Happy Thursday, y’all – and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! We’ve got a full complement of bloggers for you today, so be sure to check them all out and see how everyone handled our color challenge this week!
Take a gander at the colors we were given:
I decided to use some of the Petal Garden DSP Stack along with the Daisy Delight stamp set and matching Daisy Punch (it WILL be back, folks!) to make a pretty thank you card. Take a look-see:
My layout was inspired by this week’s CAS(E) This Sketch challenge.
I started with a simple Whisper White panel that I matted on Old Olive. Near the bottom corner, I stamped the sentiment from Daisy Delight in Calypso Coral ink.
For my middle panel, I used six equal-sized strips of Pool Party paper from the Petal Garden DSP Stack, and adhered them to an Old Olive mat with Liquid Glue. Then I popped the panel onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
My daisy (I think it’s a Gerbera – and I learned the technique from my friend Jaimie – who’s one of our hoppers today!) is three Daisy Delight flowers inked in Calypso Coral and stamped on some Calypso Coral paper in the Petal Gardens DSP Stack. I punched them out with the Daisy Punch and brushed all the petals with my Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush. To assemble them, I first curled the petals with a Bone Folder – some down and some up – then I used a Stampin’ Dimensional between each flower to create a stack. Don’t forget to rotate each flower so that all the gaps are filled in with petals!
I used Glue Dots around the back of my flower to wind some Old Olive Baker’s Twine and Gold Metallic Thread around in several loops, then used another Stampin’ Dimensional to pop the flower onto the card front.
I decided it needed a little more oomph, so I stamped a couple of leaves from Daisy Delight in Old Olive on some Whisper White card stock. Then I used the fill-in image in stamped-off-once Old Olive and fussy cut the leaves. I used a little Liquid Glue to stick them into the flower. Finally, I added a Gold Faceted Gem to the middle of the flower and the card front was done.
On the inside, I stamped the Daisy Delight flower image three times in Calypso Coral ink in the corner of a Whisper White panel – rotating the image each time. Then I used my Clear Wink to paint the petals in Calypso Coral. I added a couple of Old Olive leaves – and another Gold Faceted Gem to the middle of the flower.
I Fast Fuse’d the panel to an Old Olive mat and into my Thick Whisper White card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
On the front of my Whisper White Medium Envelope, I added another Calypso Coral Daisy Delight flower and brushed the petals with my Clear Wink of Stella…
…and added some more Petal Garden DSP on the envelope flap!
Et Voila! I couldn’t help it, y’all! Had to use the Daisy Delight stamp set and matching Daisy Punch. And it just goes so perfectly with the Petal Garden DSP. Hope you like!
Now that you’ve seen my project, please take a little time to visit all the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hoppers today!
If you click on the Next Blog button, you’ll go right to Jari Francis’ page. And you can just click on the names below to go direct to all the blogs!
Mary Deatherage – YOU ARE HERE!
Have fun on the Hop!
TTFN
Mary
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Take a look-see at what you get in the Essentials Pack:
- Paper Snips (this is a $10 value). I flat love these! You’ve seen me make my decorated envelope flaps – this is my go-to tool for that and all my fussy cutting!
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STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:<!— TAMS
CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
Thick Whisper White Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, score and fold at 5 1/2″)
Old Olive Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 2 3/8″ x 3 1/8″ (mat for center panel)
Whisper White Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front and inner liner)
Petal Garden DSP Stack: 3/4″ x 1 1/2″ (x 6 – strips on center panel); Daisy Punch flower on front; Envelope Liner
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