Oct 01 2009
Flower Soft Blog Hop
It’s the first of the month again, so that means another fun Flower Soft Blog Hop! Our challenge this month was to create a Halloween themed project using our favorite Flower Soft. Well, my card is more fall or autumn than it is Halloween, so in keeping with the spirit of things, I went with an orange and black color scheme!!! Take a look:
Fun card to make! The white die cut accents pop off the black and the Copic colored JustRite image is accented with just a tiny bit of Flower Soft on the leaves — and oh my — how the addition of that tiny bit of Flower Soft just made the image pop and come to life — amazing. Here’s a close up of it:
Can you see just a tiny bit of Flower Soft on the leaf centers? I applied my Flower Soft Glue to the tiny leaves with the tip of a paper piercer and it worked great. In retrospect I wish I had taken a *before* picture without the Flower Soft so you could compare — it really adds so much. We were asked to use our favorite Flower Soft color — well, my favorite changes depending on the type of project I’m doing. Today I just had to use the Autumn Mix Flower Soft – love it for autumn themed cards. The colors are just lovely and work so well with fall type images.
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Stamps: Autumn Blessings by JustRite
Paper: SU Black, White, Pumpkin Pie, Cast A Spell DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: Autumn Mix Flower Soft, Flower Soft Glue, Petite Oval Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Martha Stewart Fence Punch, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder and Corner Dies, SU Corner Rounder, Xyron X
Shopping:
Flower Soft for all Flower Soft products as well as those used today, linked above.
Stamp Simply Ribbon Store carries these items used on today’s project: Autumn Blessings Set, 2 1/4 x 3 1/16″ Oval Stamper, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink (not yet shown, but I have it), Classic Oval Nestabilities, Scor-It
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Now, check out the Flower Soft Blog and the links below from the rest of the team to see som FAB projects and get inspired. And as an added bonus we have a Guest Designer this month, too – welcome, Jeanne!
Thanks much for stopping in! I’ll be back later tonight with our weekly Stamp Simply Challenge, so hope to see you then! Thanks much!!! Have a great day!
Love your card Sharon. Perfect embossing folder for the vines in the black paper. Loving the DP on the bottom, perfect for the stamp!
Love you pretty pumpkin card with the die cuts-neat card with the flower soft. tfs
love the cardits so pretty and very fall i love the black back ground have a awsome day
Totally gorgeous card, Sharon!!!! I ams till havong a hard time with the Flower Soft. It never looks right, hmmm maybe I need to get some lessons from you ;D. Hugs, Sabrina
So beautiful Sharon! Elegant and the touch of Flower Soft is perfect!
Absolutely lovely! What a super idea of adding a touch of Flower Soft to those leaves — they DO pop the whole card!! Thank you for sharing such a gorgeous card!!
~Amy S.~
Very pretty! Love the pumpkin image, the corner desings.. and the flowr soft placed randomly on the image. TFS!
WOW; this is G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!!! Even without the “before/after” photos, I can totally see what you mean about the pop of the white/black & easily see the Flower Soft really adds a lot to those leaves!
So pretty Sharon- you are so good! Love the embossed BG and the white flourishes!
Your pumpkins are colored so beautifully, and I love your festive papers!! I love all of your die cut accents as well!!