I have previously shared products from the Hydrangea Hill Suite. Today I have again used quite a bit from the suite. I love everything in that group and want to use it regularly!
From the photo it is a bit difficult to see the card base. I played with different colors of cardstock to see what I prefered to pair with this gorgeous DSP this time around. The Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper has a variety of gorgeous colors. I finally decided on Purple Posy as the card base and Seaside Spray for the layer. Both are very soft colors that I feel compliment those in the paper.
I chose to use two different pieces of the DSP. The stripe piece is 2″ and the floral is 3 1/8 in height. I used the Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon to tie the two pieces together. I made a simple wrap of the ribbon , which is secured on the back of the layers. Then I cut a separate 4″ strip that i slid beneath the ribbon on the front and just tied a knot. These are my favorite kind of bows!!
I also added a tag from the die set, Hydrangea Dies, although it is part of the Hydrangea Haven Bundle. I die cut the tag and then placed a glue dot on the larger section. That made it very easy to slide the small loop beneath the ribbon and position it properly before allowing the opposite end to touch and adhere.
The flower is the star of the show and I wanted it to PoP!! I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then colored with the Stampin’ Blends. I mixed in a few different colors for the little blossoms after coloring the entire flower lightly with the Light Purple Posy Stampin’ Blend. The leaves are colored with Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. The flower is die cut and then has quite a few Stampin’ Dimensionals under it to raise it to show off its color and give it some depth from the DSP. The final touch was to add a couple of Pearls to the flower head. I opted for the basic white pearl instead of the Pastel Pearls so they would stand out a bit more. The pastel ones would be lovely as well.
Here are the measurements I used.
- Base card of Purple Posy cardstock cut 4 1/4 X 11
- Layer of Seaside Spray cut 4 X 5 1/4
- Flower layer of DSP cut 3 7/8 X 3 1/8
- Stripe layer of DSP cut 3 7/8 X 2
Remember that Sale-A-Bration ends on Sunday night. If you have been waiting , the time is almost up. If there is anything I can assist you with, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. Also, Stampin’ Up! has released one little bit of information regarding the Strawberry Punch. It has been backordered and they are two shipments on the way. However, delays happen. So they have allowed us to say that the Strawberry Bundle will be carrying over to the next Annual Catalog! WooHoo!!! I love this bundle, and obviously a lot of you do as well!!. I am thrilled that it will carry over so I can continue to enjoy using it.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you will return on Monday for another new project.
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