Something Old, Something New

This weeks sketch challenge at Stamping 411 just screamed at me to use up some bits and pieces of designer paper that I had laying around.  The designer paper actually retired at the end of July and it is so pretty I was glad to be able to use it again.

I attached two strips of Botanical Gazette Designer Series Paper to a piece of Very Vanilla card  – one in Marina Mist and Early Expresso and the other in Old Olive – and then embossed it using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.  Then I attached another strip of Designer Paper with the gorgeous Marina Mist birds over the top.  I stamped one of the flowers from a Hostess Set called Posy Punch which will be released on the 1st September using Cherry Cobler ink onto Very Vanilla card and punched it out using the Fancy Flower Punch.  (There are 3 flowers in this Hostess Set and they can all be punched using the Fancy Flower Punch – so easy to get the perfect accent.)  I added a gorgeous Antique Brad to the centre of the flower and attached it over the Designer Paper using dimensionals. 

So simple, but so pretty, don’t you think?

Bye for now, Kris.