My Thankful Hydrangea Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my My Thankful Hydrangea Card using the Lovely Garden Suite Collection which includes the Thankful Garden Bundle, Lovely Garden Designer Series Paper, Starburst Sequins, and Fresh Freesia Faux Velvet Ribbon by Stampin’ Up! I made this pretty split panel card for a swap.

The Details of My My Thankful Hydrangea Card

The Thankful Garden Bundle comes with masks for the flowers, and I have been wanting to give them a try! So, I used my Blending Brushes and Blueberry Bushel Ink to brush ink onto the different masks of the petals. I used a light touch with the first mask and gradually added more ink and pressure as I went creating lots of dimension. I also, did this with Garden Green for the leaves.

Once I had my flower coloured, I made a couple of extras of the petals and die cut/fussy cut some out which I then added to the top of the flower with dimensionals. Where there was white showing on these extra die cut petals, I brushed ink to help blend them in.

Now, it was time to design my card. Since I decided on a split panel card, I used the Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder on the front 2 panels to give it interest without taking away from the flower. Next, I added my DSP strip to the inside of my card allowing it to peek out through the gap.

I used the second largest Nested Essentials Die and die cut the DSP for a backdrop to my flower. This also was my anchor between the two front panels. The flower on top also gave this panel extra stability.

For the sentiment, I heat embossed it in white on a scrap of Blueberry Bushel and just trimmed it down with my paper snips to fit.

As a finishing touch to my card, I added some Starburst Sequins.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Thankful Garden Stamp Set (165534), Nested Essentials Dies (161597)

Inks: VersaMark Ink (102283), Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin’ Pad (147138), Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Pad (147089)

Paper: Blueberry Bushel (146968), Basic White (166780), Lovely Garden Designer Series Paper (165524)

Accessories: Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder (163414), Blending Brushes (153611), Starburst Sequins(165539), Basics Embossing Powder (165679), Heat Tool (129053), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)

Measurements: 

• Blueberry Bushel:
  • 4 ¼” x 7-3/8” scored at 5 ½”
  • 4 ¼” x 1-7/8”
  • Scrap (Sentiment)
• Basic White:
  • 4” x 1-5/8” (2 pieces)
  • Scraps (Extra Petals)
  • 4” x 5 ¼” (Inside)
  • 4” x 3 ½” (Flower)
• Lovely Garden Designer Series Paper:
  • 4” x 2” (Inside)
  • 4 ¾” x 2 ¾”

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