Good morning, friend! So glad you stopped by today. When I was out picking up prescription meds, I was struck by how lovely a hedge along the side of the parking lot looked. It was covered in oodles of soft purple flowers - wisteria. I'm not sure I ever saw wisteria in Michigan. I'm sure it grows there, just not in anyone's garden that I'd ever seen. Funny thing is, down here it almost grows wild. There's a long fence along the parking lot edge just dripping with these flowers! So of course, I had to make a card showing off the new Wisteria Wishes stamp and die bundle.
Here's my version of all the lovely wisteria growing around here. The colors are not as pale as I've seen growing here, but it certainly gives you a good idea of how gorgeous these flowers are. I started with a base of Highland Heather cut at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded in half. I debated about stamping or embossing on the card front, but decided I'd prefer it plain to keep all the focus on the wisteria.
The Basic White layer for stamping was cut at 4 1/4" x 3". The Gorgeous Grape cardstock layer behind this was cut at 4 3/8" x 3 1/8" for just a tiny frame around the stamped layer as an accent.
The more solid three-flower stamp was inked up with Highland Heather ink and stamped to connect with the hanging stems. To get a fuller look, I huffed on the stamp and did a 2nd-generation stamping just a little above the first. It's very light, but I think you can see it in the picture. I inked up the stand-alone flower cluster with Gorgeous Grape ink and stamped lightly on each flower. Looking at the flowers, the only place that really looks like the darker purple is there, is right at the tips of the flowers. The rest of it sort of blended right in.
The stamped layer was attached to the Gorgeous Grape layer using adhesive. This was then popped up at an angle on the card front using Dimensionals.
The leafy area on the card looked a little bare, so I die-cut a partial leafy branch from Just Jade cardstock to add to it. This fills in the area so much better. It's attached with some Mini Glue Dots hidden behind a couple of the leaves. I also added a double bow of white Baker's Twine that's attached with a Mini Glue Dot.
On to the sentiment which is also from the Wisteria Wishes stamp set. I love the mixed fonts used here and it's a nice sentiment that is pretty versatile. It is stamped on a 1" wide strip of Basic White using Gorgeous Grape ink. It was trimmed and then punched on the left side with the Banners Pick A Punch to flag the one end. Just a smidgeon of the Highland Heather ink was added to the edges with a Blending Brush. Otherwise it was too white-on-white and got lost on the card. This was attached to the right edge using both a Dimensional and adhesive to keep the sentient flat.
That's it for today's post. Hope you enjoy the wisteria as much as I do. One of these days, I'm going to have to walk over to that fence line, smell them, and maybe pick just a few because they're so pretty! Is that allowed in a parking lot??
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Happy stamping and creating,
Sharon
P.S. Happy Birthday Dad!
Lovely! The colors are perfect and the opal rounds are just the right touch.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Barb. Glad you like it.
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