Shades of purple paired with a crisp green are on the menu with today's card! The layout is inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and gave me a great reason to use the large almond branch image in he Lovely & Sweet stamp set.
I started with a clean card base and used Basic White thick. Then I layered the strips of DSP and specialty papers according to the challenge. The Perennial Lavender DSP has some beautiful patterns though these narrow strips don't really show them off. The wider strip in the center is a piece of retired Fine Shimmer paper in Fresh Freesia. It's such a gorgeous paper I wish they would have options for all of the colors! The current Soft Shimmer Specialty paper is almost exactly the same if you're looking for a similar but currently available option.
Next I stamped the large image in Shaded Spruce ink and then colored it in with my Blends markers. Then die cut it and popped it on dimensionals.
The sentiment from the same stamp set is stamped in Shaded Spruce and adhered with mini dimensionals.
A few retired Opaque Adhesive-backed gems in Gorgeous Grape are sprinkled around the image for a final touch. The current Purple Fine Shimmer gems are an excellent substitution.
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Thanks for looking! Did you stamp today?
Stamps: Lovely & Sweet
Ink: Shaded Spruce
Blends: Shaded Spruce light & dark, Fresh Freesia dark, Highland Heather light, SU400, SU600
Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Perennial Lavender DSP, Fine Shimmer Specialty paper (retired)
Accessories: Lovely & Sweet dies, dimensionals, Opaque Adhesive-backed gems (retired)
These purples are lovely! Such a pretty card! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!
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