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Monday, May 12, 2025

On Your Big Day

 Happy Monday Peeps,

I'm playing with Ann's color challenge for this week's The Paper Players. Her choice of colors are so pretty.  I thought they would work well with stencils, and I have a new-ish GKD large floral layering stencil that wanted to use. After finishing the stenciling, I decided I wanted to make something other than a basic card. As the image is large enough, a gate fold card came to mind.

For additional interest, I used a spotlight technique for the center front. I simply stenciled two panels, making them as close as possible, then used a circle die to cut the center out of one of the panels and the mat from Berry Burst, then popped up the circle over the center matching the flower lines. 

The greetings are heat embossed with black EP on vellum and cut with the matching dies and backed with Berry Burst CS. The edging lace die is from the GKD Master Layouts 18 die set and the pink pearls are also from GKD.

I took a couple of pictures of the front, one standing (please forgive the shadows) and one lying flat.








For the inside I stamped images from another new-ish GKD stamp set called Gentle Silhouettes. I like the greeting for inside a birthday card.




I have a couple of good friends who have birthdays this summer, so I'll save this for one of them.

Enjoy your week,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Graceful Greetings and Gentle Silhouettes sets by Gina K Designs
Paper: SU Bubble Bath, Berry Burst card stock, Gina K Designs Layering Weight White card stock, SSS vellum
Ink: SU Berry Burst, Bubble Bath and Lost Lagoon, Gina K Designs embossing ink
Other: Gina K Designs Labyrinth Dahlia Layering Stencils, Master Layouts 18, Stitched Circles, and Master Layouts 1 dies, Brutus Monroe black embossing powder, heat tool, Gina K Designs pink pearl embellishments, Connect glue, SU Dimensionals

4 comments:

  1. Oh, Colleen! This card is stunning! I love that you made a gatefold card AND that you used the spotlight technique perfectly. This is a fabulous stencil. Plus, I always like it when the inside is as lovely as the outside. Thank you for playing in my Color Challenge at The Paper Players!

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  2. What a sweet card, Colleen! I love the fun fold and the stenciling is spot on! That sentiment on the inside is wonderful! A great way to use our Paper Players colors this week! Thanks so much for playing with us!

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  3. The softly stencilled flowers are just beautiful, as is the way you've spotlighted the circle. The lacy detailing at the edges really brings out the stronger colours and frames the whole in a delightful way. Thanks for sharing with us at The Paper Players.

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  4. A gatefold card with a spotlight? You were sure working the techniques this week, Colleen, and with just stunning results! The stenciling looks beautiful as does the edging and the interior is lovely in its own right. Your girlfriend is going to be so pleased to receive this! Thanks for joining in at the Paper Player this week!

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