Ruffles, Layers and Rainbow Colors by Jean Okimoto

Create a spring-ish thank you card with ruffled, layered blossoms and rainbow colors peeking through the Slim Diagonal Collage. Hi and Happy Friday - Jean Okimoto here with 3 of my favorite design elements - slimline cards, inky collage backgrounds and flowers.

Cut smooth white cardstock with the largest Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die. Cut the rectangle with Slim Diagonal Collage - run it through your machine lengthwise.

Blend wilted violet, salvaged patina and twisted citron Distress Oxides on a strip of smooth white cardstock. Dry the inks, then spritz it with Imagine's Gold Sheer Shimmer Spritz. Airdry it for a few minutes, then heat-set it. Trim it and tape it behind the diecut collage. Attach it to a white slimline card (8-⅝" x 3-⅝").

Cut two of the (slim-petaled) Riverbank Large Layered Blooms from a 6x6 sheet in the Twilight Purple Collection. Cut the round center section from a light yellow-green sheet in the Lush Green Collection.

Cut Ruffled Blooms from two shades of purple in the Twilight Purple Collection. Assemble all of the flowers.

Cut 2 large and 1 small leafy stems from the Layered Star Flowers set from sheets in the Lush Green Collection.

Stamp the greeting - from the Big and Little Reverse Words Clear Stamps - on the light yellow-green 6x6 with Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair. Dry the ink. Cut it with the greeting strip die included in the stamp set.

Attach the diecuts to the card. Attach the leafy stems with foamtape microdots on the top 3 leaves of each stem.

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