Spider Mum with Lily of the Valley

 


Hello my crafty friends,

Today I have another Acetate Diamond Window card for you.  I have changed up size on this one so it fits in 6" X 6"  clear acetate box to keep postage down.    I was selected to be the Featured Artist on Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper Challenge so I have made this card which was inspired by a couple other cards I have created changing size and flowers.

Finished card base is 5-1/2" X 6" 
Card base was inspired by Sam Calcott her video can be found here  My card pieces started as 6" X 6"( I think she used 8"X8") so my diamond dies ( Spellbinders Essential Diamonds)  that I used for this smaller card were the 4th, 5th and 6th largest.

Using Spellbinders Susan's Garden Spider Mum S5-576 from the Victorian  Garden Release I cut 1 mum from Foamarin craft foam colored with OLO marker R1.7 and shaped with fingers then built flower using Kids Choice Glue.  This is my very first foam flower.

Lily of the Valley were cut from Susan's Specialty Paper using S4-1085 LOTV from Spring Flora  shaped using Susan's Ultimate Tool Kit & her brand new Flower Mold Tray (this wasn't out yet when she did YouTube Video}  see her YouTube video here  I made 2 stems for card.

Using the Ginkgo from S4-1278 Victorian Foliage from Victorian Garden I cut 2 colored using OLO markers Susan's video can be found here

Flowers and foliage were added to card front using Kids Choice Glue.

I sure hope this has been inspirational and that you will create your own card.

Thanks for stopping by and until next time - Happy Creating !

Christine

You only live once if you live right once is enough!


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