Softly Stippled: HB

You only have one 27th birthday, right? So I wanted to make a special card for the girlfriend of one of our grandsons. Melanie is an artist (as in, commissions), so I used the occasion of the Stamp Review Crew blog hop to create this.

Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper | Alphabet à la Mode | Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

This is a simple layout, but the engineering aspects of the card had me gritting my teeth and scrapping some attempts. I flat adhered a piece of Basic White behind the die-cut patterned panel to support the many Stampin’ Dimensionals. That wasn’t the problem, but when I tried to line up the very sticky panel onto the card, oh my. What I should have done is adhere the patterned panel to a larger piece of the Pebbled Path patterned piece before it was on the card, then trimmed it. I’ll try that next time.

Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper | Alphabet à la Mode | Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

The placing of the letters would normally have been an issue for me (cursed be perfectionism!), but I just did my best.

I think all the drama was worth it– I am very pleased with the result and I hope Melanie enjoys this card!

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