This month's hop features a botanical feel called the "Flora & Flutter" kit. The stamp set includes five different sentiments and four garden-ey images...in other words, a butterfly, a flower, a fern and a sprig image. Every box is filled with everything you need to create 8 greeting cards...even comes with the envelopes!
I am a huge fan of 'non-traditional' sized cards....4" x 4" cards are always FUN, and, they will still fit in an A2-sized envelope!
One of the card designs was a floral laser cut design that would have a piece of Dazzling Diamonds paper adhered behind it. The first thing that came to mind was "oooh! this could be a 'stencil-type' image". Sooo, that's what I went with...using it as a stencil.
I placed it over top a piece of Vellum cardstock and covered the stencil with VersaMark ink. Once the area was inked up...out came the Copper powder...I love our Copper Embossing powder and how smooth it melts up.
I love the result! Layering this piece over top a Peekaboo Peach scallop circle was the element to adding a bit of softness to the large embossed are. The Lemon Lime Twist leaves were cut from one of the supply pieces and tucked behind the focal panel. The final touch is the coordination of the Berry Burst Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon and the stamped butterfly and Flora and Flutter sentiment.
What do you think? I was striving for elegant, which is a bit different from botanical. :) If you haven't done any heat embossing lately, you need to pull out that Heat Tool and have some fun. I'd love to have you share your creations with me.
To get more inspiration for alternative ideas creating with the December Paper Pumpkin kit, make sure you visit the other A Paper Pumpkin Thing Group members' blogs to see what projects they have to share. I'll be on your heals to soak in the new ideas and inspiration. Thanks for stopping by....stop back again real soon.
At this time, you are now ready to hop on over to Kimberley Morris’s blog. You won't want to miss traveling on as I know that she will have something adorable to share with you. If you prefer to work your way backwards, you can jump back to Kelly Acheson's blog. Either way, be sure to work your way through all of the blogs so you don’t miss a thing!
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