Thanks a Bunch-Grateful Elegance

I am honestly not sure how well I like this card. This is the card (from Just Give Me Stamps) I saw that inspired me, but I thought I'd try a different color pink. I am not real keen on making square cards so I usually try to adapt them to a 5 1/2 by 4 1/4 inch size. Then I realized that pretty flower wasn't included in the sets I purchased from Verve (I'm using Grateful Elegance and the flower is from Beautiful You). Oh poo! I tried to make do with the flower that came in the set, but to me it looks too small for the rest of the card. I tried using a pop dot to give the flower some dimension, but all that did was bug me! It was too high for the card. Ah well, I still love the images. Mostly this is a straightforward card. I heat embossed with white in case you can't tell. The flower was stamped twice with black ink, embossed with clear powder and then I tried to color in the pink petals with my blending pen and Berry Sorbet ink. (I didn't know for sure if PTI's hybrid ink would work well. I got it colored, but probably wouldn't try it again). The bottom flower is colored in with Cocoa ink which I like better than I thought I would. I layered the two flowers and added a pearl. The little pearls on the bottom are glued onto 1/4 inch diameter hole punched cardstock using Berry Sorbet cardstock and sponged with Cocoa. I used my oval Coluzzle for the sentiment.

I'm sure people will say I'm being too hard on myself, and maybe I am. But I definitely want to try this type of card again...with a different flower...or maybe I should buy that set that has the flower in the inspiration card.  Ü

Jeanne

 

Stuff I Used:

Grateful Elegance (Verve Visual), Berry Sorbet cardstock, ink and ribbon (Papertrey Ink), Cocoa and Colonial White cardstock, Cocoa ink , Cocoa grosgrain ribbon (CTMH), Versamark ink (Tsukineko), white embossing powder, pearls, 1/4 inch hole punch, Coluzzle