Hydrangea Hugs and Kisses
by Rachel Duong
Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s Rachel here with a Valentine for you. Instead of the traditional Valentine colors, I forged ahead with soft beautiful colors and one of my favorite flowers, the hydrangea. I used the blossoms from the Poppystamps “Handpicked Bouquet” die set.
I combined pale blue, lilac, chartreuse, teal, periwinkle and lavender to cut out the flowers. I randomly glued centers on each blossom. Next I die cut the leaves in 3 shades of green. All the colored cardstock I used is available for purchasing on the website under paper and 8.5 x 11 sheets. Then I cut out the heart border from the “Scallop Pinpoint Hearts” die set. (the largest one)
I trimmed a pale blue cardfront to 4 x 5.25″. I die cut the “Scallop Pinpoint Heart” out of the upper middle area. I cut out a periwinkle heart and glued it into the coordinating space inside the blue cardfront. To raise the border, a few extra scalloped hearts were adhered under the green heart.
Then I arranged the blossoms and leaves inside the heart to form a hydrangea blossom! I glued them down and stamped the sentiment in lilac on a wavy greeting banner. The sentiment is grounded with two leaves underneath.
I tied a pale blue organza ribbon on the lower left place on the heart border. There is something so pretty about a sheer texture. Finally, I embellished the card with Autumn Fairy Jewels –pale pink!
That’s it for now, I hope you find my hydrandea card fresh and inviting. Thank you for hanging with me and my unconventional valentine. Have a lovely day!
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Hi Rachel, this card is so very pretty, I love it.
Lots of love from Patricia xx