Southwest Birthday

SW Birthday by Julie Warner https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/?p=28123

This is for the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC654) & Stacy chose the Vera Bradley site. Lovely colors & patterns there! I was inspired by THIS tote. I just love the colors & Southwest pattern.
 SW Birthday by Julie Warner https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/?p=28123
To make my SW background, I applied Distress oxide inks to the inside of the embossing folder (Embossing Folder Stamping) then placed my die cut piece of white card stock inside. I actually used what would normally be the back side because I wanted just the lines & not the inside of the pattern. Leaving the c/s just where it was, I added a little more ink here & there where needed. When satisfied, I went ahead & ran it thru the Big Shot to emboss it because I also wanted the texture. The big Happy was die cut then stamped & double stacked on another white piece to give it some depth. The coral pieces were leftovers that seemed to fit in.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Altenew – Halftone Happy, (inside: DRS Designs -Birthday Wishes)
Paper: Staples 110# white,  coral textured, black
Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versfine deep lagoon, Distress oxide inks worn lipstick, carved pumpkin, cracked pistachio, abandoned coral, mermaid lagoon
Accessories:  Altenew Happy die,  Spellbinders A2 matting basics B dies, Taylored Expressions Ikat embossing folder, 


2 Responses to Southwest Birthday

  1. Very pretty card. I love Vera Bradley and your take on it is perfect. Thank you for the beautiful card which arrived this week. I have it posted to my blog to go live on the 28th, with a link to your blog. It is just so beautiful. Thanks again Julie.

  2. I really like this card, cant pin point one unique feature, everything has just come together beautifully to create this card. TFS