 hostess set), and the flowers are from a gorgeous set called Printed Petals. The butterfly stamp is from Flight of the Butterfly, popped out using the butterfly punch and stuck to the card using a mini glue dot (after I’d sponged around the edges using Pink Pirouette ink). 

I have to admit to feeling a little unusual using black – I don’t use black ink a lot at all. Perhaps that should change…