Hollyhock Bouquet

In most cases, I create cards with the end in mind, or at least a vague idea. Such was not the case with this card, which grew to be quite tall!

My inspiration for this card comes from Dina Kowal. She’s both a designer for Impression Obsession, as well as a member of their design team. She shared a card recently combining the Hollyhock and Mason Jar dies.

I cut white cardstock with the Hollyhock die several times,  and colored the flowers with Copics. I’ve never colored die cuts with Copics before, but I have to say it’s certainly easy and you can get the colors you want! I used the Mason Jar die to cut a piece of patterned paper that I colored with a Copic to add shading along the sides. I added a shadow under the mason jar with an Amuse Studios set. The sentiment comes from the Hero Arts “All Occasion Messages” set. The sentiment says “Hello Friend.” I simply cut it in two, as I find myself frequently needing a little sentiment to fit onto tiny tags (this tag was cut with a punch). The background paper is Strathmore 140lb coldpress watercolor paper. For this card, I wanted something off-white with a little bit of texture. I buy the Strathmore paper in a big pad and cut it down to size.

Supplies:

Impression Obsession Dies, Hollyhocks	Impression Obsession Dies, Mason Jar	Hero Arts Stamps ALL OCCASION MESSAGES cl272	Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock, 25 pack
String by the Spool, Natural Burlap	COPIC Sketch Marker BG11, Moon White	COPIC Sketch Marker YG13, Chartreuse	COPIC Sketch Marker R14, Light Rouge
COPIC Sketch Marker R22, Light Prawn	Distress Ink Pad, Pumice Stone