Hello friends! It's Sandy from @SandyCogdillDesigns here. With the start of a new year, it's time to get started on some all occasion cards. Today I am on the ScrapbookPal Blog, featuring a card made from PINKFRESH STUDIO'S PLAYFUL PETALS CLEAR STAMPS, PLAYFUL PETALS DIES and PLAYFUL PETALS STENCIL.
I stamped and heat embossed the flower bouquet on vellum paper using LAWN FAWN'S GOLD EMBOSSING POWDER and TSUKINEKO VERSAMARK WATERMARK STAMP PAD. I also stamped and embossed the larger flowers so that I could use the die that would cut out just those flowers to create some dimension on the card.
I used the stencil to color in the flowers using Distress Oxide Inks in the following colors: SQUEEZED LEMONADE, DRIED MARIGOLD, RIPE PERSIMMON, SALTWATER TAFFY, and BUNDLED SAGE.
I used the dies to cut out the bouquets and the orange flowers. I placed the individual flowers in the palm of my hand and pressed with my finger to give them a slight curl.
For the background on this card, I used largest die of the PINKFRESH'S NESTED RECTANGLES POSTAG EDGE DIES. I didn't have quite the right tone of green cardstock, so I lightly inked BUNDLED SAGE DISTRESS OXIDE INK to achieve the green tone I was looking for. I used VINTAGE PHOTO DISTRESS OXIDE INK to lightly enhance the postage edge.
I still felt like I need a little more texture so I decided to use VINTAGE PHOTO DISTRESS SPRITZ. I really like the spritzes because they match the oxide inks and have a little shimmer. Anyway, I wanted to make sure that I didn't have spatter behind my vellum piece, so I used the die to cut out a piece of scrap cardstock as a mask to keep that area clear.
Because glue and vellum paper don't play well together, I was careful to place tiny drops of BEARLY ART PRECISION CRAFT GLUE behind the colored areas on the paper to adhere it to the background. I definitely used it very sparingly. I put a very small dot of glue in the center of each loose flower and adhered them to the card.
I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on an off white cardstock using LAWN FAWN'S GOLD EMBOSSING POWDER and TSUKINEKO VERSAMARK WATERMARK INK PAD.
Using LAWN FAWN'S LARGE STITCHED RECTANGLE DIE to cut out the very back layer of the background using a apricot colored cardstock. I also added a few drops of GOLD STICKLES GLITTER GLUE to the center of each large flower and a few to the bottom left corner to balance everything out.
I think this card is just lovely. I really like the whimsical feel of the flowers.
Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today!
Sandy
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