Well, it's one of those wet, miserable winter days today. Perfect for an afternoon in the craft space! Literally the clouds had a silver lining. 😀
I opened up a new bundle, Plentiful Plants, and was keen to give it a run. Inspiration came from the new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.
Normally, I'm not someone who uses a lot of Designer Series Paper in my cardmaking. However, the Bloom Where You're Planted DSP is something special. One side is botanical: leafy patterns along with plants and pots that can be cut out and used as is, while the other side contains wonderful natural textures like wood and stone. These tempted me into using them as a base for the card.
I really enjoyed playing with the plants and pot stamps. The DistINKtive technology really gives the images a sense of depth. The die cut macrame hanger is lovely and such a blast from the past. I remember as a young newly-wed teaching myself macrame to make some hangers for our first house.
While not part of the suite, the Macrame 3D embossing folder makes a great companion to this bundle and I've used it on the background circle behind the plant. The embossed circles I saw used recently by the very talented Aurelie Fabre here.
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Great card!! I'm really loving that stamp set! Those plants are so fun! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!
ReplyDeleteThe brick is such a nice texture level and I love the detail on the plant. So glad you joined us this week at FMS!
ReplyDeleteI love this! The mix of dsp patterns works perfectly with this fun die! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made sketches this week!
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