Jo's Crafty Place: Peaceful Peonies Oval Trellis Card

Peaceful Peonies Oval Trellis Card

For this card I've used some of the stamps and dies from the Couture Creations Peaceful Peonies Collection.

I added some pigment ink to some plain white card with a soft brush, to just add a little colour in the background.

Cut 2 of the oval trellis - one will be used on the topper and the 2nd one is to use as a stencil. I used some peach and purple inks on a small piece of sponge to add some of the diamond pattern to the background before stamping the images.

For the topper I inked some more white card, but this time using a sponge blending tool to get a deeper colour. Cut an oval approximately 2cm larger than the trellis die cut from this card and mat onto another oval cut from black card.

The topper is mounted on some foam pads in the centre of the card, with a flower spray to the left side and a sentiment across the middle.

I've used the Peony Bouquet cut, foil and emboss die, with ink for the flower spray behind the large flower. I first inked with purple pigment ink and die cut the piece, adding an extra card shim on the cut side to make sure I got a deep emboss. I then added peach coloured gilding polish.

I've cut 3 of the most open die from the Layered Trilliums die set. I've inked in the centre of 2 of them and then trimmed the third one to create stamens, and shaped and stuck the 3 layers together.