This Beautiful Gallery Orange Floral Card came together pretty easily once I decided on colors for the center focal point. The Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper is truly beautiful to use and several of the papers could, maybe should, be framed for home decor!
This particular paper I chose for the background on this card is not like most of the other papers. Most are outdoor landscapes, floral sketches, or look like images you would see in an old-world art gallery. This paper looks more like a tapestry or beautiful fabric, but the design and colors really appealed to me. The Lost Lagoon cardstock card base is cut at 11″ x 4 1/4″ with the fold at the top instead of the side just for something different.
The center panel is another of the papers with outlines of flowers and foliage. I decided to color in three of the flowers and foliage, but not all of the images. I intended to color the flowers with Peach Pie Stampin’ Blends with maybe a highlight of Pumpkin Pie, but I got my colors mixed up and only used the Light and Dark Pumpkin Pie Combo. The leaves were colored with Light Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blend and just a touch of Lost Lagoon on one feathery type of leafy foliage.
To make this floral piece go with the background, I sponged it lightly all around the edges with Lost Lagoon ink, but also brushed the sponge lightly across the paper as well to make it look blended with the print in the background. This 3″ x 3″ piece is layered on a 3 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock Before adhering to the card, I wrapped around some Linen Thread and tied a bow. Then that piece was popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
For a greeting, I chose one in the Greetings For All Ephemera Pack. I sponged a little Lost Lagoon ink on that and layered it on a small diecut circle in the Unbounded Love Dies. That little greeting has a Stampin’ Dimensional under the bottom portion so that the top will lay over the floral piece and the bottom part is popped up even with the floral piece.