Look at that wreath of flowers. Doesn't it look as if I've added real pressed flowers to my card? Well, I haven't. The patterns on this paper are all so incredibly realistic that they seem to be 3-D. The butterflies? Now those are 3-D since I cut them from Soft Suede using the gorgeous Butterfly Beauty Thinlits dies which carried over and are now in the Annual Catalogue. The Soft Suede compliments the patterns I've cut from the retired Sale-a-bration paper, doesn't it? I lifted the lower right butterfly up on a foam Dimensional while the upper left butterfly is simply glued down along the centre of its body.
I've used the sentiment on the front of the card and inside the card from the Beauty Abounds stamp set (also carried over into the Annual Catalogue). It's hard to tell, but it's stamped using the Mossy Meadow ink. The two layers of cardstock on top of the Heavy Whisper White are actually Rococo Rose and Mossy Meadow.
Those pretty butterflies and the "bokeh" circles inside the card are also from the Beauty Abounds stamp set. I used the Merry Merlot and Rococo Rose inks to continue with the colours in the patterned paper. The sentiment is, again, stamped using Mossy Meadow ink.
I hope you'll check out the wonderful creations by the Watercooler Artists over at our Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.
I've entered my card into the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations Challenge #216 - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #435 - Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread Challenge #97 - Anything Goes
Beautiful cards Heidi, that first one does look like pressed flowers! I can't believe it is patterned paper! Stunning.
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