Cherry Blossom Bliss

     This was a QUICK card that I threw together late last night/early this morning as my DS was having a "sleep"over and I was up anyway.  As soon as I saw this pretty jar 

 from this week's Inspiration site Williams Sonoma, I thought of a technique to capture the feel of the piece.  I simply inked up the negative side of my pretty Cherry Blossom ef with a LOT of Island Indigo ink ( I really should have used Midnight Muse, but I wasn't looking at the picture when  I chose the ink). I purposely swirled the ink around with a direct to "paper" technique to try to imitate the glaze on the beautiful jar. Then I stamped my sentiment in Versafine Onyx and then put it onto a top fold Whisper White base.

 This was a super quick card that could handle any type of sentiment, but with this Scripture verse it could either be a card of encouragement or a sympathy card.

Stamps: Verve Romans 8:18

Paper: Whisper White

Paper Size: A2

Ink: Island Indigo, Versafine Onyx

Accessories: Cherry Blossom ef(Darice I think)

Techniques: Faux Letterpress

     Here's another I did a while back with the same ef only this time I sponged the raised areas after embossing.

Stamps: Elegant Greetings

Paper: Pink Pirouette, Whisper White

Ink: Regal Rose

Accessories: Cherry Blossom ef by Nellie Snellen, Nestabilities Circles, Sponge, Whisper White Organza, Antique Brad

Techniques: Dry Embossing, Sponging, Sponging in the DIe

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