Build A Blossom Stamp and Punch

Hi Everyone.  Happy Tuesday night.  I hope you are all having a great week.

I made tonight's card using the fabulous color challenge across at Stacey'sstampinspace for last week.  I knew that I had missed the deadline for submission, but decided I reallly want to try the color scheme.  The colors?  Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke and a neutral.  mmmm… the Cajun Craze completely threw me.  Now, y'all know why I do these challenges?  To challenge myself, right! :-)  If you haven't tried Stacey's color challenges, you really should

I hadn't had the opportunity to use the new Build a Blossom stamp set with matching punch.  So, decided this was the ideal opportunity.  Here's what I came up with

You see how I incorporated the Cajun Craze?  In the middle of the flower.  I colored some pearls with Chocolate Chip and some with Cajun craze and placed them in the middle.  I also created the center of the flower using Cajun Craze. 

Card recipe – all ingredients Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:

• Card stock:  Basjhful Blue, Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Always Artichoke
• Stamps:  Build a Blossom (121994 (c), 121923 (w).  Sentiment:  Nature's Postage (Mark's Finest Papers)
• Accessories:  Damask Texturz Plate (Backgrounds 1 114512). n (It's hard to see, but I actually put the plate under the top 2/3rds of the Whisper White layer.  Basic Pearls
• Inks:  Bashful Blue, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip
• Tools:  Big Shot, Stampin' Dimensionals, Scoring Board

I really love the fact that there is a matching punch for this set.  It made creating this flower a breeze.  I also love the tone on tone of the Always Artichoke on Always Artichoke card stock and the same with the Bashful Blue. 

On a personal note.  I promised you a couple more photographs from our recent trip.  tonight's shot is from the Peak District National Park.  As I said in my post last night, it is one of my favorite places on earth.  It's incredibly dramatic yet serene.  It is home to a roman road, neolithic finds, amazing caving (great for you troglodytes or spelunkers.  It's the source of a famous semi precious mineral called Blue John.  It is also Britain's rarest mineral.  Many of you will not have heard of it, but it really is gorgeous.  It is an ornamental variety of Clacium Fluoride.  It was first mined by the Roman's 2000 years ago.  It's primary color is purple with white and sometimes copper colored veins.  It really is gorgeous.  Anyway, I digress.   the Peak District National Park is really pretty amazing.  It is exceptionally hard to get good shots that show you the sheer size and majesty of it.  So, I settled on this pic instead.  It shows you the tundra type flora in the foreground, with the green quilted fields separated by ancient stone walls.  Paragliders were flying overhead when I took this picture.

Tomorrow night, I will have a couple of pictures of the Yorkshire Dales for you.

Prayers tonight for Rose, Adelle, Brien, Vickie, Maria, Germaine, Pri.  For those of you who need a little lift.

Have a fabulous Wednesday everyone, and, as always, thank you for your visits and your comments.  They mean a great deal to me.

Hugs

Jaydee