Chrysanthemums

Good Morning paper gardener friends.   I am happy you are visiting my blog again today to see another card I created using Susan's Autumn Floral die sets.   Today I used her Button/Daisy Chrysanthemum  die set.  This flower is so easy to create and it was hard for me to stop making these pretty little flowers, because there are so many different colors you can create them in. 

Something new with Susan's die sets is that Spellbinders has printed the number of die cuts you need for the flower, right on the die.  This takes all the guess work away from how many to die cut.  This particular die set has dies for two different flowers - you can create the Daisy Chrysanthemum, or the Button Chrysanthemum as I have done today.  

This is a 6x6 inch card, which is my favorite size for creating  floral bouquets.  For the background I used Nuvo Meteorite Shower Shimmer Powder.  You just lightly mist the card stock, sprinkle on some of the shimmer powder, then mist again for a really pretty background.  The card stock was cut down to fit on the front of the card.  I like to score around the edges, 1/8th inch  from the edge, just to give it a finished appearance.  

The pretty oval behind the flowers was die cut using the Spellbinders, Amazing Grace Picot Petite Oval Etched die set.  It was attached using double sided foam tape.

Three colors of Button Chrysanthemums were created.  As usual, I die cut the flowers using white card stock and sponge on color.  For the pinkish mum, I sponged on Altenew Razzelberry ink then in the center sponged on Midnight Violet.  For the purple mum, GinaK Lovely Lavender ink was sponged on then Wild Lilac ink sponged in the center.  I did not have a dark maroon ink pad so I used an alcohol marker to color it.  The leaves were die cut using white card stock,  veins drawn in with the Leaf Tool, sponged green,  then shaped with the ball stylus on the molding pad.  The mums and leaves were arranged on the Oval die cut.

Included with Susan's new release is her Autumn Quotes stamp set.  One of the stamps was stamped, using VersaFine Ink, then cut out and backed with a piece of black card stock.  It was attached at the bottom of the flower arrangement. 

Thank you for visiting my blog today.  Below are links to the products used.