New Splendid Rose Frame and Butterfly Meadow by Jean Okimoto

The Splendid Rose Frame and butterflies from the Butterfly Meadow create a versatile card in soft spring colors. Add a simple greeting from the Poppystamps Birthday Blowout Clear Stamp Set - and you're ready for any occasion.

Hi, Jean Okimoto here with an updated, glittery version of my March Challenge inspiration card. But first - thank you for all of your wonderful comments during our Spring Blog Blitz and congrats to all of the winners. Enjoy your prizes!

Create a dreamy background for these great new dies with a Pastel Kaleidacolor inkpad. Spritz a 5" square of watercolor paper lightly with water. Press the inkpad (keep the colors separated) onto a large acrylic stamp block. Spritz the inks and let them blend for a few seconds.

Press the inks firmly onto the damp watercolor paper. Lift and rotate the block to transfer the residual inks to other sections of the paper. Lightly spritz the paper, then airdry it for a few minutes. Heat-set it from both sides to minimize curling.

Cut it with the 3-¼" Circle Basics die - save a section for the greeting.

Cut the inner frame and rose section of the Splendid Rose Frame from dark gray cardstock. Cut the solid rose from pink cardstock. Pressure-emboss it with the detailed rose using the embossing mat and plates required for your machine. The embossing adds extra dimension to the pink diecut.

Stamp the greeting - from the Poppystamps Birthday Blowout Clear Stamp Set - on a scrap of the watercolored paper with Espresso Truffle Memento Luxe. Love that contemporary typestyle! Heat-set it.

Cut the butterflies from the Butterfly Meadow set from turquoise glittered cardstock. Cut extra butterflies from gray cardstock and layer them for dimension.

Attach everything to a side-folded A-2 card of textured gray cardstock - use foam dots for the greeting. Add clear gem stickers.

We'll be using several of the great Spring Collection stamps and dies in classes at Impress on Sunday March 10th. We'll mix and match the just-released designs with classic favorites from my stash. It's FRIENDS + FLOWERS at 11:30 - followed by SIMPLY ASIAN at 2:30. Cool techniques, some origami - and a lot of Memory Box, Poppystamps and Birch Press! Join us if you're in the Seattle area - call Impress (206 901.9101) to reserve your seat.

Thanks for visiting - see you again next week...