Crazy how I picked out the colors for this Beautiful Friendship Happy to Know You Card! I decided I would make a card with this stamp set but had no idea what colors I wanted to use. I thought maybe yellow flowers and grabbed the Daffodil Delight Cardstock and the Poppy Parade practically jumped out at me off the shelf! I wondered if the card would be too bright, but I don’t think it turned out to be! It’s a bright, happy card!
This Beautiful Friendship Stamp Set is on the retiring list for May 3. I think it’s one of those stamp sets that no one makes a big fuss over, yet it is so pretty with greetings in a beautiful font. Just a great stamp set to have on hand for making pretty cards! Here is a card I made with the stamp set last year after going on the annual Azalea Trail. That was when we were hearing a little about the virus and stocking up on toilet paper but had no idea what was headed our way.
As I said, I used Poppy Parade for the card base and a layer of Daffodil Delight to go with the yellow flowers. I essentially copied a sample card in the outgoing Stampin’ Up! catalog on page 115.
The large flowers are stamped in Daffodil Delight with some of the smaller accents stamped in Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green, and Rich Razzleberry (because it was in the wrong slot on my ink pad stand!). I was choosing other Brights colors.
The greeting is stamped in Poppy Parade and die cut with this long die in the Tasteful Labels Dies. I popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals but ran a piece of 3/8″ Fine Art Ribbon with its gold threads underneath. The card could use a few sequins or gems of some kind if you wanted to do that! Or you can keep it simple!
We only have about three weeks left of this Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog! Keep checking the Last-Chance List in the Online Store so you can see what is still actually available. If it says “backordered” you can go ahead and order the item and Stampin’ Up! will ship it to you automatically as soon as they have it back in stock. Check the Clearance Rack tomorrow morning. I “think” there might be new items added but we’ll have to see!