Blossoms & Wings – Hello – The Inque Spot Studio

Welcome back! Already Wednesday…time just goes on by.

I have combined several challenges today. Inspiration Station (#70) with such a lovely photo including blossoms & wings; Double Trouble (#184) 3-2-1 Recipe including patterned papers, shapes, an image/sentiment and an option to include a heart; Shopping Our Stash (#540) to use bits and pieces found on your crafting desk; and Time Out (#281) to pick two – so I chose layer and heart. Bringing it all together with the Try A Sketch On Tuesday (#663) layout.

Here is the result:

AWESOMELY ARTISTIC – HILLS OF TUSCANY – ISC70 – DT184 – SOS540 – TOC281 – TSOT663

Steps:

Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Fresh Freesia cardstock.
Background Panel: (3⅞” x 5⅛”) Basic White cardstock dry-embossed with the retired Softly Sophisticated 3D Embossing Folder. Set aside when I chose another color for a previous project.
Cross Strips: (3⅞” x ½”) left over edges from the retired Friendly Hello Designer Series Paper pack (Fresh Freesia and Pool Party) and the retired Pattern Party Designer Series Paper pack (Black & White)
Shape Mat – Circle: (3½” x 3½”) Pool Party cardstock die-cut with (3¼”) Circle die from the retired Circles Collection Framelits Dies set.
Shape – Circle: Basic White cardstock die-cut with the (3”) Stitched Circle die from the Stylish Shapes Dies set. I often cut out a shape from an Accent Mat to stretch my supplies and reduce bulk when creating layers as it is not seen in the final project.
- Taking inspiration from the photo, I selected the retired Awesomely Artistic stamp set and stamped the Floral image onto the die-cut Circle and stamped the Dragonfly image onto a scrap piece of Basic White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also stamped the sentiment, Hello, from the retired Hills of Tuscany stamp set, also with Memento Black ink, onto the die-cut Circle.
- The Floral image was colored with Stampin’ Blends Markers. Colors chosen: Flowers – Light Fresh Freesia and Leaves – Light and Dark Pool Party.
Small Shape – Dragonfly: The Dragonfly image was also colored with the Dark Pool Party Stampin’ Blend Marker and fussy-cut with Paper Snips.

All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. The Dragonfly was popped up with Dimensionals and I snuck in a little Petunia Pop cardstock Heart that was on my desk when I used the retired Owl Builder Punch for another previous project.

Isn’t it fun when a bunch of ideas collide, and you can create a really nice card.

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today. Cheers, Jolanda!

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15 thoughts on “Blossoms & Wings – Hello”

Such a BEAUTIFUL card, Jolanda! That embossed background is so pretty, and your use of the pattern papers go so well with the color palette you’ve chosen in our colored floral image!! Thank you so much for creating a wonderful card to share with us at both Double Trouble AND TSOT!!! -Donna

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