I started my card for today by deciding that I really should use some DSP and there was a scrap of the Floral Boutique DSP in my folder. I have a plastic hanging box which takes 12 by 12″ hanging files and I use those to hold my DSP – scraps of a stack are put at the front of the file. Actually this piece was wider and it wasn’t until I was almost done with my card that I realised why it was bothering me and trimmed down my DSP to be an accent rather than trying to take over the card! And that was a good thing, because after I’d stacked my DSP on my piece of whisper white and ensured that the edges were perfect, I was removing an extra spot of glue and managed to push the DSP so that it was wonky. And I didn’t notice until the wiggle room time was up. I usually love that the multipurpose glue gives you adjustment time, but very occasionally, I’ll mess something up because I was done but the glue wasn’t. So I just trimmed off the wonky edge and that’s a second, very easy way, to get your edges lined up perfectly!

I love the navy and white together but I decided that I wanted another pop of colour – and that it wouldn’t be melon mambo, just for a change. I had the watercolour wishes happy birthday sentiment still mounted on a block from yesterday’s card which explains the choice of sentiment. I stamped in sweet sugarplum on a piece of scrap and cropped it out with the layering ovals framelits dies, I also used them to crop out my sweet sugarplum mat. Incidentally, if you don’t have these layering dies, they are on special this week until the 21st, for only $26.25. That’s a great bargain. Just click on the Shop Now button and they can easily be yours – don’t forget to use the hostess code to start amassing your loyalty points. For more details on my loyalty program, click the button on the left.

Then it was just a matter of construction – I put the DSP right up to the edge of the whisper white (and adjusted as previously mentioned!), added a little layer of sweet sugarplum and put that onto a night of navy base. I popped the sentiment and it’s mat up on dimensionals.

Every time I use the Floral Boutique DSP,  I wonder why I haven’t used it more recently. So I hope you like this stack, I have a feeling I’ll be playing with it at the weekend.

See you tomorrow,

Liz