Granted, there isn't much stamping here--other than the PaperTrey Green Thumb sentiment--but I had to share this one with you anyway. This was a recent contest entry for the PaperCrafts Stamping Royalty Contest. It was in the chipboard category--not a category that I won in, but still one of my favorite cards that I submitted. I have to confess that I really have to work at using chipboard. It doesn't come naturally. Also, I used Basic Grey Romani/Gypsy paper; again, not one of my favorite Basic Grey collections, but one that I have used almost a whole 6" x 6" pad of anyway--go figure! (Yes, I must grudgingly admit that I might just need another one. . . Maybe that means that I like it better than I first thought!)
These chipboard flowers started life as lightweight coasters. Then they met and fell madly in love with a Cuttlebug flower die. (I got it at either All That Scraps or Eclectic Paperie--can't remember which, but both places have them.) I colored them with some Clearsnap Fluid Chalk inks--the brights option assortment. The Green is SU's Green Galore--not exactly the right shade for this collection, but the closest that I had. A lime green would have been just right, but I kept my mat down to 1/16" so that the color variation wouldn't be as noticeable. Bright green dotted organdy is May Art Cindy-Ribbon, and eyelets are SU Bold Brights. I also dabbed a bit of Stickles on--love those things!
Have a happy day!
Edited to add: Kris asked a great question: "Where did you get the leaves?" I used the same die linked above for all of the chipboard pieces. For the large leaves, I cut apart that four-petaled leaf or flower. For the small leaves, I used the insides of the loopy daisy flower. Hope this helps!
