Chrysanthemum

I Love this image from Artful Inkables. Guess you can tell that I am just a "little" bit partial to Artful Inkables stamps. I have had the best time on this Design Team and coming August 15th my reign will be over. I have certainly learned an awful lot about Design Team duties though and working with these INKgirls and Kristin has been just a "DELIGHT!"

Remember to check out Kristin's blog because she is going to pick some very talented INKgirls for the next go round.

The base of this card (5"x5") is SU's Sage Shadow (one of my very favorite colors). I then cut out a square of black cardstock that I bought from Michael's. The DP is from Hot off the Press Flowered "Handmade" papers and Vellum. These are some of the most beautiful papers I have ever worked with. I used my Circles Nestibilities for the back ground of the Chrysanthemum. I used Gold Embossing Powder and Heat Embossed the image. I was going to color in just a little, but I thought it would take away from the elegance, so I left it as is and just cut it out and put it on dimensionals. I used some very small gold beads for the center. Gold Glitter dots for the corners and Gold Ribbon for the sides. This image has sooo many possibilities and I will be using it again and again.

Please click on the photo so you can get the IRL look of how pretty it is.

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