
This started off as a card to fill Stamping Queens sketch challenge last week, but I didn't get if finished in time! I also wanted to show retiring colors this week. To mis-quote My Fair Lady, "I've grown a customed to their look." The card base is Pear Pizzaz card stock. When I first saw this color, I wondered why we needed another green, but it's become a "go-to" color for many projects. I'll hate to say good-by!
The next layer is some So Saffron striped paper from the Just Eat Cake Designer Series Paper set that is retiring. For the flower, I stamped the scallop shaped flower from the Flower Fest stamp set (retiring!) on Whisper White card stock 4 times using the Jet Black Staz-on ink. I then used the Water Color pencils and the Blender Pen to color them each in. On two of them, I colored outside the largest lines also so that when I punched them out with the Large Scallop Punch you still see the color shading. The next one, I used my Paper Snips and trimmed around the next row of scallops and then left only the two inside sections of the fourth flower. I then clipped all the scallops in a little further to make it easier to shape the petals up.
Then with the Large Scallop Punch, I punched out scallops of Concord Grape card stock (retiring) and Wisteria Wonder card stock; with the smaller Scallop Punch, I punched some Concord Grape card stock and some Pretty in Pink card stock. I also used the 1" circle punch to punch a piece of Wisteria Wonder, and then with the Paper Snips, I trimmed the edges to sort of look scalloped. There is no definite shape, just eye-balling it. I crumpled up the circle and 2 smaller scallops to put between the layers of the stamped flowers to give the finished flower more texture.
I then used the piercing tool and mat and put a hole in the center of each of these pieces and put them all on a Glimmer Brad (retiring!) in this order, from top to bottom: Smallest cut-out stamped/colored image, small Wisteria Wonder circle, next smallest stamped/colored image, small Concord Grape scallop, large stamped/colored image with scallops edges trimmed to design, small Pretty in Pink scallop (can't be seen, only used to separate), remaining stamped/colored image, Large Concord Grape Scallop and Large Wisteria Wonder Scallop. Fastening the brad as tight as possible helps to make the layers "pop." I attached it to the card with a Stampin' Dimensional.
The sentiment comes from the retiring stamp set, Smarty Pants. It's another one I'll miss, maybe because I tend to be a "smarty pants!" sometimes? I stamped the same flower image on the corner using the retiring Blushing Bride Classic Ink and the sentiment with Concord Grape Classic Ink. I then backed the Whisper White piece in Concord Grape, Pretty in Pink, and Wisteria Wonder card stock pieces and attached it to the DSpaper on the card.
That's it, the flower takes a little time, but not all that much and it's such a fun process! The rest of the card is super quick and easy!
Don't forget to get your order in for any retiring product you may need!
Happy Stamping!