It is amazing what one finds when tidying their desk! That would be me :O) What I found is this pretty piece of watercolor paper and I decided not to set it aside any longer. I stamped this gorgeous image of the flower from the You Are Remarkable stamp set – in Secret Sea ink – one of the new In Colors available May 6. This is a two step stamp, so the flowers have a ‘filler’ stamp and I used Melon Mambo ink for that; again the leaves have a ‘filler’ stamp and I used Granny Apple Green; and finally, the center is a stamp that is Crushed Curry ink. I stamped the sentiment, also from the You Are Remarkable stamp set, in Secret Sea ink. I adhered this panel to Melon Mambo card stock, giving it a small border, put dimensionals on that and adhered to a 4 x 5 1/4 Secret Sea panel die cut with the largest Textures Notes Dies. This was adhered directly to the 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 card front, scored at 4 1/4 of course. Two steps more for the card front – Wink of Stella on the flower – petals & center and three Iridescent Pearls Basic Jewels scattered in a bit of triangle.

For the inside… I used the second largest die from Textured Notes Dies – again available May 6 – and Basic White card stock, to die cut the inside panel. I then stamped the very cute bee buzzing in Secret Sea ink.

The envelope… Another sweet buzzing bee stamped in Secret Sea ink in the front and another of the same flower stamped on the flap, just a portion of it though – with same coloring as the card front. Silly me did not photograph that! :O(

The stamp set, Secret Sea ink and dies will all be available May 6. The other products are in the annual catalog.

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