Above and Beyond

This week at Freshly Made Sketches they are celebrating their 500th challenge! That is a huge milestone and I am so excited to play along!

For my entry I started with Thick Basic White card base. Then Added a layer of Night of Navy card stock. To that I added a layer of the Beauty of Nature Designer Series Paper. For the top layer I used my blending brush to add Cajun Craze and Pumpkin Pie ink to a piece of Basic White cardstock. Using my Dark Night of Navy Stampin’ Blend I added a bit of splatter to the inked layer.

I cut the large leaf cluster from The Forever Flourishing dies to create my focal point. After I die cut it I swiped gold pigment ink over the Soft Suede leaves to give it a bit of shimmer. I added double layer of ribbon under the sentiment. I did add demensionals to the sentiment to give a bit of lift. My sentiment came from the Shaded Summer Stamp Set. I love how easy this card was to back and will be sending it out to a family member that always makes everything special!

Cool thing about the Shaded Summer Stamp set from the Annual Catalog is that the Sale-A-Bration catalog has dies to go with the stamp set! And you can get them with free with a $100.00 purchase.

Card Cut List

Cut a piece of Thick Basic White cardstock for the base at 4 1/4″ x 11 1/2″ score at 5 1/2?.

Cut a piece of Night Of Navy 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″.

Cut a piece of DSP 4″ x 5/14″.

Cut a piece of Basic White 2 1/2″ x 5 1/8″.

You also need a scrap of Basic White and Night of Navy for the sentiment.

Shaded Summer Cling Stamp Set [155783] $23.00	Forever Flourishing Dies [152714] $36.00	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $8.75	Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154891] $9.00
Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115318] $8.75	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $7.50	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $7.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.25	Beauty Of The Earth 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155841] $11.50	3/8" (1 Cm) Fine Art Ribbon [154561] $7.50	Clear Block Bundle [118491] $71.50
Clear Block Storage Caddy [120279] $17.00	Paper Snips [103579] $10.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00	Simply Shammy [147042] $8.00
Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Stamparatus [146276] $49.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $120.00
Basic White Medium Envelopes [159236] $7.50	Blending Brushes [153611] $12.00