Magnificent Magnolia in May!

A Card a Day in May—Day #4! This card features the amazing magnolia bloom from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set, which I am so happy is carrying over into the new catalogue!

I did sort of a fun thing with this stamped image, I inked it up using my Calypso Coral, Mossy Meadow and Soft Suede Stampin’ Write markers. I then lightly spritzed it with my spritzer and some water. The image is stamped on Whisper White card stock so you can’t go too heavy on the water. Just a light mist right on the stamp itself and then you stamp the image to your card stock. The water just helps the edges soften a bit, and I found it actually made the Calypso Coral a little more pink which is why I based the rest of the card on Rocco Rose. I used some Designer Series Paper from Woven Threads and layered behind it a piece of Rocco Rose card stock that I ran through the Parisian Flourish 3C Embossing Folder.

Hello is stamped in Early Espresso and die cut with the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. To bring in that orange tone found in the DSP, I die cut one of the flowers from the Magnolia Memory Dies. And my secret weapon—marker flicking! It works every time as that extra touch. I used it to help take away the ‘whiteness’ of the magnolia bloom and add interest to the sentiment.

A little linen thread and some In Colour faceted dots, and voila!