Labeled With Love, Simply Said, Flowers of Beauty, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. I saw it on Pinterest and I really liked how it looked so I thought I'd give it a try. You can see the original card here.  I made some changes, mostly due to supplies on hand. Please read on to see how the card was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Pretty Peacock card stock.  Then I cut a 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" piece of Designer Series Paper (DPS) from the "Thoughtful Designs" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to Pretty Peacock piece. Then I taped that to the card base.

A 3-1/8" x 3-1/8" piece of Pretty Peacock card stock was cut for the layer. If I were to make another card I would cut the piece at 3-1/4" x 3-1/4" because I didn't like the spacing between the strips. Those strips are cut from a 3" x 3" piece of DSP from the "Thoughtful Journey" 6" x 6" stack and then cut in 1" strips. I taped the strips to the layer. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set in place on the front of the card.

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were cut using the die from the "Labeled With Love" bundle. Black Memento ink on Basic White card stock was used to make the word piece. I set it aside.

The Basic White "greenery" is from the "Flowers of Beauty" bundle. I added a little glue to the larger areas of the piece and set it in place on the front of the card. 

I added Dimensionals to the bottom of the word piece and a little tape to the top and set the piece in place on the front of the card.

A piece of Basic Black Baker's Twine was used to make the bow. It was set in place using a glue dot.

A few pearls were colored using the dark Pretty Peacock Blends pen and they were set in place on the front of the card.  And the card was done.

I do like how the card turned out but would do the layer for the strips 1/8" larger. It was fun to make and I can see myself making more in the future.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda