Is this Hues of Happiness Trio of Flowers card bright enough with all the colors??! I was actually making some other cards using the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper with all the flowers, and when I turned one piece over to apply glue I saw this dark blue pattern with the tiny flowers! I loved it and wanted to make something with that pattern.
I just started assembling the card itself without knowing what I was going to put on it! I decided on a Daffodil Delight card base, then a piece of the designer paper, plus Sweet Sorbet for the bottom portion. To cover the seam where the two pieces overlap I used a strip of Granny Apple Green. By then it was looking pretty bright!
I thought I would add some of my extra diecut flowers from the designer paper, but the ones I had cut out looked a little pale against the colors I had already used for the card. What to do? Cut out more flowers in deeper colors! I played around with those and thought the card design called for a more whimsical look. I happened to put these three single smaller flowers across the top and I liked that look! They are just glued down flat but they could have been popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. It would also be fun to use the Wink of Stella brush on them to give them a little sparkle.
The greeting is in the Happiness Abounds Stamp Set. I only used part of it, covering up the rest with a piece of washi tape (and remembered to remove it before stamping!!). Then I diecut it with a banner die in the Stylish Shapes Dies. I also wrapped the new In Color 2022-2024 Baker’s Twine in Sweet Sorbet around the middle of the card layer three times and added a separate bow tied with two pieces of the twine.
This is really an easy, basic card design but I think the bright colors make it stand out. A strip of Parakeet Party cardstock across the seam would have been even brighter but I thought I liked the look of the Granny Apple Green color better. You could use this same background paper with some other fun image on the top or middle portion of the card for a different look. Just play with your paper and stamps and you will always come up with something as I did with this Hues of Happiness Trio of Flowers card.
