Button Buddies sweetheart birthday

It's a lovely bright sunny morning here in Buckingham and I've been enjoying making a card for today's polka dot challenge over at Less is More. I've used Button Buddies, a new stamp set that I've become a bit obsessed with over the last day or so - come and have a look:

You can see the Button Buddies flower which I paper-pieced and combined with the fabulous polka dot leaves from Sweetheart.

The flower image is actually a stylised chrysanthemum which looks nothing like this, but I think it looks fab layered up on dotty paper! I chose a Pretty In Pink paper from the Patterns designer stack in Subtles. These Patterns stacks contain four tone-on-tone designs in all the colours from each collection and I find them SO useful for backgrounds and mats as well as for focal pieces like this flower.

The Scallop Circle punch fits the flower perfectly so I only had to cut out the two smaller layers. Using dimensionals makes the flower pop and I sponged the edges of the petals to add to the 3D effect.

The sentiment running along the flower stem is one of my favourite bits of this card!

I used my favourite Naturals Ivory card stock to make my card base and the camera has picked up the flecks in it and made them look very obvious - must be something to do with the light. In real life you can hardly see the flecks and the card stock looks and feels very soft and suede-like.

Supplies needed for this card:

Stamps: Button Buddies, Sweetheart, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Old Olive, Regal Rose

Card stock: Naturals Ivory

Punches: 1/2" circle punch, Scallop Circle punch

Other: Patterns designer paper stack in Subtles, Old Olive marker, black brad, stamp-a-majig

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I was going to take the children to the cinema to see the Three Musketeers yesterday to mark the end of term but I'd forgotten that I was heading out to a birthday party! (Honestly, these senior moments are getting ridiculous!) The children were all very understanding and sent me out to enjoy myself while they, I am quite sure, settled down for an evening's pleasure plugged into their favourite electronic devices, uninterrupted by their nagging mother! 

Thank you for coming to see my card - I can't wait to come and see what you've made. (But first I have an appointment with the fruit and veg man at the market!)

See you later,