Bouquet

 I've had these beautiful Canson watercolour cards for awhile and I guess I have been saving them to use on a special occasion! I needed to make two thank you cards for work and also a nice birthday card for someone special. I decided to create some bouquets with daisies and eucalyptus.

I tried out some different combinations of daisies using distress oxide inks: Tattered Rose + Kitsch Flamingo, Milled Lavender, Tattered Rose + Dried Marigold. The centres of all of the daisies are Mustard Seed + Spiced Marmalade distress ink.

For the eucalyptus sprigs, my favourite combination is using Close To My Heart ink, Juniper (retired), and then stamping a layer of White Daisy ink over top of one of the layers to give the dusty look of eucalyptus. 

I decided to create a light wash for the background of my cards using distress oxide ink. I tried Speckled Egg + Tattered Rose but I think my favourite combination was Tattered Rose + Spun Sugar. 

To assemble my bouquets, I used the Press'n'Seal trick of arranging them how I wanted on the card and then picking it up with the Press'n'Seal to apply my adhesive. I could then easily stick the bouquet down and remove the Press'n'Seal to use again for something else! I completed the bouquets by adding some die cut ribbons that my Auntie Karen had sent me - thank you!

Paper: Watercolour cards (Canson)
Ink: Black, Juniper, White Daisy (CTMH); Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade distress; Dried Marigold, Forest Moss, Kitsch Flamingo, Milled Lavender, Speckled Egg, Spun Sugar, Tattered Rose distress oxide (Tim Holtz)
Stamps: Oopsie Daisy, Sentiment Suite: Birthday, Sentiment Suite: Thank You, Simple Things (The Greetery)
Dies: Fit to be Tied, Oopsie Daisy, Simple Things (The Greetery)