Yesterday my good friend Shelley celebrated her birthday, and I totally missed it. So… I’m sharing this birthday card with everyone a day late and I hope that she sees it.

This is actually a card that I put together when I was figuring out the next batch of birthday cards for the church card ministry. After assembling this one, I decided that it was way too much work to die cut each of the stamped rectangles to be a good idea for mass production. So… I had to come up with another plan, and I re-purposed a bunch of card front swaps that I’ve received over the years.

When I originally created the card this challenge was “live”. However, life got in the way, and I didn’t get around to posting this in time to participate. Even though I didn’t make the timeline, I wanted to share this color inspiration here so that you can experiment with this great combo. I love how these colors pop, and they came together nicely (if I do say so myself) on my birthday card.

I used this older sketch as the inspiration for my card layout. I changed the squares to be stitched rectangles, added a couple of layers, and the rest of it follows the layout you see here.

Amazing Life Photopolymer Stamp Set [148750] $21.00	Amazing Life Photopolymer Bundle [150624] $50.25	Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies [148551] $35.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $8.50	Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146983] $8.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.75	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990] $8.50
Lovely Lipstick 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146970] $8.50	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119683] $8.50	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122924] $8.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $7.50	Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Pad [147140] $7.50	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $7.50	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $7.50