Wow, this card turned out very bright! But I was inspired by the colors in this new Sultry paper by BasicGrey. It also turned out large -- 6" square by the time I got everything on it I wanted! But this card will be for my Mom for Mother's Day, so that's okay. I'm honored to be working with Flourishes during April & May and looking forward to using their gorgeous stamps I've had my eye on for quite some time. This new Siberian Iris set is available starting today. I used my Spellbinders Out-of-the-Box technique (detailed here) to cut down the iris image a little, leaving a flower petal sticking out of the box on the right side. The floral image was stamped in Ranger's Adirondack Pitch Black dye ink, stamped on shimmer white cardstock and cut and matted with Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic & Scalloped Rectangles. Then I colored it with these Copic markers, to match the paper: None of the Siberian Iris I Googled were these colors, but I had fun coloring it to match my paper! The beautiful bright pink satin ribbon is by May Arts and really does match the pinks in the paper, but it's...
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