Inspiration...

I have been struggling again with ideas and inspiration the last couple of days... So I used an idea that Cathy over at the Moxie Fab World blog initiated for Tuesday Triggers... The idea is to find something beautiful that inspires you and create a card from that inspiration. I decided to go exploring and see if something inspired me to create.

I found inspiration in a pillow from Crate and Barrel:

I was thinking an all white card with layers of embossing. Of course somehow I ended up here:

The current challenge at Hero Arts blog this week is to use glitter... So I figured why not stay with the circles and layers but add edges of glitter.

The color happened by accident. In all my playing I used a purple StazOn on my Antique Flower Background stamp. I had wiped it off several times thinking it was clean. Unfortunately after I die cut all my circles and started to stamp with my versamark I was picking up a faint purple.

I decided to go with it...

Recipe:

1. Die cut 3 size circle multiple times. (I made 8 flowers in all and used the nestabilities large circle set.) I used the smallest 3 circles from the set.
2. Stamp using versamark the antique flower background all over on all of the circles. Heat emboss using clear embossing powder.
3. Crumple up every circle multiple times to soften the edges and the circles.
4. Sponge Memento Plum around the edges of the circles.
5. I then used a Zig glue stick to add glue around the edges and dipped the edges into the glitter.
6. Pop dot the circles together. Add gem in the center.
7. The rest is putting it together. I folded some ribbon in half and tucked it in various spots to make my foliage.

Products:

• Hero Arts - Antique Flower Background
• Nestabilities - Large Standard Circles
• Versamark
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Zig Glue Pen
• Penny Black - Full of Life
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
• Memento - Plum
• Martha Stewart - Ribbon
• Fairy Dust - Glitter
• Versafine - Imperial Purple

Well I hope you are having a beautiful weekend. We are! The weather is gorgeous.

Suzz