Pop Up Blended Ornate Floral

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Today I have a fun card featuring the Ornate Floral Die from Pinkfresh Studio. I will be ink blending the die cut then popping up the petals of each flower. For my ink blending, I will be using regular Distress Inks. Let's get started!!

I will be doing all of my work today on my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat.

To start, I use my Ornate Floral Die and cut out of Neenah White Cardstock, running them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. Keeping the die cut pieces intact, I place Purple Tape over the back side to hold everything in place. 

I take my Blender Brushes and start by blending Mustard Seed Distress Ink to the center of each flower. Next, I blend Picked Raspberry Distress Ink to each petal, keeping the ink darker at the base and fading out towards the end of the petals. For the leaves, I blend Twisted Citron Distress Ink, again blending darker at the base then fading out.

After my blending is complete, I remove the frame of the die cut leaving all of the inside pieces still adhered to the tape.

Using Liquid Glue, I adhere the die cut frame onto a white card base.

Using Foam Circles, I pop up each petal on all of the flowers.

For the leaves, I inlay using Liquid Glue.

To break up the color a bit and to add some texture, I spritz clean water onto my panel using my Distress Sprayer. I then laid a paper towel over the panel and pressed to soak up the droplets.

Taking a scrap of white cardstock, I blend Twisted Citron Distress Ink to match my leaves. I then place into my MISTI Stamp Positioner and stamp a sentiment from the Sentiment Strips 2 Stamp Set using Versafine Clair Nocturn Ink.

Next, I take a die from the Sentiment Banners Die Set and cut out my sentiment, running them through my Big Shot.

I cut off the left side of my sentiment banner and mount it onto my card front using Foam Circles and this completes my card.

I hope you enjoyed today's card. I love the versatility of this die. Popping the petals up using foam tape not only gives dimension but also makes the flowers stand out. In hindsight, I would have used lighter ink colors, giving more of a soft, subtle look. I may have to make another!!

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Jeannie