Mother’s Day: Doodle blooms

This card was created on February 26th; ready for the time of year when the floral stamp sets come into their own… Mother’s Day. I made this one for my other half’s mum.

Inspired by:

This card by Sharon Hayes on Instagram.

How:

Stamping, heat embossing, Distress ink blending and fussy cutting. All far easier and quicker than arranging the individual finished elements into an arrangement I liked. The flowers and leaves were fixed to the background panel (more ink blending there); some pieces were glued flat and others were popped up on foam tape.

The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed on a die-cut vellum panel, which was glued to the main panel with a few dots of multi-medium matte hidden behind some Doodlebug sprinkles.

Supplies:

• stamps:
  WPlus9 – doodle buds
  Clearly Besotted – fresh flowers (sentiment)
• dies:
  Waltzingmouse Stamps – pretty panel #1
• inks:
  Versafine – onyx black
• Distress ink pads:
  flowers – candied apple, wilted violet, carved pumpkin, mermaid lagoon
  background – twisted citron, mowed lawn, forest moss
• embossing powder:
  Wow! – super fine – clear gloss
• embellishments:
  Doodlebug – sprinkles – silver assortment
• paper and card:
  Strathmore Bristol 300
  Papermill Direct – plain – teal
  Anita’s white vellum