Hello and welcome to my blog. This group has had a short creative break, but I am excited to say that I am hopping with Ink and Inspiration team again today. I have chosen to feature products from the Florals in Bloom Suite, together with a few of my favourite go to dies for this project.

Our inspiration comes from a sketch this month. I have used the elements of the sketch, although I may have adjusted the proportions of the elements.

I started by stamping some flowers using the colour palette used in the Florals in Bloom Designer Series Paper. The DSP has a lot of different coloured flowers and I quickly decided to restrict my selection to Strawberry Slush paired with Pretty in Pink, Timid Tiger (full strength and stamped off) plus Granny Apple Green for the leaves.

Selecting Timid Tiger surprised me, because I don't normally choose orange flowers and I don't stamp with it very often either! The pink and orange flowers seemed to sit pleasantly together, so I rolled with it and continued to create a little bouquet of blooms.

The flowers are created using two stamps; one for the background and another one for the detail. I prefer to stamp the lighter colour for the background first and then go back over with the darker shade. You can use one ink pad and use the second generation of ink to achieve the paler shade for the background, which I did with the Timid Tiger ink. Alternatively, you can use colour buddy ink pads which are naturally lighter and darker shades. For example, Strawberry Slush and Pretty in Pink.

I created layers using the Textured Notes dies - one is cut from the Woven Textures DSP and the other is simply Basic White overstamped with text and splatters from the Elements of Text set. I used Crumb Cake Ink stamped off a couple of times to give a really faded impression to complement both the Crumb Cake base card and the DSP.

I curled the petals and leaves of the flowers and foliage between my thumb and bone folder to add texture before adhering them to the card using a mixture of Mini Dimensionals and Glue Dots. The sketch includes a tag shape and I have too - granted it's a mini one, but it is the perfect size for the hello from the Sweet Blooms set. The tag is the smallest tag from the Nested Essentials set which, as the name suggests, is very useful!

Obviously I needed to add a linen thread bow, because a bouquet wouldn't be complete without one! And, finally, I added some bling in the form of holographic dots.

I hope that you are inspired by my card today and that you will continue along the hop to see what the others have created too - click on the names below to enjoy their projects. We would love to hear from you and so if you have been inspired, please leave a comment.

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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