Sparkle & Shine

Hello!

I'm going to be completely honest here.  I tried making this card a few weeks ago, and it was a complete and utter disaster (and totally user issues!).  I just couldn't translate what I was thinking that day, and this wasn't the only card design I tried.  Everything was a giant fail.  So I gave up and went to visit a friend.  When I sat down to create, the day I made this card, I decided to give this design another shot.  Surprise - it totally worked and came together so easily!  Do you ever have days like that?  I'm glad I didn't give up on the design, because this is a pretty card.  

For today's card, I used the Gem Turnabout Stamp Set from Concord & 9th (alt link).  I used my MISTI to stamp the turnabout using four colors of Lawn Fawn Ink: Minty Fresh, Deep Sea, Merman, and Fish Tank.  I used the mini cubes, however, the full size pads are also linked in the supply list, if that is your preference.  Once stamped, I set that panel aside while I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment onto a piece of vellum. 

I die cut a circle from a Whip Cream card front, and then die cut a slightly smaller circle from a piece of Cool Pool card stock.  On the Cool Pool piece, I coated the edges around the circle die cut with my Nuvo Shimmer pen for some fun sparkle.  I then stamped some of the smaller gem and sparkle images onto the Whip Cream piece using the Minty Fresh Ink.

I adhered the Cool Pool piece behind the Whip Cream, and then layered the Vellum piece behind both of those.  I lined up my stamped gem piece behind the window when setting it on the card front, then used a pencil to mark where the top of the piece should be, before applying glue to the backside.  I adhered that down, and then added my layered pieces with some foam squares.  A few rhinestones added just a bit more sparkle to the card front.

Super cute, and the blues worked beautifully together.  I might be a little bit biased though - sapphires are one of my favorite gems, and aquamarine is my birth stone.  So I'm kind of drawn to blue jewels anyway.  If you made this card in the colors of your birth stone, or favorite gem, what color would it be?

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