DCM - June elemental inspiration

Morning!

Well, it's hard to believe it's June already! But as it's the first Friday of the month, there's a new Elemental Inspiration challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog, and this is the image Kathy has picked for us:

The elements I interpreted were the iron screen over the window (as the cut-out floral overlay over the cake), flowers, and aqua colour inspiration:

Stamps and stencil combo: The Greetery - Takes the Cake
Background stamp: The Greetery - Sparkler Background
Dies: The Greetery - Takes the Cake, The Greetery - Takes the Cake Banner, The Greetery - Takes the Cake Floral Details, The Greetery - Takes the Cake Stand, Spellbinders - Postage Edge Rectangles, The Greetery - Bold Numbers

I started out by stencilling the flowers from the Takes the Cake set on white cardstock and overlaying it over the Fresh Pink cardstock base.

I then cut all the cake details from glitter cardstock and metallic cardstock, and cut the numbers from Wisteria and added a Wink of Stella to the plain cardstock for a touch of sparkle.

The sentiment banner is stamped on white cardstock and inked with the Fresh Pink ink at the edges.

I then stamped the Sparkler background with Tropic Teal ink and layered up all the elements on the Postage Edge Rectangles die from Spellbinders.

Still loving this combination of supplies for milestone birthdays, and I love how you can go all out on the florals or take a more subtle route.

Make sure you check out the projects from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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The Greetery - Takes the Cake stamps and stencils Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Sparkler Background stamp Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Takes the Cake Banner die Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Takes the Cake dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG
The Greetery - Takes the Cake Floral Details dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Takes the Cake Stand dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	Spellbinders - Postage Edge Rectangles dies Shop at: AZ (UK) | MISC | SBC	The Greetery - Bold Numbers dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG
Lawn Fawn - Freshly Cut Grass ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK)	The Stamp Market - Fresh Pink ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Golden ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Greenery ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Lilac ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Sunshine ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Tropic Teal ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Wisteria ink pad Shop at: MISC
Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	The Stamp Market - Fresh Pink cardstock Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Wisteria cardstock Shop at: MISC
Lawn Fawn - Silver metallic cardstock Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Memory Box - Delicate Pastel glitter pad Shop at: MISC	Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)
MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC	Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Detail blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)
Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC