craftykarendesigns: Spotlight on a Wonderful World

Hi Everyone,

The theme this week is 'Spotlight' and I think I have probably very loosely interpreted this theme. I've just received my order and I had chosen the Wonderful World stamp set and designer series papers as one of my FREE Sale-a-bration items this time and it is so beautiful. The floral images are incredible and reminded me of the images in old botanical books and I wanted to recreate that look and shine a 'Spotlight' on the flowers and I have made two versions. I think these would make a great set of cards to gift to someone who loves gardening.

Materials

1 piece of pear pizzazz (orchid oasis) card stock 5 7/8" x 8 1/4"

1 piece of old olive (night of navy) card stock 3 7/8" x 5 5/8"

2 pieces of basic white (for each card) 3 5/8" x 5 3/8"

Wonderful World dsp for fussy cutting

Paper snips

Multipurpose adhesive

Dimensionals

So Saffron ink

Blending Brushes

Old olive (night of navy) ink

True Beauty stamp set

Trimmer

Simply Scored

Bone folder

Instructions

On the long side score the pear pizzazz (orchid oasis) card at 4 1/8" and fold and burnish to make the card base.

Fussy cut the floral images from the dsp.

On the green version, I adhered the image directly to the white card but thought it looked a little stark. So, for the blue version, I lightly blended some so saffron ink over the centre of the white card before adding the image. I think this gives it a vintage look and I like this one much better.

Stamp the sentiment at the bottom right of the piece with the image in ink to match the mat layer. Adhere this layer to the coloured mat and then add to the card front using dimensionals.

Add a sentiment to the remaining piece of white and adhere to the inside of the card.

Which one do you like best?

Please pop over and see what Donna and Victoria have made too:

Donna Lester

Taffycrafting

Victoria Littlewood

Vickieloudesigns

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Happy Crafting,

Karen X