Monday, September 8, 2008

Lavender card using Flower Soft


One of the many of my favorite Stampin' Up! stamp sets is this set called "Long-Time Friend". It seemed to be calling me to get it out again and use it and what better way to also use my new Lavender colored Flower Soft embellishment.

FLOWER SOFT is so easy to use and adds lovely dimension and realistic beauty to your cards. Click on the word FLOWER SOFT to take you to the site that creates this product. I purchased my Flower soft products here in Ottawa at HEATHER'S STAMPING HAVEN.

Flower Soft comes in many colors as well as seasonal mixes. I'm getting ready to make some Christmas cards soon and you'll see on them how realistic the trees look. And on the plus side, while it gives a 3 dimensional look to your stamped image, it isn't bulky so no worries about extra postage for mailing from its use.


For this particular card I added three sprigs of lavender tied with lavender satin bow. This is so EASY to do! I cut approximately a two inch length of wire, covered the end about 1/2 inch in glue (Aleen's works great. You want a thicker glue so it will cling to the wire and not run down.) Next, I took "pinches" of the flower soft product and sprinkled it all around the end of the wire. When I'd cover it to my satisfaction I set the sprig upright in a dry sponge to hold it up to dry. VOILA! Once dried (which doesn't take too long) you have lovely sprigs of dried flowers.



This is really a simple card using a lot of fun tools, such as the Martha Stewart border punch, Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder, twinkling H2O's to color the image and my rectangle Nestibilities to cut and emboss the border.



I'm mailing this card off to a special person for her birthday. Stay tuned for more cards using this fun new product. I still have a lot to learn as to the proper technique for using flower soft, but half the fun comes in the experimentation and creation.

Cheers!

9 comments:

  1. Jennifer this is just over the top gorgeous! I am going to have to get me some of that flower soft! It really adds to the image!

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  2. Absolutely gob-smacking-GORGEOUS Ms Jennifer! I don't remember ever seeing Flowersoft used so beautifully! You are SUCH an artiste!

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  3. Your card is beautiful. I love everything about it. I've never heard of Flower Soft before, but I'm intrigued now.

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  4. Wowsiers!! Fantastic! Beautiful! I liked flower soft from the moment I saw the pics from CHA but you make it sing! Your detail is fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  5. What a cool product! This card is gorgeous anyway....I often wish I had gotten it!
    LeAnne

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  6. Oh my goodness... something else I'm going to have to purchase! I have never heard of Flowersoft... I LOVE how you used it on this image, the card is BEAUTIFUL.

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  7. This is elegant and breath taking. I love the dotted swiss, the punced lace, the Flower Soft is perfect, and the bow, etc. is the perfect embellishmet.

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