It's time for another card for a friend who is retiring. Or as she says, just tired!
Wild About Flowers contains everything I needed for my card – some sweet flowers and a nice choice of sentiments. The stems are stamped in Pear Pizazz Ink using both first & second generation stamping – just a fancy way to say stamp and stamp a second time prior to reinking. In similar fashion, the flowers are stamped with Calypso Coral Ink & then stamped again before reinking.
The Very Vanilla Cardstock with the flower image is banner cut and popped up for added dimension. The base of the card is embossed with the Large Polks Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I chose to use the recessed dots facing the front so I could dress up some of the dots with circles punched from the Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper Stack using the 3/4" Circle Punch.
A piece of Thick Calypso Coral Baker's Twine is wound around the left side of my card and finished with a bow. The sentiment from the stamp set Wild About Flowers was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink across the base of the flower stems before the banner was popped up on the card base.
Finally, the envelope flap is covered with another pattern of paper from the Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper Stack.
Thanks for stopping by my blog today!
Hugs,
Ginger
Absolutely gorgeous! The soft colors and 1st and 2nd generation stamping give it such a realistic look. Love!
Beautiful card, Ginger! These colors are great, and your layout is wonderful!
This is such a nice card for a friend who is retiring. I love the colors you chose.They add a softness to the card. and the layout is a great choice. You don’t see it used much.
I totally agree with everyone’s comments! It is wonderful and I was the recipient of the card! There is just so much on this card to love from the inking to the textures to just whatever else I discover each time I look at it! Filling in the dots is just so much fun. Even Mike was looking at it and wondered how did she do that? He is also the one who can’t figure out why we make cards when you can get them at the Hallmark store, the grocery store, or the canteen even. I still don’t consider it retirement but hey, if I can get a beauty of a card out of it, so be it! Thank you Ginger for such a wonderful and thoughtful card!
Ok here I go again ~ loved everything about this card, the colors, the realistic look of flowers and every time I look at this card I see something I didn’t see before! Awesome card!