Where Flowers Bloom~ Beauty in Botanicals

Hi, friends!

It's design team member Walter on the blog with you today.  This month's theme for design team projects is Beauty in Botanicals and it got me thinking about the different ways to interpret it.  I decided to go with a more abstract interpretation and design for my first project this month.  I had an idea as soon as I saw the Classic Face Stamp by Terri Sproul: blooms of flowers coming up from the face in place of hair and symbolizing thoughts of hope and change.  I then saw the sentiment stamp, "Where flowers bloom, so does hope," and it sealed the deal for me!  What is more beautiful than hope - for change, for happiness, for peace, and more?

Here's what I used to make it:

• Classic Face 3/4 View Line Art Rubber Stamp by Terri Sproul
• Fairies & Blossoms 2 Rubber Stamp Set
  
• Where flowers bloom so does Hope Sentiment Art Rubber Stamp
  
• Distress Oxide Inks: Victorian Velvet, Salvaged Patina, Tumbled Glass
• Distress Inks: Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, and Scorched Timber
• Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves Pigment Ink
• Alcohol Markers
• Cream A2 card base
• 4"x5.25" white card panel with a deckled edge (edge is optional)
• Piece of white cardstock for stamping images

Here's how I made it:

I started by smooshing my three Distress Oxide ink pads onto my glass work surface, spritzed it with water, and misted my card panel with water.  I then pressed the card panel down onto the ink to color it.  I used a dryer to speed up drying the card panel and help it flatten out.

I lightly blended some Tea Dye and Antique Linen Distress Ink onto the card panel to give it a vintage look and ran the Scorched Timber ink pad around the edges of the panel.

Vintage Photo Distress was lightly blended around the edges of the card base before I adhered the panel down with double sided tape.  I then stamped the sentiment to the bottom of the card using the Fallen Leaves ink.

I next stamped each of the images onto white cardstock with the Fallen Leaves ink, colored them with alcohol markers, and cut them out.  When coloring the flowers, I started with a darker shade of each color in the center and shaded areas and blended them with a lighter shade.  The final coloring step was to take the lightest color shade and go over the entire flower to ensure a smooth blend.  

The face was adhered down with craft glue, and the flowers were arranged and adhered down with double sided foam tape.  Just like that . . . the card was completed!

I am very happy with the end result!  I find it to be an inspiring design that uses flowers to both meet this month's theme while also symbolizing hope.

Thanks for spending some time with me on the blog today.  I'll see you again soon.  Until then . . . be well!

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