While it's not quite garden planting time in northwest Ohio, these stamps make me want to plant some flowers. It was so exciting to play with the new Spring Symphony collection and this is the first creation of many to come from these lovely stamps. Did you ever have a card that you thought you would never finish. You have the picture in your mind but translating that picture to actually creating is a different story. Well, that's what happened with this card, but I am happy with the final results and I know it would be easy to make now that I've worked out my kinks. I even found an old unloved flower punch that worked perfectly with the flower stamps.
Here's how to make this card:
- Trim a Blue Poppy note card to 4-1/4" square.
- Punch a strip (about 1-1/2") of Key Lime Moroccan with grass punch.
- Punch a strip (about 1/2") of Parsley with Acanthus punch - trim off "stems" and space to your liking and attach behind grass strip. Use trimmed off pieces to make taller flower stems.
- Punch three stems from Key Lime Distressed Dots with Branching Out punch and attach behind Acanthus punched strip.
- For petals: Stamp Flower Shadow with Dandelion and RoseBud ink on white paper. Overstamp Spiral Flower with VersaMark and emboss with white embossing powder. Make sure Shadow stamp inks are dry before stamping with VersaMark. Stamp Spiral Flower with RoseBud ink on Bubblegum Moroccan. Punch out flowers with five petal flower punch.
- Stamp bee with black ink at top of note card.
- Stamp bee again on white paper and emboss and color body with yellow glaze pen. Cut out embossed bees and adhere to bees on note card. Draw bee trails with fine tip marker.
- Stamp Miracles of Springtime at bottom of grass.
- Attach grass and stems to bottom of note card.
- Attach flowers with different height mounting tape or pop dots.
- Place White and Daffodil pearls on flower centers.
Ingredients:
- Blue Poppy Note Card
- Key Lime Moroccan
- Key Lime Distressed Dots
- Parsley card stock
- Bubblegum card stock
- A1743 Sprial Flower
- A1742 Flower Shadow
- B1766 Miracles of Springtime
- B1764 Happy Bee-Day (bee on end)
- Punches: EK Success Acanthus Leaf, Fiskars Squeeze Branching Out, Martha Stewart Grass, unknown (maybe EK Success?) five petal flower
- Inks: Memento Rose Bud and Dandelion, Archival Jet Black, VersaMark
Hope this card gives you a little taste of Spring! Check out the rest of this wonderful collection at your local stamp store. Happy Stamping!