One Plus Twelve - February

 Hi friends!

Today's card is for the February  One Plus Twelve ♥

It's a challenge I created last year as a way to stretch the use of my stamps.

The idea is to take 1 stamp (and just one!) for 12 months,

creating 12 unique and different cards.

I asked my friends Barb and Jeanette to join me again this year ... 

and we've all chosen a different stamp and stamp company :)

This year, to go along with my word of the year 'Bloom',

I chose Beautiful Bloom by MFT stamps.

This month's card idea went all kinds of ways AND sideways!

I had an idea in my head but my card had another ;)

Welcome to create a flower,

where if the lines don't match up ~ mix them up!

I started out by stamping the flower with Ranger distress oxide inks

 in Picked Raspberry and Carved Pumpkin. 

I layered the inks and then decided to do a spin off of a spotlight 

by popping up the bottom half of the stamp, using MFT's stitched die-namic.

The shape was a little larger than I needed for this A2 size card and flower

so I ran it through my Gemini Jr twice, moving the die to cut more inside.

 A few sequins and a sentiment from the stamp set 'because',

and this card was complete!

Here's a better view of the dimension ↓

 

It's time to already start planning out my card for March!

You can see Barb's card here 

and Jeanette's card here as well as what stamp they chose.

I have a lot of people ask if they can play along and the answer is - 

of course!  

Just grab a stamp - any stamp - and challenge yourself 

by creating a card with it twelve ways, one for each month.

It's exciting to think ahead and know at the end of this year,

 I'll have a bouquet of BLOOMS ~ in card form :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly