Black and Pink with International Hopping ~ Busy with the Cricky

Black and Pink with International Hopping

Hello Stampin' Friends. Today I am participating in Kyllie Bertucci's Monthly International Blog Hop. If you joined me through the hop, you are currently visiting Susan Edwards in Aiken, South Caroline, USA. Welcome.

Today is a rainy Monday here in South Carolina so I thought I would brighten up things just a bit with this super fun Polished Pink and black checked card. I created this card using one of my favorite new products in the Stampin' Up! 2021-2022 Annual Catalog, the Color & Contour Bundle.

The Color & Contour Bundle is a thirteen-piece stamp set combined with an eight-piece die set - that is to die for (ha ha). Seriously, this die set is gorgeous. I love the scalloped layered dies, the flower cut outs, and the scalloped border die. Remember a border die does not always have to be used on the edge of the card!

I chose a Polished Pink, Black, and White color palette for this card. My base card was made with thick white cardstock with a layer of black and white designer series paper and white cardstock added to the front. I cut bottom edge of the white cardstock with the scallop border die from the bundle. I added black speckles to abstractly to the card front with the speckle stamp in the set. I also added Pale Papaya speckles by flinging the color off of a marker onto the cardstock. I affixed the black check paper flat to the lower front of the card. I used dimensionals to affix the white portion to the upper front of the card.

I stamped the fun two-step stampin' flowers in StazOn black ink, then stamped the abstract petal fill-in stamp in Polished Pink, one of the new In-Colors. I colored the center of the flower with a marker. I stamped and cut two of the flowers. Using dimensionals, the flowers were added to the upper portion of the card front.

Using the fun "Thanks for everything" stamp, I stamped the sentiment onto the left front of the card in Black ink. The card with finished with pink and black inked sequins.

If you like my card, please take a minute and pop over to Kylie's blog and vote for me. Thanks!