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Thinking of You

I recently made a scrapbook layout using papers from the Jen Hadfield Home + Made paper collection.  I love the color combinations in this collection and did not have the heart to throw away the scraps of paper.  So I gathered up some Distress Oxide inks in coordinating colors and a couple of flower layering stamp sets from Hampton Art.




I used Scattered Straw and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Inks for the bases of the flowers.  I stamped the flower details with Fossilized Amber and Abandoned Coral.  For the green leaves, I used Cracked Pistachio and added the details with Evergreen Bough.  I stamped the remaining foliage and small leaves using Weathered Wood.  I also used Weathered Wood to stamp the centers of the large pink flower and one of the smaller yellow flowers.  All stamped images were cut with my Brother ScanNCut.


I adhered a piece of flower patterned paper to the bottom of the card base and a piece of green arrow paper to the top. I used a strip of black and white polka dot paper across the middle.  Then, I used a circle cutter to cut a 4" circle from white cardstock and cut that circle in half.  I adhered the semicircle to the top half of the card.


I arranged the cut flowers and the foliage to the top left of the semicircle, popping up the large pink flower with foam tape.  I added pink rhinestones to the centers of the smaller flowers.  The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed in white on silver cardstock. And for the final touch, I used a strip of foam tape to glue the sentiment above the black and white polka dot strip of paper.


I was able to create four cards using the scraps of paper from my previous scrapbook layout.  A fantastic two for one deal using a beautiful paper collection!

Thinking of You
Supplies:
  • Accent Opaque White Cardstock 100lb
  • Jen Hadfield Home + Made Paper Pad
  • Neenah Creative Collection Metallic Cardstock - Chalice Silver
  • Hampton Art Clear Stamps Layering Flowers - Amaze
  • Hampton Art Clear Stamps Layering Flowers - Joy
  • Glitterazzi Embellishments Tri-Colored Gemstones
  • Distress Oxide Inks - Weathered Wood, Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber, Cracked Pistachio, Evergreen Bough, Abandoned Coral, and Worn Lipstick
  • EK Success Curvy Cutter
  • VersaMark Ink
  • Recollections Snow Embossing Powder
  • Brother ScanNCut

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