Ferns and Fiddles

You're going to love this set today.  It's the perfect set for elegance and classyness - even masculine features - without too much work.  The details Marcella gave this Fern Set is amazing.

I have to say though - I almost laughed when I first saw this set - just because I have a vivid memory of ferns.  Our first home was a little bungalow we purchased from a lady in our church.  She was too old to stay on her own anymore and wanted us to buy her house.  We did and I have many fond memories of our little place, and the huge flower beds.  Much of the yard had gone untended for years, and I had to do tons of work to get it back.  One of the issues were countless ferns growing like crazy in several flower beds.  It was to the point that I just hated them!  LOL!  My husband spent many an hour digging out those babies.  So these polymer ones are much more my style!

I just love the look of white ink stamped on Kraft paper, and the Mellow Moss is such a nice contrast with it and white.  I lightly colored the main ferns with my prismacolor pencils, and then just stamped all the other ones on the other layers, adding some fancy piercing with an Ornare template and some pretty ribbon treatments with the faux suede ribbon that I puckered against some sticky strip. 

The Big Scalloped Oval Nesties give all the great shape to the card. 

Now I have something entirely different on this next one, I went very bold and rich with this card using emboss resist as a technique.

I stamped the main panel ferns in White Craft ink and embossed them with white embossing powder.  Then I heavily sponged the Old Olive and a little Night of Navy ink overtop.  I added a smaller focal panel just stamped in navy ink and these great papers from Webster's Pages.  I added some pretty crochet trim ribbon, and the little butterflies in copper paper with a Finishing Touches Ribbon Slide through a sliver of the designer paper. 

To win this gorgeous set today see the Flourishes Blog to enter. 

Well, the girls have beautiful things to show you today.  Cindy, Danielle, Dawn, Julie, Laura, Leslie and Stacy

Be sure to join us tonight...

Recipe:  Just Breathe - Stamps - Ferns and Fiddles;  Ink:  Mellow Moss, White Craft;  Paper:  Mellow Moss, Whisper White, Kraft, Flourishes Classic White Cardstock;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Big Scalloped Ovals Nestabilities, Dimensionals, Prismacolor pencils, Faux Suede Ribbon, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Linen Thread, Oval Punch, Sticky Strip, Ornare Piercer and Template. 

Nature Art of God - Stamps - Ferns and Fiddles;  Ink:  White Craft, Night of Navy, Old Olive;  Paper:  Old Olive, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, Webster's Pages, Copper Cardstock;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, White Embossing Powder, Green Crochet Trim Ribbon, Dimensionals, Finishing Touches Ribbon Slide in Copper, Sponge, Glue Dots.