Sep 12 2007
Cameo, Fantasy Floral Garden
There are so many pretty images in Flourishes’ new Fantasy Floral Garden – 23 in all – and as I was looking over them trying to choose something to share I kept getting drawn back to this sweet little Lily of the Valley with its delicate nodding bloom. In the end I decided to go with my inclination and use these two stamps from the set — the flower and the “Hello”. You can view the whole set here and while you’re at it, you may want to check out their Fantasy Floral Combo Kit which includes a pad of BasicGrey 6×6 Infuse designer paper and two yards of ribbon — a great way to get started, especially since the stamps and paper combine so beautifully.
For my card I used BasicGrey Lily Kate paper which is also carried in the store. I purchased my Lily Kate ribbon collection from Jacksonbelle Embellishments some time ago so I was happy to have the opportunity to use it now. It is available at Flourishes, as well. The blue trim is Lily Kate and the pink taffeta is from Stampin’ Up!.
Once I stamped the flower image on a scallop punched oval I added a little color to it, then pressed it into my Versamark pad and embossed with ultra-thick embossing powder (Stampin’ Up!’s Glassy Glaze). I repeated the Versamark/Glassy Glaze process two more times, then placed the oval in the freezer while I went back to the card. The plain oval was lightly sponged with Brocade Blue, pressed into the Versamark pad and clear embossed with ordinary embossing powder. I then used my piercing tool to scratch the edges and rubbed over it with Creamy Caramel ink. It gave it sort of a cracked look. It’s not as good as the real thing, but I ran out of Glassy Glaze and had to improvise. I was now ready to remove my flower oval from the freezer. I immediately bent it in several spots to crack the glaze, then rubbed over it with Creamy Caramel. The ink colors the cracks and adds to the aged look and excess ink can be wiped from the rest of the image with a tissue.
More particulars about the card’s ingredients are listed below. If you browse Flourishes’ Designer Gallery you can find more cards made with this set and their other sets, as well. I hope you enjoy, and have a wonderful day!
Stamps: Fantasy Floral Garden
Paper: Brocade Blue, So Saffron, Whisper White, BasicGrey Lily Kate designer paper
Ink: Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Brocade Blue, So Saffron, Versamark, markers and chalks for coloring
Accessories: Lily Kate trim, pink taffeta ribbon, Glassy Glaze (ultra-thick embossing powder), scallop punch, oval punch, brads, Scotch brand dimensional mounting tape
HOLY SMOKES! This is incredible! This card is pure vintage beauty!
This is just gorgeous! Thank you for sharing it!
Beautiful card! I love the soft colors and the cracked glass really makes it stand out!
Your card is absolutely beautiful! I love the whole look of it..the colours, the trims…it’s just WOW!
Oh how soft and breath taking this card is. The set lends it self to so many looks adn you achieve a stunning finished product. WoW!
Beautiful, love the cracked finish on both of the ovals, very creative with the piercing tool, looks great!
Leslie, I just have to say you make the most BEAUTIFUL cards! I enjoy my email so much more when ever I see Running with Scissors in my in box! Thanks for sharing all your beautiful work!
WOW!!!! Another Gem!!!! Absolutely Beautiful!!!!
Gorgeous! Love your vintage look cracked glass image, DP, ribbons and design. Now that we are “finally” back on the satellite I can surf more in less time. Can’t wait to check our your Flourishes site. TFS
This is absolutely beautiful. You are amazing!
I LOVE your card!
My oh my - what lovely eye candy this is! The Lily Kate trim and SU taffeta ribbon are gorgeous on this. The folks at Basic Grey should come to take a look at what you do with their papers. TFS!
This is absolute beauty!! I love the cracked glass, papers, and combination of ribbon you’ve used. This is sooo gorgeous!!
Leslie you never cease to inspire and amaze! This is GORGEOUS!!!
Gorgeous! I love the coloring of your main image and of course the cracked glass. Wonderful card.
oohhh! aahhh! this is just gorgeous! (as always)
Leslie - you are a wonderful inspiration for all of us!! This card is simply divine!
Oh, Leslie — this is just so pretty! I love the scallops on the cracked glass — who would have thought! And this little flower is just darling — the delicate paper is the perfect compliment to it!
What a lovely, lovely card!!! Everything is just perfect!!! And I love your faux cracked glass as well — how clever!!! I need to come up with a cracked glass project for a hostess club real soon!!! And I’m noticing, you do an excellent job linking everything in your description — gee, that must take time — but what a nice thing to do — I suppose I should think of that!!!
Another stunner! Your work is so beautiful, Leslie. I love the soft antique look of this…the combo of patterns, soft colors, the cracked glass, and the very elegant image and sentiment. Just lovely!
Lovely card, Leslie! I love the old fashioned, genteel look of it. The wonderful oval cracked glass image you created works perfectly here. Very inspiring use of the Lily Kate papers and trim. Linda
This is so pretty! I love the oval image and the papers are just lovely!
So soft and pretty! It just feels antique vintage to me!!
Very delicate & beautiful. Cracked glass is so pretty but I have such a hard time getting mine to look decent. Yours is wonderful. Ida
Gorgeous! The cracked glass looks so antique and goes wonderfully with that BG paper!
I finally bought some glassy glaze on my last SU! order, so maybe I’ll get to actually try this technique now. I just love your card. It has such old fashioned beauty.
I really love this card - it’s so soft & pretty, and cracked glass is one of my favorite techniques. I also love how you scratched up the oval with your piercer to age it, what a neat idea!
Hello!! This is splendid! Love it!
~Ang