Dark Pink Peony

Before creating a flower, I like to do a little research and find different varieties and colors, then chose one to duplicate.  Today I have a simple card featuring a rose-pink peony with a frilly center.    I used Susan's new Garden Notes Peony die set, from Spellbinders, and gold foiling.  Below is the peony I created and the picture I used for inspiration.  

Closeup of the peony I created with Garden Notes die set

Picture of pink peony from Internet used for inspiration

This is a 6x6 inch card.  The foiled design behind the peony is the Spellbinders  Monogram Laurel Glimmer Hot Foil Plate.  I used the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System and Spellbinders Gold Foil.  The design was foiled to the center of of piece of white card stock cut 5 1/2 inch square.  Using a Score Board, a 1/8" line was scored around the edges of this piece before adding to the card front.  

Using Susan's Garden Notes Peony die set, the peony petals were die cut using Susan's new white Specialty card stock.  Distress Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry inks were brushed on the petals.  Susan's new Flower Tool Kit was used to shape the petals.  Bearly Glue was used to glue the petals together.  For the center of the flower, I die cut the stamen 6 times, using yellow card stock.   The scissors in Susan's Flower Tool Kit were used to cut the stamen points in half, to make them frilly. Using the tweezers the stamens were rolled together to create the large stamen, then fluffed out. The peony leaves were die cut using white card stock and brushed with Distress green inks, and shaped.  

The Garden Notes Foliage and Ladybugs die set was used to die cut the lady bug.  She was colored with a red Copic marker, and a fine line black pen used for the details.  Nuvo Crystal Glaze was added to her for a shine.

For the sentiment I used the Spellbinders Everyday Sentiments II Glimmer Hot Plate set.  The new Spellbinders Quick Trimmer for Foil & Paper was used to cut the gold foil then used again to cut the sentiment strip straight.  This piece was added using Foam Squares cut to size with scissors.  Spellbinder Gold Embellishments were added at each end of the sentiment.