The Beautiful Thistle Bundle is one that I wanted because of some great memories. One of my first trips to Europe was to Scotland and Ireland. I remember seeing all the Thistle items in the gift shops and in the countryside. So when it was in the Mini Catalog, I knew I had to have it.
Beautiful Thistle Bundle
This pretty bundle has a variety of thistle stamps and greenery as well as some wonderful sentiments. The matching dies will cut out the thistle images, as well as pieces to create your own thistle. That is what I have done. I may have taken some color liberties with my thistle, but that is fine. The details on both the Highland Heather flower and the Soft Succulent neck are really pretty and add to the images without a need for stamping. I did keep the stem fairly simple and a darker shade using Evening Evergreen for it.
Papers
With knowing I was making a Purple thistle, I looked for paper that would fit as a background and have appropriate colors. This piece was found in the Dainty Flowers Designer Series Paper. It is a Free one with Sale-A-Bration. And if it is sold out, there are a couple of options in the papers in the Annual Catalog.
By pulling from this piece of DSP, I went with Sahara Sand as the card base. Then added a layer of Gorgeous Grape for a deeper purple. These colors all work wonderfully with the shades in the DSP piece.
Sentiment and Embellishments
Having said there are great sentiments in the Thistle set, I chose a fun birthday greeting from the Charming Sentiments Bundle. This is a set of all sentiments with matching Sentiment Silhouette Dies that cut around each of the sentiments. I love that look. To continue with the colors in the paper, I chose So Saffron as the sentiment layer. And stamped the sentiment using Orchid Oasis. It is another Purple option.
To finish the card, you know I needed a bit of bling. This time I chose to use the Elegant Faceted Gems. Because of the watercolor look of the paper I thought they were a perfect choice. The clear drops could be water drops, and are scattered around.
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Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie

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