CAS Birthday

I'd been wanting to try the "poofy" flowers that Dawn McVey demonstrated in a video that you can find here and I finally got around to it. I just love the look of them! I had my DH go to Goodwill and find an old book with just the right amount of yellowing to the pages and he did a fantastic job! The color looks so good with Kraft that I had to use it. Again. Yeah.

And you can't beat Kraft and black but I decided I'd done that enough so I added Ripe Avocado to the mix. Just enough, I think, in the layer, the button tied on with twine, the ribbon, and the tiny flat backed pearls accenting the sentiment. I stamped the strip of black polka dots using Polka Dot Basics II (really has become my go to set for backgrounds and accent strips) and True Black ink and the sentiment from Everyday Classics. I like it! CAS and quick and easy. The flower really sets it off, don't you think? I love that flower and will be making many more. I don't have a scalloped circle punch so I used my Scalloped Classic Circle Nestabilities and it worked like a charm. The pages in this book are not very thick, so I was able to cut all five layers at the same time. Before I bradded them together, I swiped the edges with Vintage Touch ink for a little more aging.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Polka Dot Basics II, Everyday Classics (PTI)
Paper: Kraft, Ripe Avocado (PTI)
Ink: True Black; Vintage Touch (PTI)
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Scalloped Classic Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); ribbon, Vintage button, Rustic Twine (PTI); flat back pearl (craft store); Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)