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.
