Grateful - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #100

I've been playing with some of the new products in the Spring catalogue, and today it was the Crepe paper.  For the challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday here  I dyed the crepe paper and made it into a flower.

Here is the card:                                             

Stamp: Pursuit of Happiness
Inks: Island Indigo, Reinkers (Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight)
Papers: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Sycamore Street DSP, Summer Starfruit, White Crepe Paper, Gumball Green
Accessories: Blossom Petal Punch, Fancy Fan Folder, 2 1/2" circle punch, Antique Brad, 1/4" white stitched grosgrain ribbon, gold smooch, Dazzling details

Here's how I made the flower:

1. A sheet of white crepe paper was spritzed with 2 colors of reinkers which had been diluted in 2 spritzers filled with tap water (Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight) until the entire surface was covered.
2. The wet colored paper was dried using an embossing gun
3. The dried colored paper was folded in half and punched with the blossom petal punch
4. Each blossom petal's edges were sponged with Island Indigo ink and then spritzed with gold smooch.  The petals curled up on their own.
5. When dry, the petals were stacked alternating petals and an antique brad was inserted in the center
6. Dazzling details was applied to the petal edges and allowed to dry.

Spring has Sprung - The Paper Players #85 and challenge 162 LNS

I think we all the know the little poem (and I promise I won't finish it):

Spring has sprung

The grass has riz

I wonder where the birdie is...

The challenge with The Paper Players here is to make a spring card, and I couldn't help thinking about robins.  Some 'fat' ones have returned to these northern climes already and I enjoy their early morning vocals.  My card, for this challenge, features a robin.

This card is also for the LNS group where the challenge is "your favorite color combination" - in this case Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette, and Baja Breeze

Stamps: Nature Walk, Pursuit of Happiness

Inks: Black Stazon, Basic black, SU markers

Papers: Soft Suede, Whisper White, Beau Chateau designer paper

Accessories: Aqua painter, 1/2" Baja Breeze seam binding, Antique Brad, Dazzling details, dimensionals