Cards | Colour Throwdown 757

A trio of 'congratulations on passing your driving test' cards. Why a trio? Hmm, I do only need one but I figure if I'm playing with this many stamps I may as well stamp multiples!

I would not want to do this type of project without a MISTI. Mind you, I don't really enjoy any form of stamping without a MISTI these days. It's such a good tool and a must have in my craft room.

I started off going through my stamp sets and pulling out anything positive and congratulatory. I also threw in a Vrooom! and a Beep! for good measure!

I arranged them in my MISTI, snuggling them together in a pleasing way with as few gaps as possible. Gaps don't matter all that much as it's easy to go back and fill the in with a second phase of stamping.

I picked my inks based on this week's Colour Throwdown challenge. To mix things up I did one background with ombre stamping.

I pulled out a few dies from my stash... I wanted to pop up a section or panel of the background to highlight the focal image. I opted for three different ideas, as often happens when making decisions is hard! Haha!

I ended up with a tag, a scalloped frame (Heffy Doodle nesting dies) and a swoopy-bracket-type shape (again from Heffy Doodle). I die cut extras in coloured cardstock and stacked them behind for dimension. The coloured edges don't show brilliantly in the photos but they are there in real life adding a subtle detail.

I then placed my cars which are from Pretty Pink Posh's Across The Miles stamp set. I finished off with a few coordinating enamel dots as that is always a great way to finish off!

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