PTI May Blog Hop - The 7-Layer Salad, umm, I mean ... Card

This month's PTI Blog Hop challenge is to gleam inspiration from the above photo and use it to create a project!

My eye was first drawn to the ornate white plate in the inspiration photo, so I started with a die cut of the Simply Jane frame in white, embossed in white.  Next I spotted the pretty gingham-patterned plate with the decorative scallop design.  I knew I'd seen something similar in a PTI stamp, then remembered this one in the Birthday Tags set!  I wanted to use a die cut of the Beautiful Blooms in green to resemble the petal-shaped plate, but alas the cut was just a tad too small behind the tag image.  I settled upon a die cut from limitless layers ovals instead.

Lastly, I simply stacked and layered various die cuts of black and white patterns to finish the card.  There are a total of six layers (7 if the houndstooth card base counts), each one layered with foam dimensionals.  What a fun and modern card.  I just wish I knew someone who I thought the style was fitting for them.  :)

Supplies (All PTI unless noted otherwise):

Stamps: Background Basics: Houndstooth, Polka Dot Basics II, Simply Jane, Birthday Tags 2012

Ink: True Black, Versamark (Tsukineko)

Dies: Mega Mat Stack 1, Limitless Layers Ovals, Simply Jane

Card Stock: Stampers Select White, Simply Chartreuse, black (Recollections)

Other: white embossing powder (Ranger)

Thanks ever so much for stopping by today!