After days of cold, damp days, we’re finally experiencing some sunny spring weather. The Flower Challenge is looking for “Pretty Pastels” and although I won’t have much blooming in my yard for several more weeks, I was motivated to produce a very “springy” card.
The beautiful hot foil plate, Simplest Gestures, from Pinkfresh Studio is one of my favorite bouquets of flowers. I foiled it in gold and used a variety of Pinkfresh Studio inks with the accompanying stencils to color it, and then die cut it.
A design technique I learned during the Create and Connect event in February was to use another stencil in the background. This time I used the My Favorite Things Basket Weave stencil with a very pale blue ink. The sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio was embossed in gold on the stenciled panel. I added the Pinkfresh Deco Frame to that and then added the bouquet with some dimensional tape.
The final touch was to add a very gold pearls.
My mid-May Color Hues post is ready to go live on May 16th, but that’s about it for the rest of the month. We’re off exploring and although I hope to post a few photos on Instagram, I don’t expect to be on the internet. I’ll be catching up with you at the end of the month.
