We try to keep our card nice and flat don’t we? Today I have actually scrunched up the card to make the decorative flower that is the main feature of this pretty thank you card.
I have used the Very Versailles Stamp Set such a lot, I really love the stamp with trailing leaves, it is so graceful and dainty and fills a lot of space on the card at the same time!
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Once again I am thrilled to be taking part in the Ink . Stamp . Share blog hop, we are a group of Stampin’ Up!®️Demonstrators from around the globe here to bring you inspiration through creativity!
You will have either arrived from Gez’s post or starting here ~ either way WELCOME . This month’s theme is Celebration! – other than a birthday!
So thinking about this a little more I decided that Anniversary would be a good theme, especially as I have a number of family members who are celebrating anniversaries in the coming months.
Mint Macaron has been one of my go to colors since it was released as an In-color a few years back, when it was due to retire as an incolor I hoarded some card as well as the ink pad and refill, using it sparingly for special occasions! So when it was re-introduced as a part of the Subtles family of colors I was beside myself with joy!
So today’s card just uses Mint Macaron with a little Smoky Slate and Whisper White. I also broke out my Sponge Brayer – it is some time since that saw the light of day!
I love practically any type of papercrafting but I think my most ‘favoritest’ are samplers or frameart, you can put lots of different items and techniques onto them without them appearing ‘over the top’
The sampler I am sharing today is one of the projects from my annual Stampin Getaway last October and features the serene Garden Lane DSP along with a whole host of punches,dies, ribbons and embellishments.
Today’s card is the result of clearing off my work bench before going away on holiday! At the end of July I was part of a Scrapbook blog hop and had decided to use the Detailed Peacock dies along with the Noble Peacock Specialty Paper. Rather than cut into my specialty paper straight away I had a little practice with some regular card – just to see what it would look like and if it would work on the page I was designing. Glad to say that it did – click here to see the results!
So now I was left with two perfectly cut pieces of Shaded Spruce card that I just could not bring myself to throw away!
A couple of weeks ago I posted a card using a color combination that seemed unlikely but simply presented itself (check here) – well it happen again when tidying up my workbench………… Terracotta Tile paired with Grapefruit Grove – a couple of scraps I was putting away that suddenly said…. ‘just a minute’.…. there is something going on here!
So I went with it – putting a Very Vanilla Card layer in between to give it a little more definition. During my clean up I also came across a couple of flowers stamped and punched with the Floral Essence Stamp set – so it was just a case of pulling it all together.
