It's September! Can you believe it?! Where does the time go? With the first of the month comes the Senior Design Team Challenge at Papertrey Ink. This month, Nichole has asked us to pull out another golden oldie stamp set -- Flower Garden -- and have a little fun with it! (Aren't you just loving these challenges where we pull out older sets and play with them again? I know I am!)
For today's projects, I used several different elements from the set, however there's one adorable little 3-petal flower image that I've used in several different ways! I'm excited to show you several fun things to do with the flower, which will give you lots of stamping bang for your buck!
First up, I created a larger focal image flower. Here's how.....
I started out by stamping the 3-petal image with the petals pointing up.
Next, I stamped the same image with the petals pointing down.
Then I stamped the image two more times with the petals pointing out to either side, to complete my flower.
Here's what it looked like after cutting it out and stitching a button to the center.
And here it is, on a card. I layered the flower on a die cut piece of 2009 Bitty Dot Basics paper. The sweet little "hello" sentiment is also from Flower Garden.
I stamped a few leaves from Flower Garden and tucked them behind my flower and finished things off with a few little rhinestones. I love how that tiny little flower image, can be turned into such a striking focal image!
I also took that same little flower and created this pretty background paper, just by stamping it in rows, alternating the flowers on each row -- petals pointing up and then petals pointing down.
And here's that background paper (berry sorbet ink stamped on rustic cream card stock) on a card. The "happy" and "birthday" sentiments are also from Flower Garden.
I stamped a larger flower image from Flower Garden in pure poppy ink on rustic cream card stock and cut it out. I stitched a berry sorbet button to the flower's center and used that as my focal point. I layered the flower on a bit of pure poppy card stock that I die cut using the Fillable Frames #4 die. Notice the pretty little petals peeking out from behind the flower? That's that same little 3-petal flower image that I used on the background. Doesn't that image make a perfect little accent behind the focal point on the card?
Well, that's it for me today. Be sure to visit all of the girls on the senior design team......they've each got some Flower Garden inspiration for you so you won't want to miss out!
Mish Wooderson
Heather Nichols
Lisa Johnson
Betsy Veldman
I'll chat with you Dearies again soon!
Thanks for stopping by!
{Hello supplies}
Paper: rustic cream, 2009 Bitty Dot Basics
Stamps: Flower Garden
Ink: berry sorbet, ripe avocado
Other: mat stack 3 die, pure poppy button, rustic cream button twine, berry sorbet saddle stitch ribbon, rhinestones
{Happy Birthday supplies}
Paper: berry sorbet, pure poppy, vintage cream
Stamps: Flower Garden
Ink: pure poppy, berry sorbet, versamark
Other: Fillable Frames #4 die, eyelet lace border die, berry sorbet button, rustic cream button twine