DCM - May elemental inspiration

Morning!

Well, it's a brand-new month, so time for a brand-new elemental inspiration challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog.

This month Joanne is setting the challenge and here's the lovely inspiration she's provided for us:

For my elements, I went with pink/purple florals, black and white stripes, the use of stencils, and some droplets:

Stamps and stencils: The Greetery - Print Shop: Spring Mix
Dies: The Greetery - Print Shop: Spring Mix, The Greetery - Sentiment Suite Basics

I started out by cutting the main Print Shop: Spring Mix die from a sheet of 12x12 Marshmallow cardshoppe, so I'd be all set to stencil a few backgrounds as and when.

I used a combination of inks (which are all listed below) for the ink blending and direct stamping. The pink and purple tones from The Stamp Market really do replicate the tones you usually see in fuchsias, begonias, and the like. I'm not usually a big user of purple, but I may be using this combination of colours again, very soon!

Some of the flowers are stamped and die-cut for extra pop, with clear Nuvo drops added to the centres.

Once all the Spring Mix flowers were done, it was just a matter of adding that bold stripe (from an old Crate Paper collection) and the sentiment.

The sentiment is also from the Spring Mix set and stamped on a banner die from the Sentiment Suite Basics set.

Once everything was assembled, I just needed to add some grey Nuvo jewel droplets to the background.

Make sure you check out the wonderful projects from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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The Greetery - Print Shop: Spring Mix stamps and stencils Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Print Shop: Spring Mix dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Sentiment Suite Basics dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	Lawn Fawn - Fresh Lavender ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)
Lawn Fawn - Jalapeño ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK)	Lawn Fawn - Noble Fir ink pad Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	The Stamp Market - Fresh Pink ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Fuschia ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Orchid ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Party Pink ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Wisteria ink pad Shop at: MISC	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Bazzill Cardshoppe - Butter Mints Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Bazzill Cardshoppe - Marshmallow Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: EH | MISC	Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops - Morning Dew (clear) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SHC (UK)
Tonic Studios Nuvo Jewel Drops - Grey Mist Shop at: EH | SBC	Tonic Studios Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC
Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Taylored Expressions - Blender Brushes Shop at: MISC	Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC

Comments

[Angelnorth]

Such a lovely burst of colour Nat, sure to be greeted with a smile on opening the envelope.