Best of Flowers—Baja Breeze Hydrangeas

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This is my favorite pair of cards from my Best of Flowers card kit going out to my Best of 25 Years club members this month. 

It's actually a CASE of a Because I Care Two-Sheet-Wonder Card project, originally designed by Chiaki Haverstick, that Darla Eigenschink shared with our Too Cool Demo Team a couple years ago.  If you're looking for a great card set gift idea, be sure to check out Chiaki's tutorial: Two-Sheet-Wonder Card Tote.

The images from both sets are so similar and I didn't have a chance to try this project before Because I Care was retired, so I was excited to have the chance to do it again!  

I layered the Basic Black card base with a 5-1/4" x 4" sheet of Whisper White that was randomly stamped with the hydrangea in StazOn Black.  It appears a bit lighter only because I was in need of re-inking my pad.  TIP: Always have a refill on hand with the StazOn.  That ink tends to dry quickly on the paper and in the pad. 

Next, I texture
embossed a piece of 3” x 4-1/4” Baja Breeze card stock with the Lacy Brocade Folder Texture Impressions Folder and adhered it to the card with SNAIL.

The hydrangea image was stamped onto a piece of 2-1/4” x 3-1/2” Whisper
White card stock, leaving room for a sentiment at the bottom.  I colored the image with Baja Breeze and Lucky
Limeade Markers.  On the flower petals, I kind of dabbed on the color so there were white spaces and not solid color.

At the bottom of the piece, I stamped a
Bloomin’ Marvelous (now retired) sentiment in StazOn Black.  Then, I wrapped the
stamped piece with a 1/8” Baja Breeze Taffeta Ribbon, which was tied in a double-knot and trimmed.

Finally, I matted the entire piece onto a 2-3/8” x 3-5/8” layer of Basic Black card stock with SNAIL, and adhered it to the card front
with Dimensionals.

I love the look of my horizontal version, too, but I added a little extra something on this one.  Can you see the Dazzling Diamonds on the flower?  Click the image to enlarge it to see the details.  Ooohh, so sparkly! 

Complete Supply List: 

• Stamps—Best
  of Flowers, Bloomin’ Marvelous (retired)




• Ink—StazOn Black Ink; Baja Breeze and Lucky Limeade Markers
• Paper—Basic
  Black, Baja Breeze, and Whisper White card stock
• Accessories—1/8”
  Baja Breeze Taffeta Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds (card #2)




• Tools—Lacy
  Brocade Texture Impressions Folder, Big
  Shot, 2-Way Glue Pen (card #2), Dimensionals,
  SNAIL

Find all the supplies to create these projects & more at my Online Store!

Angie

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