A delicate floral display coloured using Stampin' Blends on a 6"x4" Card.
Project Recipe
Take a piece of Garden Green Cardstock measuring 6"x 8" and score on the long side at 4". Fold and burnish the score line with a Bone Folder.
Take a piece of Whisper White Cardstock measuring 4" x 3 3/4". Place it down with the 4" side running horizontally and using a Memento Tuxedo Black Pad, ink the Heartfelt Blooms Image Stamp. Stamp the whole image off onto a piece of scrap paper, then stamp in the bottom left hand corner of your piece of cardstock, leaving the image hanging over the edges slightly. This will give you a half-strength image, making your Stampin' Blends appear brighter.
Using the Light shade of each colour Stampin' Blends, colour the various parts of the image as shown.
Switch to the Dark shades and follow the shading provided by the stamped image.
Go back to the Light shades and go over each area again, covering both Light and Dark areas to blend the shading. On the larger, pink flowers, you could leave small areas of the light pink with only one coat, to give more of a highlight, but the other images are too small or too detailed to really allow for this.
Using the Tuxedo Black Ink, stamp the Sending Heartfelt Thoughts Sentiment in the top left corner, about 1/2" from the left hand edge and 1/4" from the top.
Take a length of Basic Grey ribbon from the Shimmer Ribbon Combo Pack about 5" long and stick it to the right hand side of the stamped piece, about 1/2" from the edge and running top to bottom, wrapping the ends round to the back. You can either stick it using a strong double-sided tape (I find our Tear and Tape is a little too wide for this), Glue Dots at intervals along the ribbon, or Fast Fuse on the back of the card piece to tack the ribbon at the ends only.
Take another piece of ribbon about 2 1/4" long and stick the two ends to each other to form a circle. Find the opposite side of the circle by folding it in half with the join between the finger and thumb of one hand. With a glue dot on the inside of the join, squish the circle so the centre fold meets the join. Wrap a small length of ribbon around the 'squish bow' to form the 'knot', attaching the two ends to the back.
Attach the bow to the top of the ribbon length.
Attach Stampin' Dimensionals to the back of the stamped panel, then attach this to the centre of the card base.
Take a piece of Whisper White Cardstock measuring 5 3/4" x 3 3/4" and stick it to the inside of your card as a message panel.
Sit back and admire your creation!
Happy Stampin'
Babs x