Ornate Garden thanks - a new catalogue sneak

The Ornate Garden Bundle is one of the new products from the new annual catalogue coming in June, 2020. It will be available for customer purchase on April 1.

The bundle contains a stamp set, a set of Ornate Dies, a set of Edgelet dies, DSP, two rolls of ribbon, an embossing folder, and some metallic embellishments (see picture below)

Below is a  card made by this bundle.

These dies are very Ornate. And I must admit to being somewhat overwhelmed by them.  So, I started with a single simple image which I stamped on one of the smaller of the ornate die cuts.

This was matted with a larger Old Olive ornate die cut.

The card base if Old Olive, layered first with Whisper White and then with Old Olive So Very Vellum DSP.  The art piece is added to the card front using dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the new stamp set  "Ornate Thanks".  The piece of Whisper White has the bottom edge die cut using an Ornate Border die and then added to the bottom of the art piece using dimensionals.

The bundle comes with 2 rolls of ribbon, one of which (old Olive) was tied into a bow and added to the flower stem.

To finish the card, some gilded gems were added randomly to the art piece ,with one being placed in the flower center.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Ornate Thanks

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin Blends (Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Old Olive)

Papers:  Old Olive, Whisper white, Old Olive So Very Vellum DSP (SAB), 

Accessories:  Ornate dies, Ornate Border dies, Old Olive ribbon, Gilded Gems, Dimensionals

Spring flower, the Crocus - The Paper Players #482

Like a lot of people I am anxious for spring to arrive.  In anticipation for the warmer months ahead, I have planted my bulbs in pots indoors and started my Marigold seeds.  It looks like they're as anxious as I am for Spring, as the bulbs are already sticking their heads above the ground, and the Marigold seeds are sprouting. As well  I have nurtured about 70 geranium plants, some of which are now blooming.

One of the flowers I look forward to seeing every spring is the crocus.  Just when you think winter will never lose its grip, this brave little flower pushes through the snow to put on a very colourful show - usually mid March.  These 2" to 4" tall Dutch bulbs bloom in colours of pink, red, purple, yellow, blue and orange.  I must admit I have only seen the purple and yellow ones.

For this week's clean and simple spring flower themed challenge with The Paper Players, I chose to highlight the crocus, a flower featured on one of the Easter stamps "Easter Promise". 

The crocus is stamped and coloured surrounded by the embossed image of the largest of the Sweetly stitched die.  This embossed image is created using Embossing mats and the Big Shot.

 Stampin' Blends are used to colour the image, using both light and dark Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green.  To intensify the colour, some Seaside Spray is lightly washed around the flower.

1/4" Whisper White crumpled seam binding is coloured with a Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blend, make into a bow and added to the flower stems with a glue dot.

The sentiment, from "Fable Friends' is die cut with an Ornate die that resembles a tag and is added with a dimensional from the card front near the bow.

To finish the card, some Shimmering Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds is added to the flowers, and yellow self adhesive sequins are added randomly around the flower.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Easter Promise, Fable Friends

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends (Light and Dark Daffodil Delight, and Granny Apple Green, Light Seaside Spray

Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight

Accessories:  Sweetly Stitched Dies, Embossing Mats, Ornate dies, 1/4" Whisper White crumpled Seam Binding, Shimmering Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, Self Adhesive sequins, Dimensionals



Below is a picture of some crocus' peeking their heads above the snow.