Floral Take Care

Hello Crafty Friends! Thank you so much for stopping by! Simon Says Stamp is having a fun Instagram Hop happening today to celebrate the DieCember release, with lots of chances to win a $25 gift card to their store. Who doesn’t love gift cards, am I right?! All you have to do is comment along the hop for your chance to win. My card for the hop is featuring the new Soaring Whirl Bird from the DieCember release. So, let’s run through the details, shall we?

There are lots of elements to this card, but I began by die cutting several flowers using the SSS Layered Dandy Flower from Neenah 110lb cardstock. I also used the SSS Etched Berry Branch to cut a few leaves from SSS Green Apple Cardstock. To add color to the flowers, I did some very light ink blending using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Bubblegum. For the center portions of the flowers, I used a slightly heavier hand to make the pink just a tad bit darker, and I used Lemonade ink to color the tiny portion of the centers. Once the flowers were colored, I adhered the pieces together using liquid glue. To add some shading to the leaves, I used SSS Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Seafoam and Surf. You wouldn’t think that those colors work with the green cardstock, but I like the way those turned out.

Moving on, I die cut the SSS Soaring whirl Bird from Neenah 110lb cardstock and did some ink blending using those same Seafoam and Surf colors, along with some Celery for the hint of green. For the background of the card, I used the SSS Wooden Planks Embossing Folder to emboss a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock.

I knew that I wanted the leaves to make a semi-circle on the front of the card, so I began playing around with the placement of the leaves and the flowers. Once satisfied, I adhered the elements to the panel using liquid glue. There were a few bare spots, so I used extra leaves and tucked those in for a fuller look. I adhered the bird towards the bottom of the panel before adhering it to the card base using foam tape. I also added a black crystal to the eye of the bird, which gave a great contrast.

Now that I had all of my elements laid out, I needed a sentiment that would fit in that space, so I went searching and landing on the SSS Take Care sentiment. I die cut that three times from black cardstock and adhered all of those together before adding to the card. To finish up the card, I added PFS Jewels to the “berry” areas, and I really like that added bit of sparkle to the card.

That finishes up this card! I hope you like it, and I hope it inspires you to get creative in your space! I’m sure there are many of you like me that don’t always love every card that you make, but I really love how this one turned out! Don’t forget to head over to Instagram to comment along the hop for your chance to win a $25 gift card to the Simon Says Stamp store! Thanks again for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful day! Stay awesome, Friend!

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