TGIF Challenges #300 Forever & Always

It's Friday and that means another great challenge on the TGIF Challenges Blog!

This week it's time for an inspiration challenge and what better place to be inspired by than diving into the fabulous pages of the new Stampin' Up! Jan-Jun Mini Catalogue!

I was totally inspired by the Love You Always Suite of products that can be found on p. 10-13. I fell in love with the True Love Designer Series Paper and the beautiful fussy cut and coloured flowers in the sample on pg 10. It's black and white perfection in floral, strips and dotted patterns. I also used the Always In My Heart Stamp and Die Bundle.

I used Basic White Cardstock for my card base and then let the DSP do most of the work for this design. It is no secret that I love pretty pattern papers, so I will use them any chance I get. TIP: Do not be afraid to combine patterns. When working with several designs at once look for complementary patterns such as florals and stripes or dots, or combine all three like I did here. This works for my card as the black and white combo creates a very neutral pallet to play off of. When combining coloured paper designs, look for one bold design and then balance with more subtle patterns. I also love stamping on my patterned papers to give more depth and interest. Here I repeated the "love" as a background using Petal Pink Classic Ink stamped off once.

I also splattered the the dotted paper with Champagne Shimmer Paint using a Water Brush. The floral clusters were fussy cut out using my trusty Paper Snips. Yes it was a lot of cutting, but honestly those sharp snips make it much easier and a great tip is to rotate the paper as you are cutting. To add colour to the flowers I used several Stampin' Blends Markers. This is another reason why I love this paper, it is so versatile and perfect for adding colour to using various colouring mediums.

The sentiments were stamped on die cut strips using Whisper White Craft Ink and a few Matte Black Dots added to give a little dimension to the design.

I hope you can join us this week and make sure to check out the TGIF challenge blog for some more awesome inspiration!

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