But, You Don't Have to Color. . .

. . . because, technically the Hello Lovely stamp set is a layering set.  And what I really like about the layers is that they are more of a "messy" watercolor layer than "get them lined up just perfectly" type of layer.

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And, since I used purple and yellow for my last card, I decided to stick with that color palette for this card, too.

So, I started out by stamping the image using Extreme Black Hybrid ink towards the bottom of a Neenah Solar White panel.  From there, I used the layering stamps and one Copic marker to fill in the flowers and leaves.

For the big purple flower, I used Memento LuLu Lavender for the bottom layer, My Favorite Things Wild Wisteria Hybrid ink for the middle layer and Memento Grape Jelly for the top layer.  I did stamp off before stamping that top layer because the Grape Jelly is pretty dark.

For the purple bud, I stamped LuLu Lavender, but I didn't think it was quite dark enough, so I stamped right over that with Wild Wisteria.

For the yellow flowers, I used Altenew's Mango Smoothie ink and for the pink flowers I used Altenew's Peach Perfect ink.

For the leaves, I used Memento Pear Tart, except for the leafy, sprig-like thing.  I just colored those in using YG21.

After all the stamping was done, I ran that through my die cut machine with a stitched rectangle die.   I love the look of stitching. . . I know I'll be using the Stitched Rectangle Stax dies a whole bunch!

The "birthday" die is from WPlus9 and the "happy" stamp is from My Favorite Things.  To make sure I got the "happy" stamped in the right place. . . well, here's the video for ya:

Then, it was time to put the card together by layering the stamped panel onto a purple panel and then onto a top folding white notecard.  I finished it up by adding a few sequins.

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