A Duo of Flower Cards for my August Class

I have enjoyed using Gingham Garden DSP and wanted to share this paper along with a 'scrunching' technique to make some flowers to compliment the paper.

The flowers were punched from 2 layers of Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Island Indigo cardstock using the 1 1/4" and 1 3/4" Scallop Circle punches and then spritzed with some Stampin' Mist, scrunched up and then left to dry. The central flower was punched using the Boho Blossoms punch.  Once dry the sets of flowers were then assmbled. Strips of Gingham Garden DSP were used as the background and the leaves were punched using the Bird Builder and Pear Pizzazz cardstock. The greeting is taken from Sassy Salutations in Island Indigo ink and the main card background is Midnight Muse. I think the flowers really go well with the flowers on the DSP - don't you think??

The second card uses a sponged vellum technique which I was shown by fellow demostrator, Caroline Baker. I also used two of the new 2013-2015 In-Colors, Baked Brown Sugar and Coastal Cabana. The vellum cardstock is stamped with one of the Flower Shop flowers in Versamark and then coated with White Emboss powder and heat embossed.  The image is then punched out and sponged on the back with Coastal Cabana. Once the stamp has been cleaned, more images are stamped onto Whisper White cardstock in Coastal Cabana ink.  The main card is made from Baked Brown Sugar.  The greeting is taken from the Hostess set Simply Sketched.  A piece of 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim in Coastal Cabana and some rhinestones and pearls complete the look.  I hope you like the effect and if you would like to have a go at this technique then contact me for either a party at your home or to come along to my classes. Thank you for looking!