Good Morning all, this was supposed to be yesterday’s card but I kept having computer issues since Tuesday evening and was ready to give up on getting to post.  Whatever it was cleared itself up.

The card I am sharing today is a combination of several stamp sets.  Stampin’ Up! Prized Peony Stamp Set for the main flowers, Hand Penned Petals Stamp Set for the flowers on the background along with the Very Versailles Stamp Set. Inspired Thoughts Stamp Set and Pansy Patch Stamp Set are the greeting and sentiment.

Inspiration for this challenge comes from the Hand Stamp Sentiment Challenge.  I chose the pink colors for my inspiration.

To start, I colored a panel of Basic White card stock using Polished Pink ink and a Blending Brush.  After coloring  I  cut the panel in half, embossing the panel using the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder.  Next using Smoky Slate and Mint Macaron inks the Very Versailles Stamp Set and the Hand Penned Petals Stamp Set were stamped on half of a panel of Basic White card stock.  The embossed Polished Pink panel is adhered to the other half of the panel.  Amazing how light the Polished Pink can be when applied lightly to Basic White ard stock.

The peonies were stamped using Tuxedo Memento Black ink stamped off once so it would be lighter and not show up too strong.  I wish I had taken a picture of the main peony so the color of it would have shown how it changed in color also.  After I finished coloring the one at the bottom of the card front, I thought O’, I am going to have to stamp another peony and color it because this one is too orangey and yellow.  Look at the first frame at the top.  See how orangey looks.  The next one is after it had dried for a few hours, I had heard in a video can’t remember who did the video that colors changed once dried,  believe me, it has.  You can see the difference in each frame of the pictures.  I used Polished Pink  and Granny Apple Green ink to color the peonies and leaves.

After the coloring and drying the peonies are arranged over the embossed panel matted on a panel of Melon Mambo card stock.  2021-2023 In Color Jewels are randomly placed around the card front.

The Basic White card stock sentiment panel is matted on a panel of Melon Mambo as the one on the card front.  A sentiment from the Inspired Thoughts and Pansy Petals Stamp Sets is stamped in Tuxedo Memento Black ink.  The peony is colored using the Polished Pink and Granny Apple Green ink.  Notice the pink color of this one.  Seems that no two can be the same color.  The center of the peony is So Saffron ink.

A Basic White medium envelope is embossed using the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder as is the Melon Mambo panel that is the mat for the art piece.  Using a Blending Brush, Polished Pink ink is brushed over the embossed flap.

If you would like to create this card all the products used and the card cuts are at the end of this post.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you will join me on my stamping journey as I share my cards with you each day.  My hope and wish are that you will be inspired to create amazing creations yourself.  Any questions you may have, you know you can always contact me.  Have a blessed day!

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Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Product List

Prized Peony Cling Stamp Set (English) [152504] $24.00	Pansy Patch Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [154999] $25.00	Very Versailles Cling Stamp Set [149275] $23.00	Hand Penned Petals Photopolymer Stamp Set [155070] $22.00
Inspired Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [155536] $19.00	Tasteful Textile 3 D Embossing Folder [152718] $9.00	2021–2023 In Color Jewels [155571] $7.00	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.25
Melon Mambo 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [115320] $8.75	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad [147106] $7.50	Polished Pink Classic Stampin’ Pad [155712] $7.50	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad [147113] $7.50
Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ Pad [147118] $7.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $12.00	Polished Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [155520] $9.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154885] $9.00	So Saffron Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154905] $9.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00

Card Cuts

• Basic White card stock
  • Card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored & folded at 5-1/2″
  • Inside panel — 3-3/4″ x 5″
  • Peonies — 4-1/4″ x 11″
• Melon Mambo card stock
  • Mats — 4″ x 5-1/4″ 

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