Happy Birthday with Happy Hibiscus for #TGIFC498 Sketch Challenge

Today I have a Happy Birthday card for you made with the new Happy Hibiscus stamp bundle.

This pretty birthday card is for #TGIFC498, and our theme this week is a sketch challenge.

This kind of challenge is actually my favorite! I just love having half of the card already made for me. The design is already there, so all I have to do is customize it to make it my own.

To do that, I am using the new Happy Hibiscus stamp bundle, an online exclusive, that was just released Tuesday. It has a hybrid embossing folder, and it gives great definition to the flowers.

To make the card

• Begin with a 5 1/2” x 8 1/2” piece of Petal Pink cardstock, score and fold at 4 1/4” to form your card base.
• Layer and adhere a 3 7/8” x 5 1/8” piece of Regal Distressed Patterns DSP to a 4” x 5 1/4” piece of Basic White cardstock, and adhere to the card base.
• Stamp your sentiment (from Magnolia Mood) on the left side of a 1/2” x 4 3/4” piece of Petal Pink cardstock using Versamark ink. Quickly dust it with gold embossing powder, tap off the excess, and set in place with your Heat Tool.

• Cut another 1/2” x 4 3/4” strip of Petal Pink cardstock and adhere it and the sentiment to the card.
• Stamp the three flower images on a piece of Basic White cardstock using Memento black ink. Color the images with the following Stampin’ Blends; Calypso Coral (L), Daffodil Delight (D), Flirty Flamingo (D), and Poppy Parade.

• Open your Happy Hibiscus embossing folder with the SU logo to the left. Lay your flowers right-side-up on the right side, look at the back of the folder and line the bleed-through image up with the flowers, and tape in place.
• Lay the die with the cutting edge up on the left side of the folder, fold it closed, and run through your Cut & Emboss machine.

• Stamp two large leaves and two small leaves on a piece of Basic White cardstock using Memento black ink.
• Color the leaves with Granny Apple Green (D) and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends.
• Crop the leaves, as well as another leaf in Old Olive cardstock, with the dies.

Time to assemble

• Adhere the flowers and leaves together, ensuring that they will fit in the corner of the card, but do not adhere to the card yet.
• Run a couple strips of Stampin’ SEAL in the right-hand corner of the card, where the flowers will go.
• Lay a 24” piece of Gold Twisted Thread, in a multiple-circle pattern, over the adhesive and stick in place.

• Adhere the flowers to the card, over the gold thread, using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Attach three Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems as shown.

A complete PDF tutorial (with more pictures) for the Happy Hibiscus sketch challenge card can be found by clicking on the button below.

I would love to hear from you and see how you can customize this sketch for the challenge. Visit the TGIF Challenges Blog, and join us by uploading your creation and don’t forget to leave me a comment below.

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