Bring on the Flowers!

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s March Blog Hop! As we prepare for Spring, flowers are always on our minds. We are sharing flower-themed projects with you today and hope you love them! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.

I couldn’t choose just one type of flower for today’s blog, so I’m bringing you a whole garden! I thought that this sentiment was so sweet and perfect to send to a dear friend.

Here’s How I made it:

Cut and Score with your Paper Trimmer:

• Mossy Meadow – 8.5″ x 5.5″, scored at 4.25″ on the long side
• Flowering Fields DSP – 4″ x 5.25″
• Beauty of the Earth DSP – 4″ x 5.25″
• Basic White – 4″ x 5.25″ (for inside)
• Daffodil Delight – 4.25″ x 5.5″ (to cut flowers)
• Pumpkin Pie – 3″ x 2″ (for sentiment)
• Pumpkin Pie, Gorgeous Grape, Flirty Flamingo, Bumblebee, Basic White, Old Olive – scraps to cut flowers

Die Cut with Tulips Dies:

• Pumpkin Pie – 1 large and 1 bud
• Daffodil Delight – 1 large and 1 bud
• Old Olive – 5 or 6 stems
• Use Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals and Multipurpose Liquid Glue to assemble the flowers, including stems

Die Cut with Daffodil Dies:

• Daffodil Delight – outlines for all pieces of both flower styles
• Bumblebee – details for all pieces of both flower styles
• Old Olive – 2 or 3 stems
• Use Multipurpose Liquid Glue to assemble the flowers, including stems

Die Cut with Pansy Dies:

• Flower Centers – Daffodil Delight
• Flower Outlines – Gorgeous Grape, Basic White
• Main Flower Pieces – Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo
• Use Multipurpose Liquid Glue to assemble the flowers, including leftover stems

Stamp using Garden Greenhouse:

• On the 3″ x 2″ piece of Pumpkin Pie, using Memento Tuxedo Black, stamp the sentiment “A friendship nurtured in love blooms forever”
• Punch the sentiment out using the Tailored Tag punch

Assemble the Card:

• Fold the Mossy Meadow Card Base on the score line and burnish with your bone folder
• Adhere the Flowering Fields DSP to the card front at an angle, trim off any edges that go off the card front
• Adhere the Beauty of the Earth DSP on top of the Flowering Fields panel, angled the opposite way. Again, trim off any over-lap
• Place your flowers where you think you want them – I moved mine around a lot before I settled on placement. Then add Multipurpose Liquid glue behind the flowers one at a time – I worked from top to bottom
• Place your punched sentiment and adhere with Stampin Dimensionals in the spots where it covers just the DSP panel – the flowers behind it will provide enough lift that you don’t need dimensionals there. Trim the excess that flows off the bottom of the card
• Finally, add some Brushed Brass Butterflies to your garden for a finishing touch

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Jan Dufour of Stamp Me Silly. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

Joanne

Thank you for hopping along with us.  If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide:

1. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
2. Marilyn Jones at Stamp with MJ
3. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
4. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
5. Joanne Whittington at The Inky Dragon
6. Jan Dufour at Stamp Me Silly
7. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
8. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
9. Renae Novak at Blessed by Cards
10. Sheryl Abernathy at Elegant Sentiments
11. Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
12. Lisa Graham at Lisa’s Little Ink Spots

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