Clean and Simple . . . tulips!

We've had more rain in the last 10 days than we've had all winter, but the daffodils and tulips are standing tall.   While looking out the window and hoping for a shot of inspiration, I immediately thought of all the stencils I could for this week's post:  there's the rain (LJ905) and umbrellas (LJ908) background stencil, and all those beautiful flowers: tulips (LL377), irises (LL374), roses (LL375), daffodils (LL428), lillies (LL376), sunflowers (LL429) . . . the possibilities were endless. After mixing and matching, here's the finished card.

And it's really easy.   Begin by dry-embossing the Long Tulip stencil (LL377) three times.  With the stencil in place, color each image to coordinate with your patterned paper.  After the ink has dried, trim around each image and then cut away the larger leaves from the flowers.  Position the flowers as you would a bouquet and tuck the leaves in the background for balance.  Attach ribbon to hide the stem ends and three pearls or other embellishment of your choice.

There's more to see and be inspired by on the Dream Team blogs.  Start at the Dreamweaver blog, Dream it Up! and then follow along to the rest of the sites.  I can't think of a better rainy day activity!

Pam Hornschu   

Laura Drahozal  

Louise Healy  

Wendy Jordan  

Terrece Siddoway 

Kristi Van Doren 

Georgia Sommers 

Lee Kellogg 

Liz Martin  (you're here)

 Cyndi Bundy 

Cherylynn Moser

 

 

Happy crafting,

 Liz