Krafty Chicks challenge #706 Stamps

Good morning lovely friends; I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week.  I'm here today to share my card for this week's Krafty Chicks challenge.  We are back around to Week 1 which is 'Stamps' so grab your rubber stamps, clear stamps or even your digital images and join in the fun.  

It was my mother-in-law's birthday recently so used this opportunity to make her a card from my boys.  I had just received this stamp and die set so was eager to try it out.  Here is my card:

A closer look at the beautiful image:

I also decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the gorgeous image, coloured it with Promarkers and used the matching die to cut it out.  I took a panel of peach card and used the die to cut an aperture from the centre.  I wanted the image to have some dimension and stability so cut it another 3 times from white card and adhered them together with liquid glue before adding it to the aperture, again with liquid glue.  I've had a piece of vellum sitting on my desk for months so decided to put it to good use and added it behind the aperture (I could have made a shaker card but thought the vellum would make a nice change).  I was debating what to put behind the vellum and found a small piece of this green gingham paper and thought that would co-ordinate with the green in the image and also the vellum would soften it so placed that behind.  I added foam tape behind the peach panel and added it to my card base.  The sentiment was stamped with black ink onto white card and cut it out with a rectangle die.  I added this with foam squares, overlapping the image, on the lower right side. I finished off with a few gold sequins.  The finished card is 6" square.  I don't make square cards very often these days so it was a nice change.  For the inside I cut a white panel, stamped my greeting in black ink and adhered it to a panel of peach card with double sided tape.  I found another thin strip of the patterned paper and added that to the very bottom of the panel.  This was then added to the card base with double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - birthdays

As You Like It challenge - monochrome or colourful (I love all the colours so very rarely create a monochrome card)

Color Throwdown challenge - peach, sage green & cream

Craft Rocket challenge - for the girls

I love Promarkers challenge - ATG option love/romance

Incy Wincy Designs challenge - birthday and/or funny, humourous

Inkspirational challenge - mood board (I was inspired by the colours)

Pearly Sparkles challenge - celebrate

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - bright and cheerful

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - add a sentiment

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG option the DIES have it

Tic Tac Toe challenge - floral, free, metallic (my sequins are gold)

Triple B challenge - include at least one bird, butterfly or bloom

We Love Stamping challenge - feminine

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Stamps' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky.  Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori and also our guest designer Shirley, who is joining us for March. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Spellbinders - Lily Arch stamp & dies (CSOM Feb 24)

Spellbinders - color essential sequins gold smooth discs

Spellbinders - Essential rectangles (to cut out sentiment)

Clearly Besotted Stamps - Simply Said stamp set

Clearly Besotted Stamps - happy birthday all (retired)

Clearly Besotted Stamps - mini calligraphy (retired)

Stampin' Up - card stock vellum

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Craft UK - 250gsm 12x12 white card (to make card base)

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card

Promarkers

peach card from stash