…a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world

Sharing a CAS card featuring the lovely Majestic Peony stamp from Gina K Designs.

This card is going out to a friend whose favourite colour is yellow, which made for a beautiful and bright card.  Featuring this gorgeous flower and in the bright colours my card fits the Spring fling theme over at the Gina K Monthly Mix challenge so I am linking it up there.

For the layout of my card I’ve used the current sketch at Atlantic Hearts.  My flower is the main element and I’ve added in my sentiment embossed on a piece of black cardstock.  I think the black makes a good contrast against the bright yellow of the card.

For the three small circle elements I’ve gone with some pearls to play along at As You Like It.  In a choice between buttons or pearls I am definitely a pearl girl.  I do have some buttons in my stash, I tend to like the cute shaped ones more than regular old buttons you’d find on clothes but they tend to sit in my stash not doing much.  I’ve got way more pearls in my stash, the stick-on kind as well as pearl trims.  I do love them for a touch of elegance to a card and you can keep it quite CAS like this card and just add a few or go all out on a fussy and fancy card.  So, it’s definitely pearls for me.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail White

Embellishments

Queen & Co Pearls ~ Sunflower Yellow

Inks & Paints etc

Kuretake Gansai Tambi Water Colours ~ No. 40 Lemon Yellow, No. 43 Mid Yellow, No. 51 May Green, No. 52 Ocean Green, No. 58 Ever Green

Tsukineko Ink ~ VersaMark

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Fourz Cardstock ~ Pollen

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Raven

Bellbird Paperarts Cardstock ~ 300gsm Cotton Blend

Hero Arts Hues Cardstock ~ Pitch Black

Stamps

Altenew ~ Paint-A-Flower: Rose (sentiment)

Gina K Designs ~ Hannah Drapinski Majestic Peony

Challenges

As You Like It ~ Buttonsor Pearls (and why)

Gina K Monthly Mix ~ April: Spring fling!

Thanks for stopping by!