I absolutely love this color combo together and knew as soon as I saw it that I wanted to make a card with a sunflower on it. This is the first time I've inked up this lovely flower stamp and I really liked the results. I think the next time I do it, I'll stamp the image first with soft suede ink on the daffodil delight paper and then color and stamp just the middle of the flower again using Early Espresso - I think it will give the leaves more definition - I'll let you know how it turns out when I try it :o) I usually like to have some element of texture on my cards so in this case I let the ribbon and the pearls provide that for me. I used three strands of the daffodil stitched grosgrain ribbon and cut the ends of each strip to mimic the edges of the flowers. I like how it turned out even without any patterned paper or texturizing :o) Hope you like it too! Thanks so much for stopping by to visit - I'm sure glad that you did. Hugs!
Details and Supplies (all from Stampin Up!): Finished card size is 5 1/4" square. The sunflower stamp is approximately 4 1/2" x 4 3/4" so I decided to go with a larger square card. Cardstock - Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and Whisper White. Stamps - Sunflower and Nature Silhouettes (sentiment - retired). Inks - Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso and Cherry Cobbler. Ribbon - 14" stitched grosgrain ribbon in Daffodil Delight. Three basic pearls.
This is gorgeous, Danielle!!!! LOVE that large sunflower--so pretty! LOVE it! :)
ReplyDeletelOVE YOUR CARD. IT IMMEDIATELY REMINDED ME OF A TRIP WE MADE SOME YEARS AGO AND SAW FIELD AFTER FIELD OF SUNFLOWER.
ReplyDeleteThanks ladies for your lovely comments - I so appreciate hearing from each of you. hugs!
ReplyDeleteHi Chris - how very nice of you to leave me a note and decide to follow my blog! I will definitely pop in and visit yours as well - Hugs!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sunflower, filling the card, it's perfect for those colours.
ReplyDeleteLouise xx