You guessed it! Calligraphy Essentials is on the retiring list. This is a pretty script for the words. You can see that I used most of the stamps that come in this set. The one word I didn't use was Thank You, it is also written with the calligraphy looking font.
I added Swirly Frames to this card for the frame around the word. I did fussy cut the frame but really, it wasn't hard. It's just a circle! I did take some Pool Party ink with an Aqua Painter to spread out in the center of the circle for a bit of background color.
I stamped the word Smile 3 times using Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, and Basic Gray. I then used an Aqua Painter to pull some color from the images to fill the words in just a bit. After I had embossed the strip of Bermuda Bay, I ran the ink pad over the embossed areas to give them a bit more color too.
After I stamped the word with Bermuda Bay ink, I used an Aqua Painter and Pool Party and Bermuda Bay inks to color in "Celebrate". I tried to make it an ombre look to the word by filling in the top with Pool Party and the bottom with Bermuda Bay with a blend of both colors in the middle.
What is one thing you can take away from these cards? A layout? The color combination? I'd be interested to hear!
Happy Stampin'!
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