Every time I say the name of this Designer Series Paper from the Sale-a-bration catalog, I think of the old Beatles song that goes, “Strawberry Fields forever…” I call it Wildflower Fields forever.

I love to mix different products, like using two different stamp sets or two different Designer Series Papers, on the same card. Today I’ve paired a piece of Wildflower Fields DSP with a piece from the Pretty Petals DSP Stack. They have Calypso Coral in common, but the neutral colors are different: Wildflower Fields has Whisper White and Pretty Petals has Very Vanilla. I don’t normally use those two colors together, but I did like these two DSPs together, so I had to find a way to make them bond.

I tried a few different ribbons with either Whisper White or Very Vanilla/natural in them, but in the end the Lost Lagoon 5/8″ Striped Cotton Ribbon seemed perfect. It matches the Lost Lagoon flowers in the upper panel AND it matches the Very Vanilla in the bottom panel. I would have expected the natural color of the ribbon to clash with the Whisper White directly above it, but I find this particular combo pleasing to the eye. Imagine that the top panel is a big bunch of flowers in blue, white, coral, and yellow, and that the bottom panel is a basket or other container in coral, natural, and blue.

The Lost Lagoon card base frames the card, and the numbers pull more of that color into the center of the card, helping with the overall balance.

I stamped the sentiment from the Number of Years stamp set in Lost Lagoon on Hello Honey CS; and I cut the numbers with the coordinating Large Numbers Framelits Dies. I could have stamped the numbers first, then cut them out, but in this case I thought the solid CS would pop better against the busy DSP. I used the Banner Triple Punch to notch one end of the sentiment.

By the way, the stamp set and dies are available in a bundle to save 15%!

I attached the ribbon with Fast Fuse, the numbers with Stampin’ Dimensionals cut into small strips, and everything else with glue.

All that was left was to line the Whisper White Medium Envelope with a piece of the same Wildflower Fields DSP. I cut it with the Envelope Liners Framelits and glued it into the envelope. There are three dies in the Envelope Liners set, and they cut liners to fit perfectly into Stampin’ Up’s Medium Envelopes (in Whisper White, Very Vanilla, or Crumb Cake,) Note Card Envelopes (in Whisper White or Crumb Cake,) and Whisper White Square Envelopes. I’ll post links to all these products below so you can see them for yourself.

Here are the products I used or mentioned today. Click on the images below to get the things you need to make your own version of this card.

Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!