STAMPIN' UP! WRAPPED BOUQUET MOTHER'S DAY CARD FOR #IB170

The current Inspired By Challenge prompted me to create a Mother's Day card.  For this challenge, we can be inspired by either the photo, the sketch, or both.  I've opted to combine the two.

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My mind immediately went to Stampin' Up!'s Wrapped Bouquet bundle.  I stamped one of the bunches of flowers in Versamark ink, on Basic White card, and heat-embossed the image with white embossing powder.  I coloured the foliage with Old Olive Stampin' Blends markers, and the flowers with Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends markers.  The "paper" in which my flowers are wrapped is a piece of Crumb Cake card, stamped with the text-type image (on both sides), die cut and sponged with Crumb Cake ink.  The black twine wrapped around it started off as white baker's twine, from the Snail Mail Twine Combo.  I used my Dark Basic Black Stampin' Blends marker to customise it.

Here's a close-up of the flowers, which I've mounted on a Basic White scalloped circle, that has been embossed with the Subtle 3D embossing folder:

The Basic White background on my card has been embossed with the Scripty 3D embossing folder.  I used my Light Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends marker to splatter a bit of colour over the embossed text.

The Old Olive Designer Series Paper piece is matted on a layer of Old Olive card, and raised up on Stampin' Dimensionals.  I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, on a scrap of Basic White card, and flicked some colour from my Light Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends marker over the top.  This small label has been matted on a slightly larger Calypso Coral die-cut piece, that I stamped the text-type image on in Calypso Coral ink before sponging the edges in Calypso Coral ink.  The sentiment has been popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals, to the same height as the dotty Old Olive panel.

Listed below are all the products I used to make this card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Wrapped Bouquet Bundle (English) [156217] $82.75	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $15.25
Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $15.25	Regals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [153073] $20.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $10.50	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154881] $15.50	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $15.50
Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154843] $15.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Scripty 3D Embossing Folder [149634] $17.50	Ornate Frames Dies [150664] $59.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00
Subtle 3D Embossing Folder [151775] $17.50	Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack [154579] $12.25	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00

STAMPIN' UP! WRAPPED BOUQUET BIRTHDAY CARD IN PURPLES

Today's card started with a piece of True Love Designer Series Paper, that I coloured with Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape inks, using Blending Brushes.  I applied colour lightly at the bottom, increasing the intensity moving up the paper, ending up with quite dark Gorgeous Grape at the top.  I attached the paper to a panel of Purple Posy card.

The focal image, a bouquet of flowers, was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Basic White card. Using Stampin' Blends markers, I coloured the flowers in Highland Heather and Purple Posy.

After cutting out a stitched circle from the centre of the daisy paper (and card layer below), I added in a die-cut stitched circle of polka dot True Love Designer Series Paper, and offset the floral circle just above it.  I attached the bouquet, with a few Smoky Slate die-cut leaves tucked behind, to the coloured circle.  Some Purple Posy resin dots, and a white twine bow, provide finishing touches.

To create the "grounding" strips for the sentiment, I laid some Purple Posy and Smoky Slate card strips onto a piece of Adhesive Sheet.  I cut it to my card front width, embossed the piece with the Ornate Floral 3D embossing folder, and adhered it to my card.  The word "happy" was stamped on a scrap of Basic White card, and cropped with a sentiment label from Smooth Sailing Dies.  The "birthday" was die-cut, from Gorgeous Grape card, using Well Written Dies.

Listed below are all the products I used to make this card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Well Said Cling Stamp Set [148796] $77.00	Wrapped Bouquet Bundle (English) [156217] $82.75	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Purple Posy A4 Cardstock [150887] $15.25
Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $15.25	Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] $15.25	True Love Designer Series Paper [154281] $20.00	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $13.00	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $13.00
Blending Brushes [153611] $21.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Purple Posy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154896] $15.50	Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154887] $15.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder [152725] $15.75	Stitched Shapes Dies [152323] $50.00	Well Written Dies [151816] $70.00	Smooth Sailing Dies [149576] $56.00	Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack [154579] $12.25
Playing With Patterns Resin Dots [152467] $14.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00