Coneflower Celebrations . . . what a gorgeous product bundle from Stampin' Up! None of the photos that I'm sharing in this post do justice to the colors, texture, dimension, and beauty of this project. Let's start with a photo of the whole card:
My cardstock colors are Soft Sea Foam, Early Espresso, Garden Green, and Azure Afternoon. The embossed white layer features the Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder. I'm so happy to have this embossing folder and wish my photos showed just how pretty it really is. The designer paper is from a retired 6x6 collection, and the light blue gems are from a card kit--most likely a previous Paper Pumpkin kit.
Alcohol markers were used to color the die-cut butterfly, and I also used an alcohol marker to color the Rhinestone Jewels that I placed on the flower center. The butterfly and the center of the coneflower were brushed with Wink of Stella. It's hard to tell from the photos, but blending brushes were used to deepen the color of the die-cut vein detail on the leaves, the top portion of the flower petals, and the edges of the flower center.
The dies in this bundle seem to be very well thought out. Just look at the detail on the flower center! I used the four dies to cut my leaves, but the stamp set also includes leaf images that coordinate with the dies so they could have even more detail and depth--and either (stamps or dies) could be used one without the other. Something else that I love about this bundle is that one (maybe two) coneflowers on a card would be just about all that is really needed to complete a gorgeous card for someone special. There are times when I don't feel very creative and/or just don't have time to play around with ideas that I might end up not liking. This gorgeous coneflower could take a project from start to finish in no time!
In closing, here's the finished card one more time . . .