WMS Flower Show

 

So yesterday we had snow.......sleet......in APRIL!!!  Field trips and baseball games.......all CANCELLED.  I am soo longing for sunshine and blue skies and so are my kids!!! 

 

So you may have seen a wonderful blog hop of crafters last week.......Waltzingmouse Stamps Flower Show.  Well, they haved issued a challenge to CASE one of the cards from the blog hop!  I have a very limited number of WMS sets and was determined to make what I had work for this challenge.  After all, that's what a challenge is! 

 

So I chose this fantastic card by JJ Bolton.....who utterly ROCKS anything she touches.  Her card is so simple but elegant at the same time and I certainly wouldn't have EVER created anything like it.  She uses black cardstock and gold embossing powder.  Those 2 things alone......I almost never use.  So friends........here is my best version of JJ Bolton's card.

 

 

I worked with Big Blooms Chrysanthemums and Vintage Alphabet.  I masked off my chrysanthemum and stamped the leaves and then heat embossed.  I looked and looked for some gold cardstock and came up empty.  So I went with gold pearls and rounded edges to bring in the extra gold that JJ used at her corners.  Thanks JJ for the beautiful inspiration!!!

 

 

 

I wanted to take this moment now to thank YOU all for the warm congrats, emails, and FB msgs about my Stamping Royalty win.  I am very humbled to have been chosen and it has certainly made my year!!!  ♥♥

 

 

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Stamps:  Big Bloom Chrysanthemums, Vintage Alphabet (WMS)

Paper:  Black (PTI)
Ink:  Versamark

Misc:  Gold Embossing Powder, Gold Pearls, Foam Adhesive