Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Flourishes Challenge

I wanted to do a card for this week's "Less is More" challenge. The challenge was to make a one layer card with a flourish on it. I don't have many flourish stamps but I thought of this one Cheery Lyn Die that I have. I think it is called "Fanciful Flourish". I wanted to make it a part of the card so I cut it out and used the negative part as a stencil. Using Stampin' Up's Pear Pizzazz and Always Artichoke inks, I sponged the image onto the front of my card. The thank you stamp is from a long retired Stampin' Up set called "Heartfelt Thanks". Stamped it in the upper left corner using the Pear Pizzazz ink. I wanted to add a little something else and I found this flower. It was a flower from the SU set called "Secret Garden", stamped on a pastel colored card stock and embossed with white detail embossing powder. I glued it directly to the card front and it really feels a part of the card. I hope that my card would still be considered one layer. I often have leftover flowers from a project that I am working on. I have them in a little drawer, and, like today, I found just the flower that I wanted.



4 comments:

  1. This is a terrific card Dianne, what a perfect stamp for this challenge!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  2. Elegant and flourishing beautifully here Dianne
    thanks so much for playing along this week!
    Sarah xx
    Less is More

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  3. Super flourish and great idea to create the stencil for it! Not strictly one layer with the flower added, but a beautiful creation all the same!
    Thank you so much for your entry
    Anne
    "Less is More"

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  4. I love the soft effect of the stencilling, and the green and soft lilac look lovely together.
    Sorry I'm so late visiting!
    Thanks for sharing with us.
    Anita x
    Less is More

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