Faith. Hope. Love.

Tonight I'm joining in the PaperTrey Ink Blog Hop to make a card inspired by this photograph.

 

I always like this challenge because it has a very short time window (especially when you work all day) and because my PaperTrey Ink Stamp Stash is relatively limited, so it forces me to be creative with what I have.

No flower stamps or dies ... so I looked for images that could replicate the feel & color of the piece.  I like the pale green stenciled background on the embroidery hoop fabric, so I die cut the Hexagon Cover Plate from watercolor paper (for a more fabric-like texture) and layered it on top of light green cardstock.

Next I stamped the butterflies from Melissa Bickford's Heart-2-Heart #10 in two shades of pink on the same watercolor paper because they included hearts, another inspiration element from the photograph.  

And with hearts comes love ... in this case Betsy Veldman's Inspired: Love Mini Stamp Set.

I die cut my stamped images in an oval (which worked better than a circle given the layout) and then cut a second oval from wood-like paper to frame it.  I finished with a ribbon bow like the one on top of the Embroidery Hoop in the photo.

Comments

[Melanie Ann MacKenzie]

So pretty. Love those sweet little butterflies. Cheers.

[Nora]

This is so pretty. I LOVE your interpretation of the photo!!