Monday 29 January 2024

Perennial Lavender Suite Thank You for the International Blog Highlights Winner's Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog. Earlier in the month, I participated in Kylie Bertucci's International Blog Highlights and after the voting had closed I was delighted to find myself in the Top Ten!

Thank you so much to everyone who visited the gallery and voted for my card. If you missed it, you can read all about it here. I am absolutely thrilled to be eligible to take part in this winner's hop.

For my card for today I am using the Perennial Lavender Suite again. Indeed, I have decided to use up some of the extra elements I prepared for my original card, so this card has a similar colour combination, with a different look. There is a mixture of stamped and die-cut images, die-cut card and also die-cut DSP. The Lost Lagoon foliage is cut from DSP - its appearance is not quite as solid looking as card stock.

I gathered the pieces and arranged them into a little bouquet and used a mixture of glue dots and mini dimensionals to secure them together. Then I tied them together with some Linen Thread.

I am using the Perennial Postage dies for the first time! I cut two the same size and off-set them as a foil for the hand-tied flowers. One is cut from Blackberry Bliss and the other is cut from DSP. The DSP is embossed using the Sale-a-Bration Softly Sophisticated folder, which was supposed to be mounted with the other side facing uppermost for more contrast! Oops, I made a mistake, so I made it again with slightly different colours.

For the sentiment I cut two small banners from the Postage dies. Firstly, I stamped the simple Thank You from the Timeless Arrangements set on the Crumb Cake one using Blackberry Bliss ink. The Blackberry Bliss one is split into two pieces before adhering to the Crumb Cake one so that a small portion extends from each end.

I am pleased that I was able to make another card using treasures from my desk. Click on the names below to hop around and see the other fabulous projects. Enjoy! I hope you have been inspired today - please leave a comment let me know what you think, and if you live in the UK you can purchase these products below.

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Do you need any of the products used on today's cards? If you live in the UK please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop. You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.

Stay safe and as always, happy crafting,

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