If you regularly visit my blog, you may remember the flower die I used on a card in this post. I love the dimension you can achieve with it so much that I decided to die-cut three of the flower heads in pastel colors and use them all on a single card.

Each of the flowers has half the petals raised by putting short lengths of double-sided foam strips beneath them. This adds so much dimension and life.

The confetti stickers were some random ones I had in my stash and the sentiment was stamped and popped up with foam tape.

I used markers to color the flower centers and then added some sparkle with a Wink of Stella pen. I know you can't see it in the photos, but it's there!

What you can see in this photo is the way the petals are lifted up with the foam strips.

I stamped a sentiment on the inside. I wish I would have had more confetti stickers to put on the inside, but I had used them all on the front.

I thought at first I would have to make a special envelope for this card, but it fit well in a business size one. Now I'm going to look at my other flower dies and see if I can come up with ideas for using die-cuts of just the flower heads to make a card.

Last night we had a gathering of a few neighbors at a friend's house just two doors down from us. We have the nicest neighbors, so it was a lot of fun. These kinds of gatherings are extra special when you're no longer going to a job each day and socializing with your co-workers. So the motto of this story is: get together with your neighbors whenever you can!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl