Thank you so much for the beautiful inspiration, ladies!
The flowers are stamped with Brilliance Chocolate ink on cardstock vellum and embossed with detail clear EP. There are several layers of Sweet Blush and Berry Sorbet sponged on both sides of the vellum with daubers, and I added Ruby Red marker in the centers for more depth. The Pretty in Pink marker was used for the accent coloring on the petal edges.
To make the flowers pop even more, I stamped them again with Black Stazon on Whisper White, then attached the vellum flowers on top, lining them up carefully, with the xyron. After applying white gel pen and DD glitter to the stamens, I cut them out and added the crystal brads.
The Sweet Blush layer is stamped with Craft White and the Stitched background, then heat embossed with detail white EP. I added some more color with the foam brayer to bring out the white stitching more.
The Spring Moss layer is stamped with Whisper White and CHF's Polka Dots backgrounder, then stamped with Stazon Timber Brown and the Embrace Life leafy branch. The leaves are "colored" with the Versamarker. I sponged the edges with Spring Moss ink, but it hardly shows in the photo.
Today's Technique Challenge (Stacked Ribbon) really helped me finish this card. That pretty white scalloped lace ribbon was a gift quite a while ago from my good friend Leslie Miller (leslierich), and I finally used it!!! Yay!!! Thank you again, Leslie! :o)
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Thu, Apr 10, 2008 @ 11:12 AM
This is so beautiful Linda, the jeweled brads are gorgeous with these flowers.
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Sat, Apr 26, 2008 @ 9:11 PM
Wow....how did I miss this beauty?!? I love all the details that went into your gorgeous cut out flowers. Your layout show cased your beautiful main image so well, yet added more texture and interest to your entire work of art! TFS and Thanks again Linda for your Inspiration :-)