Simple Bigger Botanicals with Laurie

Hello Greetery friends!  It’s Laurie Willison here! I have a fun and springy card today using one of the new Bigger Botanicals.  The Starflower was calling my name so I decided to die cut it first and build the card from there.  I used green cardstock for the stem/base and then die cut 4 of the blooms.  I layered the first 2 blooms flat on the base and then, after adding a little alcohol marker detail, I added the 2nd layer of bloom with just a dot of glue in the center.  I curled up the edges to give the flowers some dimension.  

I grabbed a white card base and masked off a frame around the front.  Using a large ink blender, I added in a coordinating pale peach ink to the front.  After die cutting the Ribbon Frame in white cardstock, I die cut it again in fun foam and layered them together.  This makes for the perfect dimensional frame for the card front.  Using liquid glue, I attached the Ribbon Frame on the card front and then popped up the Starflower along the side.  I finished off the card with a sentiment from  Simple Spring Mini Sentiments in black ink and a few black gems for the flower centers.

You know I love clean and simple with lots of white space but I always love to share a few tips for adding in more detail:

•  A background stamp or stencil inside the masked off area could add in some light detail. 
• Add in another sprig or 2 of the Starflower around the Ribbon Frame.
• Add in layered mats on the card base using the Crimped Frame Dies or the Postal Frames Dies. 

I am so glad you stopped by today and I hope you enjoyed today’s project!  If you are inspired to create a clean and simple card, please tag me when you share over on Instagram! I love to see all your creations!  

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