Well by now you should know I am a Bold Brights girl (the old name for the Brights collection of inks, cardstock, and accessories) That collection is my go to! I gravitate towards the Brights collection without even realizing it! But this More Color Monday is one of my favorites so far!
Azure Afternoon, Berry Burst and Old Olive (for those of you newer to Stampin’ Up!, we have been through several color resets in my 22 years as a demonstrator and Old Olive believe it or not has been moved three times – when I joined as a demonstrator it was in the earth elements – which eventually became our neutrals collection, then it was moved to the bold brights collection – which eventually became our bright collection and then we moved it to the Regals Collection – which used to be the Rich Regals. LOL makes me feel a little old! Anyway it is a perfect compliment to these richly saturated bright colors of berry and blue!

Measurements:
Azure Afternoon:
Base: 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
Layer: 5 1/4″ x 2″
Basic White: 3 sheets of 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ to be
colored with Blending Brushes and inks
Layer: 5 1/4″ x 4″
scrap: for the sentiment piece

Run the 5 1/4″ x 2″ piece of Azure Afternoon cardstock through the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine with the Basics 3D embossing folder with the slash marks.
Adhere the White layer to the card front leaving a 1/8″ border from the right hand side of the card edge, top and bottom. There will be a larger gap on the left hand side but this will be covered.
Place 5 Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back side of the Azure Afternoon embossed piece as shown – three spaced along the left edge and two in the middle between the three – do not place any along the right hand edge yet!

Using Azure Afternoon, Berry Burst and Old Olive inks and Blending brushes, Blend each color across one of the 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ pieces of Basic White cardstock. Leave lighter spaces and even some white space in the cardstock.
Cut the leaves die from the Old Olive Blended cardstock, and the berries and floral dies from the Azure Afternoon and Berry Burst blended cardstock.

Remove the paper backing from the Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhere the 5 1/4″ piece of embossed Azure Afternoon cardstock so that it is 1/8″ evenly spaced from the left hand edge and top and bottom of the card front.
Place adhesive on the bottom strips that attach the dies from the Timeless Arrangements dies and slip the straight edge under the Azure Afternoon embossed piece to hide that straight edged connection piece.
Overlap the colored dies to form a pleasing arrangement and add another Stampin’ Dimensional on the top and bottom right edge of the Azure Afternoon piece to secure the dies and the embossed piece to the card front.

Stamp a sentiment on the large banner die from the Stylish Shapes die set and adhere the left side with adhesive to the card and the right side with a Stampin’ Dimensional to pop it up to equal the depth of the left edge.

Add Iridescent Rhinestones Basics Jewels to the card and voila a beauty of a card – I must thank a demonstrator that posted this card design to the Demonstrator Planning Place and I fell in love with the design and knew I had to case it unfortunately I did not take note of the demonstrator to give her credit and I cannot find the post any longer so whoever you are it was a gorgeous card and I appreciate the inspiration!

Hope this inspires you to create some art of your very own – one stamp at a time! If you need anything my current hostess code is HGE4RYHW.

Happy Stampin’
Natalie