April's Showers bring May's flowers~ Dies R Us Challenge 72

Hello sweet friends! 

Welcome to a new challenge at Dies R US! Our challenge today is all about flowers. We want to see flowers on your projects!

So here is the card that I created for today's challenge.

I decided to make a step card as I haven't made one in such a long time. I forgot how fun they were to make. My card base is made with 110lb white cardstock and the papers are from My Besties Designs. I cut out the Tutti Designs- Garden Trellis Die and colored in some of the flowers and then used some leaves to scatter around from cutting out the Impression Obsession-Bouquet Dies. I cut out the bouquet dies twice just so I could get the extra leaves to scatter on the trellis die and to get the extra grass that I adhered in front of the trellis. Then the actual bouquet I colored in as I cut out out on white cardstock. I used my spectrum noir markers to color in the flowers and grass. I also cut out the Tutti Designs- Tulip Corner Die out of white cardstock and colored them in with the same colors. They were sort of brighter than I had wanted so once all the flowers were cut and colored, I used some gesso to mute the colors and give it a softer look. I love how the gesso gave them such a softer look and almost like a glow to them. I added in a very thin strip of washi tape to the top and bottom of the trellis and to the "steps" of the card. I love how this breaks it up and gives off a nice contrast. Next I adhered the flowers down on the steps the way I wanted them. 

   

Before adhering the trellis down to the card, I added a little bit of cheesecloth for a bit more texture. Love how this looks! To finish off the card, I added in some bare wood chippies, some butterflies and the sentiment "Thank you". I added some Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen to the butterlies, the sentiment and all the flowers to make them sparkle. Then I added a few clear sequins to the butterflies and a few to give the card a finished look.  All of the dies that I used are highlighted in the links above and can be found in the Dies R Us store HERE. 

Well that is all I have for you today my friends. I appreciate you for taking time out of your day to visit me and see what I am up to. Please don't forget to stop by the Dies R US challenge blog to see what the rest of my design team sisters have created for you today. And make sure to link up your own project too! And for more inspiration, check out the Dies R US Inspiration blog . You will find yourself browsing for awhile. There are so many gorgeous projects that will surely inspire you! Thanks again for stopping by!

I would like to play along in the following challenges:

613 Avenue #196

Glitter & Sparkle #237

Great Impression April

Crafty Friends #56

Imagine That April

PBSC- April

DL Art May Linky

Until next time, Enjoy life's blessings~