Live Beautifully

I am on my way to the annual CTMH convention, but wanted to pop in to share a couple cards with you. Both of these cards were inspired by my very good friend Mary Gunn Funn using the Live Beautifully Paper Pack and coordinating stamp set.

For the first card, I pleated the blush shimmer ribbon and added gold glitter gems to the front. The flower is stamped with sorbet ink, then, using the medium round water brush, some of the color is removed from the petals. The leaves are stamped and fussy-cut.

Of course, I had to decorate the inside too. I used the same striped paper, more blush shimmer ribbon, and a couple more leaves.

The second card is my favorite! See the floral paper at the bottom of the card? The patterned paper comes white with gold foil embossing. I water colored the flowers and leaves using sorbet and sea glass inks (Mary's idea!)  I heat embossed the Smile sentiment with gold embossing powder to coordinate withe the gold foil embossing on the floral patterned paper. Then I added more pleated blush shimmer ribbon, gold embossed vellum from the Uptown Fundamentals Paper Pack, and gold glitter gems.

The inside of the card makes me smile too! I heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder as well. The sentiment is from the Sending Smiles stamp set that is part of the Cricut Flower Market bundle.

If you missed out on the gorgeous Live Beautifully Paper pack and coordinating stamp set from May, you're in luck! Both are still available in the Going Soon section of my website.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies Used:

CC1212B Live Beautifully Paper Pack

Z3263 Uptown Fundamentals

1388 White Cardstock

X5789 Sea Glass Cardstock

CC1212C Live Beautifully Stamp Set

D1708 Sending Smiles (Flower Market Cricut Bundle)

Z2164 Sorbet Ink

Z2172 Whisper Ink

Z2813 Sea Glass Ink

Z3313 Blush Shimmer Ribbon

Z3312 Gold Glitter Gems

X254 White Cards and Envelopes Value Pack

Z3225 Medium Round Water Brush

Z891 VersaMark Ink Pad

Z2066 Ranger Princess Gold Embossing Powder