Now, I don't know about you, but the minute I decide to produce something lovely my brain shuts down, and this is where pinterest comes in. I love pinterest. I tend not to copy directly, but start sorting out the bits I like and arranging them on my craft sheet (which is currently still a jigsaw, ah well...) then -usually- I have a lightbulb moment and put my own little spin on it. I'll show you my inspiration card at the end, next to my tweak.
What caught my eye was the stamp set used, it's called Stippled Blossoms from Stampin' Up. I ve had it since my previous incarnation as a Stampin' Up thingummy, although I was probably the worst they'd ever had as I spent most of my time earnestly assuring people that they didn't have to buy anything, really!!! Well they are fabulous stamps, and stamp beautifully, but you definitely pay for the quality.
I produced a bunch of flowers - sorry, I couldn't resist - and cut them out with my trusty scissors, I used a piece of cardstock to fit a 7" x 5" card blank, and embossed a doily on it, hanging it just over the edge, cos I like it like that. Then a bit of stamping just using the solid images from the set. They gave a great layered look where they were stamped over the embossed doily, as the embossing powder resisted the ink. This was completely accidental, but I'll try and remember it for another time as I think it worked really well.
I'd used a couple of different colours for the small flowers, one more subtle than the other, and laid my card out with both. I decided to use the brighter of the two, and I'll keep the others for future use.
I stuck the cut out bits on, using a dab of glue in the centre of each flower and leaf to give a tiny bit of dimension, die cut a border, added a greeting and thought I'd finished. A couple of hours later, I decided I hadn't finished, as there is a big bare patch at the bottom left hand corner. but that was soon fixed as I had one more flower left. At this point, my husband declared me to be officially bonkers, as I was supposed to be brushing my teeth and getting into bed...
So here is the finished article, along with the original card that I spotted on pinterest. It's from a blog called runningwithscissorsleslie.blogspot.com, which I am just off to explore more thoroughly.
See you later,
Janet x
I used:
SU "Stippled Blossoms"
Penny Black "Dazzlers"
Versamark ink and WOW Silver Pearl embossing powder
Memento inks Dandelion, Lady Bug, Lulu Lavender, Grape Jelly, Pistachio and Olive Grove. The second colour on the subtle flowers was Canteloup.
Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders#3
the greeting is from a free set on Making Cards, stamped in Brilliance Graphite Black.
1mm foam tape under the larger flower.
