Flower Garden Revisited...

It's September!  I am actually very excited about that fact.  I'm ready for sweaters and leaves changing and all of the wonderfull things that go with fall.  And since it's the first, that means it's Senior Team challenge time again at Papertrey Ink.

This month continues our feature on older sets.  This month it's Flower Garden.  I have eyed this set for a long, long time and I'm so glad to finally have it in my collection! 

For my post today, I decided to play around a bit more with a trend I've been seeing around lately, one I talked about in a Moxie Fab World blog post last week.  It's a look I call "botanical collage" and to read more about it and see a few projects I created that were inspired by this look, you can check out my Moxie Fab Post HERE. 

This look is layered, full of details...lots of times with text and ledger backgrounds, bold florals and winged creatures.  When Nichole assigned us to work with Flower Garden, I knew this would be the perfect chance to experiment with recreating this look with stamps. 

And here is my attempt...

I combined Flower Garden with some background sets like Text Style and Library Ledger.  For the winged creature I used another oldie-but-goodie set, Honey Bees.  I threw in a few more basics like Fillable Frames #4 and Trademarks.  If you don't own these particular sets, you can look through what you have an improvise with something similar. Play around and see what you can come up with!

 If you're interested in trying this look yourself, here is the step-by-step process I used to create the design.

Start off by stamping Text Style script background about 2/3 of the way down your card front using Dark Chocolate ink.

Then fill in the lower left hand portion using Library Ledger, also with Dark Chocolate...

Now fill in the rest of the space with the diamond background stamp from Background Basics Botanical and Aqua Mist ink.

Using Trademarks, stamp the circle image in the lower right corner...

Using Fillable Frames #4, stamp the frame in the upper left corner, stamping it off the edge.

Now comes in our focal point...the pretty flowers from Flower Garden.  I stamped them in Pure Poppy to really make them stand out.  I stamped the stems with Ripe Avocado.

Now fill in with some more floral images from the set, layering them over the ledger stamping.  These are stamped in Aqua Mist with Ripe Avocado stems.

Now take the same three petal flower from the set and stamp it several times in the upper reight corner, forming a larger flower.

Layer the bee image from Honey Bees over that, stamping the wings in Dark Chocolate and the body in Summer Sunrise.

 

Now to really give it some punch, I sprayed my entire project with two different colors of Glimmer Mist.  If you like the more natural look, you could stop right here and skip this step!

I then diecut a ticket using the Ticket Border die and also sprayed that with Glimmer Mist.

I adhered it over the stamped label, folded back the excess and stamped the sentiment from Flower Garden.

And voila!  I layered, botanical collage card.  Kinda fun and addicting.  Gonna have to play around yet some more with this idea.  I added some buttons, ribbon and vintage lace to finish it off.

Now be sure to hop around to all of the other Senior Team members to see what they've whipped up with Flower Garden.

Lisa Johnson
Dawn McVey
Heather Nichols
Michelle Wooderson
Nichole Heady

 
Stamps:  Flower Garden, Background Basics: Text Style, Background Basics: Botanical, Trademarks, Honey Bees, Fillable Frames #4
Ink:  Dark Chocolate, Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, Summer Sunrise
Cardstock:  Vintage Cream
Dies:  Just the Ticket Border
Other:  Hibiscus Satin, White/Cream buttons, New Leaf Baker's Twine, vintage lace, gem

Comments

[Wahinelei]

Thank you, thank you for the step-by-step tutorial. I love learning new techniques! I've always been intimidated by the collage look and could never figure out how to make it all flow together. Im so excited now and want to try this out!!

PS - This is what I love about PTI. Thru your willingness to share new ideas and techniques I've become a much better stamper and crafter. My friends and family are amazed at my creations! I couldn't be where Im at today without all the wonderful talented ladies of PTI!!

[jen shears]

AMAZING, Betsy!!! Love all your details!

[Stephanie Perry]

I so love the "collage" effect, whether it be botanical or whatever one choses to incorporate into the picture. Yours is such a lovely example, thank you for the detailed pictures of your design!

[Cammie]

Thank you for including these steps. I love the collage look on cards, but it does not come easily to me. I always take such inspiration from your cards. Thank you.

[Gayatri Murali]

Wow! love the collage! Its beautiful! Thanks for the tutorial, Betsy!

[Jennifer K]

Beautiful! Thank you so much for including the step by step - I learned a lot about how to layer all those stamps.

[Heather Jensen]

Ok girl! This is amazing. You did a wonderful job with the design of this card. It is very much like the altered art and the trade cards. I love this look. I will for sure give this a go. Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful talent. You are amazing!! :)

[Kelly Schirmer]

Your tutorials are always so awesome and detailed! This card is gorgeous! I am going to try Botanical Collage this week for sure.

[Andrea]

Thanks for sharing how you made your card today. I love posts where the pictures speak a thousand words for a tutorial.

[Kathy Martin]

Wowzers! You did an amazing job with all those stamps! :)

[Mindy]

Abslutely stunning! Love the use of all the stamps "ELEMENTS" And the added glimmer touch! As always beautiful

[Jessica]

What a lovely creation! Thanks for sharing.

[Diane Jaquay]

Sigh, this is so GORGEOUS Betsy! And thank you SO MUCH for showing us step by step how you did this. I am hopelessly bad at "collage", but seeing it step by step like this makes me feel like I could really give it a go!

[Jen Cuthbertson]

Gorgeous, Betsy!!! Thank you so much for including the tutorial! I loved the post on Moxie Fab last week and would love to try this myself!!

[Linda]

One word to describe your card - Lovely!

[Ale Loiacono]

Beautiful card as usual!!!! I love it, love it, love it how you did the background, amazing!!!!!
Thank you so much for showing us! :-)

[Lisa Beeman]

STUNNING!!! That's "the" word for this card! Thank you for the wonderful instructions on how to achieve this botanical collage look, I can't wait to try this. I would love to see some pics of your remodeled kitchen someday, too. ;)

[Nancy M]

Your 'attempt' (I laughed when I read that sentence.) at botanical collage was definitely a success. The colors you used were fabulous, giving the card a Betsy feel. Thanks for the step-by-step photos. They will be quite helpful when I make my first attempt at a collage.

Hope your kitchen is still moving forward. That is a huge project to take on yourselves.

[mamajulie]

Thank you for this. I love the look, but had never sat down to try it because I was intimidated. I can't wait to try this with you helpful step-by-step.

[Gladys]

Its beautiful as usual! Love it!

[mary ann santos]

that was awesome! you did a good job there! I love it!

[Katie {choc0holic}]

Thanks for the step by step...your cards are always amazing but I always feel so intimidated at giving your 'look' a go. The step by step was so helpful today! And I think I may need to add a few 'oldies' to my cart next time I place an order!

[CamillaBK]

wow - that is really something special!!
I want to try it NOW ..but ARGHHH I have to work first......

[Roxanne]

Great tutorial Betsy thanks for sharing it. I wouldn't have imagined that being the process, so thank you for sharing how this amazing card was created. I'll definitely be trying this technique out soon!

[Wanda G (stampcat)]

I am such a huge fan and this card is just beautiful! Thanks for taking the time to share step by step how you made it. Lovely. Hope you are having a wonderful day.