Just Checking In!

Hello again!  

This week I've been playing with more pretty Graphic 45 papers and some favorite Stamp Simply stamps!  

This was a really easy card front to design because the "ticking stripe" paper is actually the flip side of the pretty floral design.  I simply cut a piece of paper to fit inside the mat with about 1/4 inch of border, then cut it in two in both directions and flipped two pieces.  Distressing the edges and adding a pretty bow gave it a little frillier, more feminine look.

I stamped the hyacinth cluster twice (once on a scrap of white card stock, and the other on the piece that would become the background for inside), cutting one of them in two to use as an accent to the card front and as a pop up over the edge of the oval inside.

The flowers were colored with Copic markers, with a cool grey providing some shading along the right side of the one stamped on the inside.  Clear Wink of Stella makes the petals shimmer...so hard to capture well in a photo, but it is SO pretty in person!

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - He Lives Bundle
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Typewritten Just Checking In
• Fairie Wings
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Ovals LG
• Zig Wink of Stella Brush - Clear Glitter Marker
• Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Pearls - Pearl
• Spring ribbon sampler
• May Arts Burlap String - 400 Yard Spool - Sage
• Original Bow Easy
• Memento Full Size Dye Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black
• Copic markers

Remember, G45 products and May Arts ribbon are on sale now at Stamp Simply!