Add Spots or Stripes...

Hi there.   I have been chock full of a cold I caught before I came home and it's not improved much this week.   I had Monday and Friday off sick... I haven't done much crafting till this weekend.   I had to make my Dad's Father's Day card (3rd September) and his birthday card (10th September) so I could get them in the post.... I'll share these later.. and then I had to make my sample card for Die Cut Divas for the 31st August.   Once that was done I thought I'd make a card for The Flower Challenge.... Add spots or stripes... made it and them realised the challenge finished two days ago!!!!!  Oh well, another card for my stash!!

I started by taking a piece of gold foiled stripe card and using my new Hero Arts Infinity Arched dies I cut the card.  I took some rose gold card and used the dies to make a frame.  Next up was to do the embossed background.   I have a Spellbinders M-Bossibility Reversable Embossing folder (circa 2012) and used the dotted chevron side.  I haven't used this folder for such a long time!  At the recent SENZ fair I picked up the a Spellbinders die called Layering Cherry Blossoms.   I die cut the flowers from some paint chips and added some inking.  The branches were cut from kraft card and I used some Altenew Sea Form ink to add shading.   The leaves were cut from green card and blended with the same ink.  Added the branches and flowers over the frame.   I had the Cherish sentiment already stamped and die cut (From Couture Creations "For You" stamp and die mini set) and added along the bottom of the frame.

All in all, a good weekend of crafting.