The Flowers of Friendship stamp set can be found in Stampin’ Up!’s current Annual Catalog. I wasn’t going to purchase this set but finally gave in. Once I saw this card by Tracy Bradley I was glad I did. Tracy’s card is clean and fresh. I like the red and white with just that little pop of green. The sentiment is from one of my new favorite stamp sets, Biggest Wish, which I first shared with you last week. Tracy also used the new Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder.
When you like an original card so much how do you change it up to make it your own? I actually started with the embossing folder and used the side that Tracy didn’t use. I love the fact that you can get two different looks when using an embossing folder.
The next thing I changed on Tracy’s card was to add a layer behind the scalloped rectangle. Now the focal point really pops. Did you notice that instead of adhering the scallop rectangle to the red rectangle and popping that up I adhered the red rectangle directly to the card front and popped up the scallop rectangle. When I di it this way I feel it really makes that focal point pop.
I only made two other small changes. I added another leaf so that there would be an odd number and I stamped the sentiment in black instead of red. I was going back and forth between black and red for the sentiment but black finally won out.
How would you have changed Tracy’s card? Leave a comment and let me know or better yet share a picture of your Make It Mine!
Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!