Flower of the Month-February

I'm lovin' these Flower of the Month stamps!! This card is for SCS Sketch Challenge #214-- I love this sketch!!!

My base card is Whisper White with layers of Garden Green and another layer of Whisper White that was run through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. The next element is Garden Green and Elegant Eggplant that was treated to the Textile embossing folder. The next element is Garden Green and Lavender Lace, also embossed with the Textile folder. The focal image was stamped on PTI's Stamper's Select white cardstock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Copic markers (see below for colors I used). I added tiny amber jewels to the centers of two violets in the image. It was cut/embossed with a square Nestabilities die, then I ran a Copic marker around the edges. It's matted on Garden Green, done with a scalloped square die, and is up on 3M foam squares. The silk violet is attached with glue dots and has a larger amber jewel for it's center. The leaves are more of the silk ivy leaves that I trimmed with decorative scissors to look more like violet leaves. Three small lavender jewels balance the top right corner. I'm liking this card a lot!

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~Recipe~
Stamps: Flower of the Month (SU!)
Paper: Whisper White, Garden Green, Elegant Eggplant, Lavender Lace (SU!)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Cuttlebug, square Nestabilities, embossing folders; jewels, 3M foam squares, violet blossom, glue dots (craft store); silk ivy leaves (Wal*Mart); Copic markers

Flower of the Month--January

This card is for the last Viva la Verve January challenge. It's a sketch with a twist of flowers. I'm always ready to do flowers, and since I just got this retired SU! set called Flower of the Month, I was ready. I really love this set.

My base card is Very Vanilla with three layers of cardstock from a K & Co Cardstock Pad called K-ology Hannah, and I added a Dew Drop from the Primary Color bottle in each of the corners.The next element is also all from that cardstock pad and is up on 3M foam squares with a little paper piercing in each corner. The third element is two pieces of satin ribbon that match the card stock. The focal image is the flower for January--Carnation. It was stamped on Stamper's Select cardstock with Palette Hybrid Noir Black ink. I colored it with Copic markers (see picture below for the ones I used), sponged the edges with Creamy Caramel ink and cut/embosed it with a Lables One Nestabilities die. Then it was matted with card stock from the pad that was cut/embossed as well. The sentiment is from Verve's Wonderful Wishes set and was stamped on patterned cardstock with Basic Black, punched with the small oval punch and matted on more cardstock punched with the medium punch. Both the focal image and the sentiment are up on 3M foam squares.

I like the way this card turned out. Each month I'll use the stamp for that month for a birthday card. And I have another project in mind for this set, too.

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~Recipe~
Stamps: Flower of the Month (SU!); Wonderful Wishes (Verve)
Paper: Very Vanilla (SU!); K-ology Hannah Cardstock Pad (K & Co); Stamper's Select (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir Black; Basic Black, Creamy Caramel (SU!)
Accessories: Copics; Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Lable One; 3M foam squares, ribbon, sponge (craft store); Dew Drops (Robin's Nest); paper piercer/mat/template; small and medium oval punches (SU!)