Prints and Plaid Gracious Floral by Anne Thompson

In keeping with this month's green challenge I pulled out the two magnolia paper collections to use with the newest Gracious Floral products for this card.

to make this card

white note card
green leafy print paper from MAGNOLIA GROVE PP1022 adhered to a piece of white card stock, trimmed to 4 X 5 1/4, and added to the white note card
large GRACIOUS FLORAL CLEAR STAMP CL5280 stamped in VersaFine Clair Rain Forest ink on a piece of green plaid paper from MAGNOLIA PLAID PP1021; cut out using the coordinating die from GRACIOUS FLORAL CLEAR STAMP SET AND DIE CL5280D (if you have only the stamp set, fussy cut the center flower from the rest of the stamped image); dark lines on stamped image outlined with white Uni-Ball Signo broad ink pen
large GRACIOUS FLORAL CLEAR STAMP CL5280 stamped again in VersaFine Clair Rain Forest ink on a pink/white/green floral paper from MAGNOLIA GROVE, embossed and die cut using GRACIOUS FLORAL 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER AND CUTTING DIE EF1026
added ink dots to flower center using gold Uni-Ball Signo broad ink pen; adhered flower to center of the green plaid image using a foam dimensional dot under the center

used more foam dimensional dots to add that completed image to the card front

I think the white pen lines really help to define the image on the dark paper and work well with the white in the center flower and the white of the note card. The dark plaid also pops against the brighter green leafy paper. This design works for any summer occasion by adding an appropriate sentiment on the inside. And I'll also use some of the scrap papers left to add interest to the inside of the note card and the outside of the envelope.