This Garden in Bloom thank you card was not what I planned to post today, but a catalog I got in the mail yesterday gave me all kinds of inspiration, and this is one of the cards that came out of that. The catalog has a lot of bold designs, lots of black and white and bright colors with some pastels. There is often gold as an accent. I actually made another card with black and white and red with gold. But as I was digging through my stack of card stock sitting out, I saw this Pool Party card stock and decided some Pool Party flowers would be pretty for spring along with gold over the Pool Party color. So even if you think you have an idea in your head, your idea can go in a different direction in a second! Who knows?!

This card is made with the Whisper White Thick Card Stock and opens on the side, for a change. I layered a 2″ strip of Pool Party at the bottom and overlaid with a piece of Gold Fancy Designer Vellum Foil. I stamped some flowers from the Garden in Bloom Stamp Set and adhered a strip of Gold Foil across the middle. (The Gold Foil Sheets are on the Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals this week!)

The greeting is from the One Big Meaning Stamp Set and was perfect to use since it was little and could fit on the vellum without covering up the little gold hearts. You could use this card for any occasion!  The layout is one of the simplest you can do when you are making a card.

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