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Prized Peony

 Yes, I'm sharing more flowers. What can I say? Flowers are good for almost every occasion! They are a great investment. The stamps I am highlighting today are the Prized Peony set (#152504) and coordinating dies (#152701). 




I made several samples with the set using the different elements. At the end of this post, I have included a video of how to stack the dies to make the beautiful 3D Peony. 
This first example uses a card base made from the InColor Fresh freesia, embossed with the Checks embossing folder from the Checks and Dots set (#155432). These little half folders are perfect for highlighting just part of your card. I layered white cardstock on the left and a strip of Bumblebee cardstock down the center. The tiny little strip of gold is from a gold Wink of Stella I had lying about. 
I stamped the Peony with my Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad (#132708) and colored it with the blends in Highland heather (#154887) and Light Granny apply Green (#154885) blended with light Old olive (#154892). The greeting is from the Beautiful Moments stamp set (#151677) and is also stamped with the Tuxedo black. I just hand-cut around the words so they wouldn't overpower the rest of the card. I added a few drops of bling from the Genial gems set (#155500) and called it good. I really like how it turned out. 

The next sample uses the same colors on the Peony, but I layered it on a different green background. This green is the Mint Macaron (#138337) and it has a more blue tint to it. I simply colored over my green with the Light Mint Macaron blend and it gave it that blueish look so it coordinated with the background. Also in the background, I stamped the large peony image with Versamark randomly over the front of the card to give a bit of texture. I also used Versamark (# 102283) to rub the edges of the card. This just makes the color of the cardstock a bit darker, it doesn't actually add any color. I layered my sentiment from the Ridiculously Awesome set(retired sadly) on a leftover piece of DSP from the True love set and put it all on a piece of Black cardstock. I also added some bling here and there with the In Color jewels (#155571)

 

This next sample uses the full flower image from the set. I colored it with the blends and really like how it turned out! The colors I used were the Light and Dark Flirty Flamingo (#154884) and the Granny green and Old olive combo from above. I added a bit of wink of Stella (#141897) to the petals and leaves here and there. I just love how it gives it a little shimmer. The sentiment is from the Simple Succulents set (#154480). I added some bling using the Genial Gems ($155500). The DSP is again from the True Love package. The card base is made from Blushing Bride cardstock (#131198).

This last sample was my favorite. When I first got this set, I was confused about how to put this big flower together. After playing around with it, I discovered that Stampin' Up! gave us a guide along the bottom! All the layers line up perfectly. I decided to make a video to show how this works. I hope you enjoy it!



As always, I would love to have your business! As a single mom, I love the flexibility of doing Stampin' Up! to supplement my teacher income. If you have questions, please email me! If you'd like to order, please visit my website here.https://beckiecarlson.stampinup.net/

 Happy stamping!

























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