A couple of new cards

Hi all!  Happy Friday.  Thanks for stopping by.  I have been making some cards these past few days.  Here are a couple that I have ready to share.  I made this first one with some new papers by Basic Grey called Indie Bloom.  I love all the rich colors.  This whole line just makes me smile with how colorful it is. 

I used a new stamp from a Hero Arts and Sizzix Stamp and Emboss  set.  By coloring just a portion of the stamp I make it look like a whole new stamp.  I stamped the sprig of flowers onto the ivory card stock after I had colored them with markers and spritzed them with shimmery pearl colored spray.  Then I stamped the whole ivory piece with Versa Mark ink and the Designer Wood grain background stamp. There is a subtle wood grain background that way.  I had a leftover greeting when I made my autumn themed canvas. I added it to the card on top of my stamping.  

The greeting is coated in Glossy Accents to give it a lot of shine and dimension.



Can you see the subtle wood grain?  It's so hard to get a pic of the white on white.

Here is the same floral stamp.  I inked the background on this plain white card with three shades of blue Distress Inks.  I went lighter in the center and darker on the edges.  The darkest color I used to stamp the entire floral image on the background.  I ran it through the die cutting machine inside the embossing folder for dimension. I love how it turned out.  It was so easy to line up and get it perfect. 

More Indie Bloom paper is behind the greeting.   I love this rainbow pattern!!!!

I can think of so many ways to use this stamp and embossing folder.  I just love how they work together or separately.  Wonderful!!

Thanks so much for stopping in to take a peek at my cards.  Have a great weekend.