Create With Connie & Mary Saturday Blog Hop

Texture Time Theme!

Welcome to our Saturday Blog Hop at Create With Connie & Mary! Before I show you my project for our weekly blog hop, I want to say congrats and good luck to Mary Brown. She has been part of Create with Connie & Mary for many, many years and is now retiring and planning on traveling with her hubby. I was graciously asked to take Mary’s spot as Connie’s partner so you’ll see some new things happening on my blog starting April 1st!

Our theme this week is texture! I added texture to my white layer by adding some embossing paste using the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks and Embossing Paste. Once my paste was dry, I used a Blending Brush to add Lost Lagoon Ink over the paste:

You can see how pretty the inked embossing paste looks like in these two photos, along with all of my pretty layers:

Stampin’ Up! Products Used:

• Stamps: Stippled Roses
• Inks: Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock
• Cardstock: Granny Apple Green, Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock, Basic White
• Designer Paper: Inked Botanicals
• Tools & Accessories: Deckled Circles Dies, Stippled Roses Dies, Artistic Mix Decorative Masks, Palette Knives, Embossing Paste, Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Adhesive-Backed Shiny Sequins

Card Recipe:

• Card Base: Pretty Peacock Cardstock 11″ x 4-1/4″. Score and fold at 5-1/2″.
• Layer 2: Lost Lagoon Cardstock 5-1/4″ x 4″. Glue to card base.
• Layer 3: Inked Botanicals Designer Paper 5″ x 3-3/4″. Glue to card base.
• Layer 4: Basic White Cardstock cut with the 4-1/4″ Deckled Circles Dies. Chop off about 1″ on one side to make it flat. Spread Embossing Paste with a Palette Knife over the mask. Allow to dry. Once dry, use a Blending Brush to add Lost Lagoon Ink over the embossing paste. Glue even to the left side of the designer paper on the card front.
• Layer 5: Stamp the large flower image on Basic White Cardstock with Pretty Peacock Ink. Cut with the die. Glue to card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Branches: Cut three different branches with the dies and Lost Lagoon Cardstock. Tuck and glue under the stippled flowers.
• Sentiment: Stamp the sentiment on Granny Apple Green Cardstock 3-3/4″ x 3/8″ with Pretty Peacock Ink. Glue to card front over the flower.
• Bling: Add Adhesive-Backed Shiny Sequins to the background.

Now you can follow the rest of the Saturday Blog Hop by clicking on the links below to visit my talented teammates! Click PREVIOUS to visit Libby and NEXT to visit Melissa: