Sketch Saturday - In Bloom

I don’t know why I haven’t used these Pierced Bloom Dies before. They cut beautiful, stitched flowers and leaves. I love them!!! I made this card for a sketch challenge.

Here’s the sketch from the weekly Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. You should play along. It’s so fun to do these sketches!

Tips & Instructions

• Thick Basic White Card Base - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, score at 4 1/4.

• Sweet Symmetry Designer Series Paper Layer - 5 1/2 x 4 1/4, cut out center using the 4th from largest Stitched Rectangle Die to create a frame.

• Lay the frame over the card base and stamp sentiment using Magenta Madness Ink.

• Adhere the frame to card base using Dimensionals.

• Cut flowers from Bumblebee, Basic White and Magenta Madness Cardstock. Cut flower centers from Early Espresso, Basic White and Magenta Madness Cardstock and adhere to flowers. Cut leaves from Just Jade Cardstock.

• Arrange flowers on frame and adhere. You may need to add a Dimensional under the parts of the flowers that hang over the inside of the frame.

On the inside stamp the sentiment. This one is from the Happy Thoughts Stamp Set. Stamp some flowers with Bumblebee and Magenta Madness Inks. I stamped off the small flowers first to get a light shade and then stamped directly on for the centers. Stamp the center of the Bumblebee flower with Early Espresso Ink.

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