For today's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps, I have created a Mother's Day kitchen table still-life scene featuring the KSS Hydrangea Multi Step Clear Stamps and a sentiment from KSS Whole Family Clear Stamps.
As a child I can remember my grandmother and grandfather always coming to visit at our house on Mother's Day, and they always brought my mother a beautiful potted hydrangea.
Some years it was pink and some years it was purple. So every third year or so, I carry on the tradition by featuring a hydrangea on my mother's card on Mother's Day.
I started first by stenciling a wallpaper design on the cardfront using Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide. The stencil is by Heidi Swapp. I then added wood plank designer paper from My Mind's Eye on the bottom fourth of the card. Next I stamped Mom on the die cut jar and added the bow before securing it to the card front.
Now I was ready for the hydrangeas. Here is the Color Recipe I used to create them.
The Flowers
Layer 4 - Stampin' Up Blackberry Bliss
Layer 3 - Memento Sweet Plum
Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Highland Heather
Layer 1 - Memento Lulu Lavender
The Leaves
Layer 1 - Memento Bamboo Leaves
Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Old Olive
Layer 3 - Memento Olive Grove
Sentiment - Stampin' Up Blackberry Bliss
I want to share a little something that I do when fussy cutting that I think makes a great difference in the look of the card. I always sponge the edges of the cut out pieces in a medium tone color to insure that no white from the cardstock shows.
After I had finished the sponging, I glued down the leaves and the small hydrangea and all the leaves to the card front. The finishing touch was to pop-up the large hydrangea with dimensional.
I am entering my Mother's Day card in the following challenges this week:
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 578 - Flowers
Be inspired by more beautiful Kitchen Sink Stamps creations on the blogs of the Kitchen Crew linked below.
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