This week's challenge at Addicted to CAS is inlaid dies. I made an earlier version of this card for two guys in grays with one red stripe, but today's are for two female friends who celebrate their birthdays later this month.
This "Stars and Stripes" die from Frantic Stamper takes care of any design questions. It's just a matter of choosing the colors and the orientation of the die. All the purple papers came from my scraps file---a good way to use up perfectly good paper that's left over from earlier projects. I keep a file folder labeled by color for my scraps and that's my first "go-to" when I'm looking for paper. Although the die comes with a die cut for the "celebrate" sentiment, I substituted Papertrey Ink's "Wet Paint" die. The star rhinestones are from Michael's.
A slightly different version with some Simon Says star dies and some tiny enamel dots. I love the look of inlaid dies, so I'm off to check out the other contributions to the challenge.
