Magnolia in Blue - Hand Stamped Sentiment #388

Magnolia flowers are starting to emerge from their branches even before their leaves.  I haven't seen any blue ones and this is were artistic expression comes in.  Today, for the sketch challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments #388 my magnolia is blue.

On a Seaside Spray card stock base layered with some Vellum Specialty DSP (retired), a Magnolia flower was added.  A bit of the flower and leaf were trimmed off and that I placed in the inside of the card.

The Magnolia was stamped on a separate piece of card stock, coloured first with and aqua painter filled with alcohol rather than water, and ink pads of the following colours:  Daffodil Delight, Seaside Spray and Pear Pizazz.  The Stampin' Blend Seaside Spray marker was then used to shade and highlight certain areas.  After die cutting with the coordinating Magnolia die, it was added to the card front as indicated using dimensionals.

No flower is complete without glitter, so some Glitter Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds was added to the flower edges.

The sentiment, stamped in Pear Pizzazz, is from "Well Said", die cut with the Ornate Frame die and added to the card front with dimensionals.

Some Old Olive glitter gems were randomly added to the card front

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Good Morning Magnolia, Well Said
Inks:  Black Memennto, Inks: Seaside Spray, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Stampin' Blends of the same colours
Papers:  Seaside Spray, Whisper White, Specialty Vellum (retired)
Accessories:  Magnolia Memories die, glitter Gems, Ornate frame die, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds

Flower Power Try Stampin on Tuesday #452

The flowers in my garden are not yet in bloom - not even close.  They are valiantly trying to sticking their heads up out of the ground, but it is still too cold.

Yet the drawing power of the garden is evident by the frequency I am drawn there- just to look/see

The card was made for the sketch challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday #452, the theme for which was "flower power"

The A2 Terracotta Tile card base is layered with Whisper White embossed with the 3D Ornate Floral Embossing Folder.  A piece of Ornate Garden DSP (multiple terracotta, pink/white flowers) is added on the bottom quarter.

Flowers adhered to die cuts are added to the card front alternating above and below the edge of the DSP.

Flowers:

The small blossom punch was used to punch Whisper White flowers (2 for each flower) the petals of which were inked with Terracotta Ink, spritzed with alcohol, crumpled and allowed to dry partially. After partially uncrumpling them more there were allowed to dry before shaping them a bit. 

Two petals were also punched using the Petal punch.  Old Olive was used to colour these leaves and they were treated the same as the flowers.  The leaves were snipped off the stem to form individual leaves.

To make a flower, two completed flowers were adhered together alternating petals. Two leaves were adhered to the bottom of each flower.

Each flower was adhered to a die cut Terracotta Ornate Frame which was adhered to the card front at the edge of the DSP.

Sentiment:

The sentiment, from Another Thank You, is stamped on Whisper White card stock, in Old Olive ink, then die cut with an Ornate Frame Die.

Another larger, more ornate frame, is die cut in Terracotta Tile card stock, and the Whisper White die cut is adhered to the larger one using dimensionals.

This is then added,centered,to the top half of the card front.

A ribbon, made with a 3/8" Old Olive ribbon (which is part of the Ornate Garden bundle) is added at the bottom of the sentiment.

To finish, some Crystal Effects was added  to the flowers, and while it was wet, some Dazzling Diamonds was lightly dusted over the flowers.

Three Gilded Gems were added to the upper right.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Another Thank You

Inks:  Old Olive, Flowers (Terracotta Tile, Old olive)

Papers:  Terracotta Tile, Whisper White, Ornate Garden DSP

Accessories:  3/8" Old Olive ribbon, Ornate Frame Dies, Small Blossom Punch, Leaf Punch, Crystal Effects, 3D Ornate Floral Embossing Folder, Dazzling Diamonds, Gilded Gems, Dimensionals.