Nature's Beauty

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Hello Summer!

I know the calendar says Summer doesn't start until later this month.  The weather

people say June 1 is the start of "meteorological summer".  It sure feels like summer here! 

I finally pulled this Greetery die set out of my NBUS box and gave it a go.

Actually, we used these elements in our Craft Group last month.

I don't know what took me so long to get it out and use it.  I love all the elements and

would like to do a card using the seashells and jar.  But that can wait to another time.

Today it's winged things.

I cut everything except for the flowers out of mixed media paperr so we could add

a bit of water and Wink of Stella for blending without warping.

First we did some subtle stamping on the background piece before gluing the

divider and frame to the top.  The brass foil hinges and door pull give this curio

cabinet a very realistic look.

After adding color to the die cuts with Distress Oxide ink, a touch of damp waterbrush

evened out the coloring and Wink of Stella added some sparkle.

The bee with the set is really cute but seemed a little large for the opening so I used

the Firefly die.  It's also from the Greetery.  He makes a great bee!

The flowers have been punched from snippets of decorative paper and were left over

from a previous project.  I used the cut outs from the upper open wings of the butterfly

and colored for leaves to tuck under the larger flowers.

I added some little ladybugs cut from red paper with a die from Spellbinders.  They add

fun little pops of color.

Challenges:

Four Seasons - Summer

NBUS #51 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Triple B - Birds, Butterflies & Blooms

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Scripted Backgrounds (W9), Nurturing Blooms (GKD), Butterfly Basics (ret SU), Curio Labels Sentiments (Greetery)

Ink:   DOX inks.  Background: Antique Linen, Victorian Velvet, Butterfly & Bee: Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Fern & Leaves: Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Dragonfly: Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers

Paper:  Neenah Natural, Naturals Ivory, Mixed Media (Strathmore), Patterned Paper 

Other:  Curio Summer Findings Die, Divider & Details Die, Cover Die, Firefly Die (Grty), Foliage & Ladybugs Die (Spl)

Enjoy!

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