Stampin' Fun with Diana: Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop: Anything Flowers

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop: Anything Flowers

Happy Thursday, it’s time for this months Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration blog hop and the design team has decided to give Mother Nature a helping hand for the arrival of spring so we decided to focus on flowers this month! Stampin’ Up! is seriously in love with flowers and we have so many different products to satisfy our flower lovers needs so there is a large variety of projects being shared in this months blog hop which is great.

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I decided to make a fun card showing lots of different textures and elements using the Mixed Bunch stamp set (an oldie but goodie!!) I started with a piece of Calypso Coral cardstock and then I added a piece of bark printed paper from the Adventure Abounds Designer Series Paper Stack (I love the realistic prints that are in this paper stack that really help provide a great nature feel to projects!). I decided to stamp my greeting directly on the DSP using the Big on You stamp set and Black Memento Ink (LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, this ink!!!!) and it shows up great.

For the flower I stamped it using the Mixed Bunch stamp set on Whisper White cardstock using Daffodil Delight ink before punching it out with the coordinating Blossom Punch. Next I took my Paper Snips and cut two slits half way down on each of the petals and then used the Bone Folder to “fluff” up the petals and really add some dimension. Next I punched a circle out of Basic Black cardstock using the ¾” Circle Punch and then used the Paper Snips to cut lots of little slits along the edge of the circle and “fluffed” it as well to mimic the fuzzy center of a flower. The final touch was to add a Calypso Coral Button from the SAB Best Day Ever Accessory Pack and tied a bow in the center using Basic Black Baker’s Twine.

The mixture of the flower with the bark print has such a fun effect and really helps me think of spring in the forest, so fun! It’s also great to go back and use some of the older stamps that we sometimes neglect in all of the fun with new releases.

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Make sure to check out the rest of the blog hop for lots of other great ideas. If you click the “Next” button, you’ll go to Kathy's’s site but you can also access any of the hopper’s site from the full blog list below.