Hello, my friends! It's that time again - this month at The Flower Challenge we're changing the shape of things... okay maybe just the shape of your card!
Square cards are great for tucking into a gift, for a quick note, and are easy to fill up with some of those larger image stamps in our stash. Take this gorgeous image from Altenew's Build-A-Garden: Pristine Peonies for instance.
I stamped the largest of the two images in the set onto Neenah 80# cardstock and used the coordinating stencils to add shades of purple and green. The image was cut using its die and mounted onto a 4x4" piece of purple card that had been embossed with my SU Tasteful Textile folder before adding it to my 4.25" square card base. Easy peasy! Another sweet little Betterpress-ed sentiment from Spellbinders' A little Message set completes my square card.
So, are you willing to be a little square along with us this month? We sure hope so! You'll find tons of inspiration over at The Flower Challenge Blog!
=] Michele
Gorgeous!!! Beautiful color choices and I love the embossing in the background!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is SO pretty Michele and fits perfectly onto a square card base...LOVE it!! Your ink colors are gorgeous too!! Can we play with this set on Wednesday pretty please?!! Hugs. :0)
ReplyDeleteYou've captured that bloom perfectly on your square card! Love the purples too!
ReplyDeleteLove this beautiful big bloom nestling in a square, so perfect!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous, Michele! That bloom is so large and it looks fantastic on the perfectly sized square card. Love this!
ReplyDeleteWell dang girl! This is stunning and amazing job of getting the purples in your photograph! [I never have luck with that]
ReplyDeleteOh the added shading of the stenciling is fabulous! Beautifully done!
ReplyDeleteThat pretty bloom fills your card perfectly, Michele! You picked the perfect colors too. Fabulous card!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous image and I swoon over all that rich purple and texture. A square card is just the ticket sometimes. This is exquisite, Michele, but exquisite in a fun way. I love that!
ReplyDeleteWow, M, you and Marcia were on the same page with your bold blow-my-socks off colorful bloom designs! This is simply charming in every way in your shades of purple and green! Hugs, D
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Michele. Beautiful bloom.
ReplyDeleteGoodness, this is so pretty, Michele!
ReplyDeleteWow, that beautiful purple bloom fits your square card perfectly. Love all the shades of purple and green.
ReplyDeleteI think these little square cards are adorable and so perfect tucked into a gift or just because! Love, love, love all this purple and the textured purple in the background is a perfect "flower bed".
ReplyDeleteWow! I'm drooling -- this is SO stunning!
ReplyDeleteThat peony fills the card beautifully, Michele, and I love it on the dark purple background.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty. Purple and green is one of my favourite colour combos xx
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