Hippeastrum Amaryllis

Good morning my crafty friends.  Today I have a card I designed using Susan's new Amaryllis die set.  This is a beautiful flower that generally blooms around Christmas time, so Susan has included it in her Christmas die set release from Spellbinders.

It's hard to see an amaryllis in full bloom without admiring it huge flowers and bright colors.  There are many different colors you can create for your cards.  Some of the most common varieties are the red/red-and-white blooms but there are also shades of pink, orange, yellow, green, purple and multi-colors. 

Rather than creating a card with the most popular red amaryllis, I decided to create an amaryllis called Hippeastrum.  Here is a picture of one I found on the Internet that I tried to duplicate.

This is a slimline card  I used a piece of embossed pearl green card stock for the background.  For the white die cut design, I used the Spellbinders Moroccan Kaleidoscope Slimline die set.  This die cut is a perfect background for this beautiful flower.

Susan's new Gathering Basket was die cut using white card stock and several colors of brown ink were brushed over the embossed design  It was attached using a couple of dimensional tape squares in the middle of the basket then glued down around the sides and bottom, leaving the top open to insert the flower.

The Amaryllis die set was used to die cut three flowers using Susan's Specialty Card Stock from Spellbinders.  Petals were also die cut to create two amaryllis buds.  The flowers were colored to resemble the flowers in the picture I found on the Internet.  The flowers were shaped using Susan's Flower Tool kit and assembled using Bearly Art Glue.  The ends of the stamens were cut in half, glue added to the tips, and dipped in Susan's Yellow Pollen.

To create a longer stem for the flowers, two stems, from the Amaryllis die set were die cut and glued together.  Leaves were die cut using white card stock and brushed with green ink, shaped and glued to the bottom of the stem.  For filler in the basket, I used floral moss.  Glue was spread across the opening of the basket then the moss pressed down in the glue.

One of the stamps in Susan's Christmas stamp set was stamped on white card stock, using black VersaFine Ink.  Using scissors I cut around the sentiment and attached it with dimensional tape.  

What is your favorite amaryllis color?