I am entering this card in The Flower Challenge #47. It’s tricky to photograph sparkle so scroll down to the close up photos to get a better idea.

Products

• Rachel Vass Design – Magnolia Background digital stamp
• Altenew – Doodled Dots cover die
• Copic Markers – RV10, RV63, V05, RV66, E55, E53, E57, G05
• Green Foil

Sparkle

• Wink of Stella clear sparkle
• Diamantes in three shades of purple

BAckground

• Die cut green cardstock with cover die.
• The green cardstock was a bit bright so I toned it down by using a Clarity Stencil Brush to lightly apply Distress Oxide Mowed Lawn over the top.
• Adhere die cut to card base.

magnolias

• I tried various alcohol marker techniques but decided on simple colouring using four shades of purple. Instead of applying all the colours to each petal to add shading I simply coloured each petal of the magnolia a different shade.
• I then cut the coloured image out with my Scan n Cut machine but you could just as easily fussy cut it.
• I used glue dots to adhere the magnolias to the prepared cardbase.

Sentiment

• I printed the digital sentiment out onto cardstock using my B & W Laser printer. This means I can apply foil to the sentiment as the foil will stick to the black toner of the printed sentiment.
• I simply ran it through my Mini Minc machine and it turned out perfectly.
• I cut the sentiment out, keeping a small border to match the border around the magnolias and adhered it to the cardbase with adhesive backed craft foam.

finishing

• To add the sparkle I adhered diamante embellishments in shades of purple and Wink of Stella glitter brush to the outer most petals of each flower.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good day.

Handmade by Pip