Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop

I'm playing along with this month's Papertrey Ink blog hop even though this month's inspiration photo is a little out of my comfort zone.  The focal image of the photo is a super feminine floral bouquet and soft pink-orange-yellow color palette.  I’m not a big floral person, so I kept things clean and simple for my card, opting for just a few blooms instead of a full-blown bouquet and using fewer colors.

I used two of the colors that I generally wouldn’t put together for my card—Summer Sunrise and Harvest Gold—along with the Daydreamer set. I stamped the stems in green ink, then added a matching bloom at the top of each with a stamp first inked in Harvest Gold, then rolled along the edges in Summer Sunrise, then blended with a light tap into my Harvest Gold ink pad to soften the colors. The result is a super subtle gradation in the colors on the petals—just what I was looking for!

The layout is very simple. I attached a strip of Summer Sunrise cardstock to the right side of the image panel and used my sewing machine to zig zag stitch along the end, then attached the panel to a Harvest Gold card base. I stamped one of the set’s sentiments in Orange Zest ink on a Summer Sunrise panel—I tried Summer Sunrise ink first, but it looked too light on the panel. I think this sentiment is perfect for a birthday card! A Summer Sunrise button, tied with some Summer Sunrise satin ribbon, is the only other embellishment on the card.  I think I might try the design again in a Berry Sorbet/Sweet Blush color combination . . .

Materials Used:
Daydreamer stamp set, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, and Simply Chartreuse inks, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, and White cardstock, Summer Sunrise satin ribbon, Summer Sunrise button (Papertrey Ink); 1 ¾” circle punch (EK Success); sewing machine