Pop of Petals & Petal Burst

Hello, Crafters.

I hope you had a super weekend and are ready to face

 a new week and whatever challenges it may hold for you! On

 Thursday, we fly to Seattle for the 2018 Stampin' Up! Incentive

 Trip to Alaska. When the ship gets back to Seattle, Hubby and I

 are flying to Las Vegas for a few days before returning home.

 When I decided to make today's card, I wanted to have a 

dry-embossed top part and bottom part with the greeting

 in-between. I chose to use the Petal Burst Embossing Folder, 

and some Gorgeous Grape flowers, from Pop of Petals, that

 I had left-over from one of last week's projects. 

After I had embossed my top layer of Whisper White Cardstock (CS),

 I started to cut around the leaves, and headed in as straight a

line as possible, without cutting through any leaves. As I wasn't

 sure how this was going to work out, the top layer I

 used was my regular size.

 I chose the smaller piece of the two "halves" and used

 temporary adhesive to adhere it in what would be its final

 position. I did this so I'd know where to heat-emboss my 

sentiment, using Whisper White Embossing Powder. When

 I had finished the heat-embossing, I laid the top half of the

 dry-embossed Whisper White CS in what would be its

 final position, and made a mark where I needed to

 cut the excess off!

 I adhered both halevs to the Gorgeous Grape layer and played

 around with a few flowers  to decide how I wanted to decorate the

 front of my card. For the large flower, I decided one double-layer

 flower was enough, but I wanted some smaller flowers and leaves.

 Using Gorgeous Grape and Granny Apple Green Inks, I 

stamped several plain green leaves, and a few clusters of 

flowers - both stamps were from the Pop of Petals

 Stamp Set. I found it amazingly easy to fussy cut

 the leaves and the flowers.

I finished the front of my card off with some retired gems that I didn't realise had retired! I've forgotten what they're called, and to be honest, I didn't realise they had retired! To decorate the inside of the card I adhered the remaining strip of the dry-embossed front layer, and added another double flower from Pop of Petals, to which I'd added three leaves. I wasn't totally happy with my choice of embossing folder for this design of card, so don't be surprised if you see me revist this idea! 

Finally, you may remember at the beginning of June, I said I

 was going to cut down the number of times I post my blog each

 week, and I really tried hard! But for better or worse, I failed! I

 really don't like not posting every day! I decided that I will post 

every day, but I won't guarantee I'll be able to post a new 

project every day, but that is what I'll be aiming for!  

Many thanks for having patience with me while I try, and find 

a happy balance. While I'm away, I'll still be posting my videos, 

but I won't be creating any new projects. Instead, I'm hoping to

 give you an update each day about how my trip is going. Many

 thanks for your continued support. ♥

 Until tomorrow, happy crafting.

JanB.  

PS The sentiment I used for today's card is from the

 Best Bunny Stamp Set! ☺