Rustic Centerpiece and the Sunflower Folder

It is Thursday and time for a new Create with Stamping Friends challenge.  This month we are "case-ing" the catalog.  You can case the colors, the layout, the technique, really just about anything.  Here's the card we are Case-ing.

I do love this color combination and the look of the blocks behind the image.  I started playing around and finally landed on this.

I used 3 items from the July Online Exclusives-Rustic Centerpiece, Sunflower 3D Embossing folder, and the Low Profile Sparkle Dots.  

• Thick Basic White CS card base 4-1/4" x 11".
• Lost Lagoon CS layer.
• Embossed Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, and Summer Splash CS with the Sunflower 3D folder.
• Cut strips of the embossed colors and arranged them on the Lost Lagoon CS layer.  I tried to keep the design lined up on the different strips.
• Stamped the sunflower image with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Basic White CS.
• Colored the image using Lemon Lolly, Real Red, Summer Splash, Pool Party, Lost Lagoon, Crumb Cake and Pecan Pie Stampin' Blends.
• I fussy cut the image out.  I don't mind fussy cutting but this one did take a little patience. 
• The sentiment is from the Perfectly Pears stamp set.  I do like this font a lot.  
• The tag is from the Layers of Beauty dies.
• Love the Low Profile Sparkle Dots.  It added just a little more yellow to the card.

If you would like to see another card from the Rustic Centerpiece stamp set you can go here.  I also posted another card on my Facebook page using the Rustic Centerpiece set.  Yes, I like this one a lot.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Create with Stamping Friends design team created.  Thanks for stopping by.