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easter card

Playing with Flower Soft today...This card is based on Debbie Olson's one from last Easter.  May Arts ribbon, Zva flowers and a Memory Box Crimson card base.  Finished card size is 4" x 9-1/4".

Those pretty pearl pins?  I contemplated the packaging of these...  These pearl pins are in-house for the store, but am awaiting some clever, clear storage containers to arrive...so when one purchases and fully uses this embellishment you can re-use the container, and it's clear, making whatever your are finding that much easier.  These pearl pins are made in Japan and the quality is wonderful.

Sentiment and grass are Papertrey Ink, and the lovely branch tree is Memory Box.  Flower Soft color is Sweet Pea, and the tag & ivory rectangle are Spellbinders.

Interior sentiment is Papertrey Ink, and that patterned paper is ancient K & Co, unearthed during the purging/cleansing/cleaning/reorganization of stash piles.

flower soft sympathy cards

More sympathy cards for today's post - I kept the color palette simple and clean, and incorporated a few stamens of Flower Soft.

I recycled an old piece of styrofoam to use as my holder for drying the Flower Soft stamens.  To create the stamens, simply snip the white wires into two to three inch segments, and color with any green Copic marker.  Dip one-inch or so of the wire into the craft glue, then into fluffed Ivory Flower Soft.  Poke into styrofoam to dry.

Next I created two card bases (4-1/4" x 5-1/2") using Memory Box Eggshell and decorative paper from 7gypsies Hudson Valley collection.  Eggshell cardstock was die-cut using Petite Ovals.

Punched a small hole in the scalloped oval, and inserted the dried stamens using glue dots to hold in place.

Stamped 'with sympathy' (Papertrey Ink) onto Eggshell cardstock and using smallest Nestabilities oval die, die cut.  Adhered to silver finding (Nunn Design) using a glue dot.

Stamped Lockhart Stamp Company's Lilacs in Pitcher onto 7gypsies Newburgh paper twice and cut out (we're making two cards).  Scor-tape was used to line the sides of the pitcher.

This is what the back of the stamens looks like...

 

...and this is what the front looks like!  The pitcher will conceal the hole, and I added a foam dimensional to the center of the pitcher to give it a bit of dimension.  The Scor-tape on the sides anchor the piece to the card.

I added a tiny ribbon knot using May Arts dainty and sheer 1/4" ribbon in cream.  Interior sympathy sentiment is from Verses Rubber Stamps.

flower soft stems

One of the things I like about Flower Soft is the dimension it adds to a project - and you can touch it and go 'wow'!

For today's project I used the white wire that Flower Soft sells, and covered two-inch segments with a green Copic marker.  Then followed steps #2 and #3 to create the flower stalks.  The above piece of recycled block styrofoam serves as my drying rack.

Lockhart's Foxglove was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto white cardstock (Papertrey Ink), then trimmed.  Colored with Copic markers.

Lockhart's Foxglove was stamped again, coloring in the vase only.  Distress Crackle Paint in Rock Candy was painted over the colored vase and speed dried.  Vase colored with Copic T1, T3 and T5.

Dried vase - trimmed, and cardstock gently persuaded to curve using a paintbrush handle.

Punched two holes in the vase of the fully colored image...

...then inserted the Flower Soft stems through the holes - the photo below shows how I adhered them...

Glue Dots - yep - Glue Dots hold the stems in place securely.

Completed card - Memory Box Cherry Blossom liner and snippet on front; Currant card base, wide white silk ribbon.  Flower Soft layer is matted with Memory Box Licorice using a Spellbinders Long Rectangle die. Martha Stewart simple scallop border punch. 

Finished card size:  4-1/2" x 6-1/4".  

flower soft spring lilacs

 

Ellen Hutson created an amazing tutorial post in her CLASSroom blog featuring one of her latest products - Flower Soft.  Today's project was created after reading her wonderful tutorial.

 

To create dimension for the vase, the Lilacs in Pitcher image from Lockhart Stamp Company was stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento ink onto Begonia (Memory Box) cardstock, then highlighted with Copic RV34, then cut out.

 

Vase was curled around a pen barrel to add further dimension.

 

Punched a rectangle from white cardstock using a Nestabilities die, and keeping die in place I airbrushed using Copic YR31.  This technique creates a nice, quick, crisp edge.

 

Stamped Lilac image with Rich Cocoa Memento ink, then 'colored in' flower stems with liquid adhesive. 

 

Using my fingers, I separated the Flower Soft flora and sprinkled generously over the adhesive.  Gently pressed flora into adhesive; tapped off excess and allowed to dry a minute.  Leaves on the image were colored with a complementary green Copic marker.

 

I utilized Ellen's technique in this detailed post of hers for creating stamens.  Flower Soft white wire stems were colored with a green Copic marker, then adhered over the stamped image using a few glue dots. 

When adhering the vase, I used the Flower Soft liquid glue and adhered the sides and bottom only of the trimmed vase.  The bed of wire stems and glue dots holding the stems in place created a nice 'puff', giving the vase an incredible 3-D appearance.   

Decorative cardstock is Basic Grey Porcelain, coordinating brads, and a Memory Box 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" Peapod card base.  Best wishes for a great weekend!

ingredients:  Memory Box cardstocks and stamps, Basic Grey 6x6 decorative paper pads and complementary brads, Neenah Solar White cardstock, Lockhart Stamp Company images, Memento ink pads, Flower Soft and all accessories, complete line of Nestabilities dies, Copic Markers and all related accessories including airbrush equipment - Ellen Hutson; May Arts ribbon - StarlitStudio.