CASE-ing Joy

My birthday was last month, and I got some gorgeous hand-made cards!  Among them was this beautiful one from my friend Joy.  I fell in love with it and wanted to make a stab at CASEing it.  Here's the result.

supplies: white, pink, and green cardstock, Simon Says Stamp (retired) Spring Flowers Background, Taylored Expressions (retired) Rosy Posy embossing folder, Paper Smooches (retired) Rad Roses die, Waffle Flower Full Bloom Sentiments, Scalloped Rectangle die, enamel dots and hearts

Joy's card was much more dramatic with black accents, and I loved how the stamped background coordinated with the embossed one and the focal image.  A tiny detail that I think made a big impact was Joy's shading here and there on her background stamp, just enough to make it a part of the design.  .So I used those elements, but different supplies and colors, with a Scribble Flowers theme instead.  All of my supplies except the sentiment are retired.  But it's a "joy" to pull out these oldies and show them some love once again.  

Thank you, Joy, for your beautiful inspiration!