Bucket of Lilacs

 

Hello fellow crafters!  Lilac bushes are just starting to bud. I can't wait to get some from my daughter's bush and put a bunch in my kitchen.  Their scent fills the entire room. This is what inspired me to create a card for a friend whose birthday falls in early May.

 

I began by using an Impression Obsession Square Cutout Border die to create the borders on the sides of a white piece of card stock. This created my focal panel which was matted with a shade of purple card stock and then adhered to a panel of darker purple card stock and finally to a white card base.

Using two dies from Spellbinders Hexagons die set I created a frame in white card stock. Dimensional tape was added to the back of the frame and then the frame was matted with  white card stock.

The bucket was die cut and colored with Copics. The Lilacs were die cut from shades of purple card stock and green card stock. These were positioned in the bucket and adhered. The bucket of lilacs was then attached to the hexagon frame using dimensionals.

Next, the framed lilacs were adhered to the focal panel. The sentiments were stamped in black ink, die cut and adhered as shown. This was the last step and my project was complete.

Here are the materials used to create this card:

Card Stock:  GKD Pure Luxury White, Vibrant Violet, Wild Lilac; SU Wild Wasabi, Smokey Slate 

Dies:  IO Square Cutout Border; Spellbinders Hexagons; Frantic Stamper Bucket and Pitcher, Spring Blossoms; Cottage Cuts Pierced Rectangles; Sue Wilson Double Pierced Rectangles.

Stamps:  Hero Arts For You Flowers; GKD Bitty Blossoms

Ink:  Versamark Onyx Black

Other:  Copic Markers, clear EF, adhesives, dimensionals 

Hope you enjoyed this post. Thanks for stopping by and please drop by often.