I recently had the opportunity to go to my friend Katie’s house to share a card and the new Stampin’ Up! products with her friends.  It was a fun evening and it gave me some motivation to pull out my new Quint-Essential Flower stamp set and play with some different color combinations.

So, if you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know how much I LOVE punches and was hooked on the Triple Treat Flower from last catalog.  So, when I saw the Quint-Essential flower and the fact that it is less than $10 for the stamp, I knew I had to have it.

The cool thing is that with this stamp, you can use 5 different punches with this stamp for some fun layers.  So, far I’ve only done 3 layers, but I’m going to go wild and do all 5 soon. 

I CASE’d this card from a similar design from my friend Annie Lee but switched up the stamps, colors, and ribbon.  Isn’t it fun how you can get inspired by a card and end up with something similar and yet completely different.  I put together the color combination – Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder, Gumball Green (quickly becoming my my new favorite green!), and Summer Starfruit.  Turns out to be a nice springy combination I think!

The ladies enjoyed the stamping, punching, and Big Shot-ing … I can make up that word, right?  So, try it out yourself and let me know what you think too!

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Quint-Essential Birthday Card Recipe
Stamps: Curly Cute, Quint-Essential Flower
Ink: Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green
Paper: Whisper White cs, Wisteria Wonder cs, Crumb Cake cs
Accessories: Big Shot, Stripes Embossing Folder, 2 3/8” Scallop Circle punch, 1 3/4” Scallop Circle punch, 1” circle punch, Gumball Green Stitched Satin Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals