A quick glance in my package of the Hand-Penned Designer Paper led to this Hand-Penned Floral Thank You Card because I loved this floral design and colors. Sometimes you just have to go with what “strikes” you when you are looking at your paper or stamp sets when you get ready to make a card or any project. I was actually hoping the backside of this floral design had some pink generic print because I was planning to use it with the print. However, the other side was a yellow color and I wasn’t in a yellow mood. As you can see, though, I ended up using a yellow flower as the focal point of the card! You never know what you will end up with when you are creating!

You might not be able to tell, but the card base is Misty Moonlight, although it looks darker in this photo. It’s a pretty dark blue but not totally dark. It really went well with this paper, although I thought about pink, too. I used a full layer of the pretty paper in the Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper. I adhered a piece of the Petal Pink 5/8″ Organdy Striped Ribbon around the designer paper. I love this ribbon and I’m so happy it carried over to the new Annual Catalog.

I decided to add this flower from the Color & Contour Stamp Set and then die-cut it with the Scalloped Contours Die. You can save 10% by buying this stamp set and dies in the Color & Contour Bundle. This Bundle, particularly the dies, is one of my favorite and most-used products in the new catalog! Be sure that you check it out! I also die-cut one of the smaller scalloped rectangles to use with my flower.

The flower comes with a stamp that fills in the petals almost like two-step stamping. However, it doesn’t line up exactly so it gives a different look. I actually filled in a little of the white space on the flower petals with the Daffodil Delight Ink and my Water Painter. Or you can color in the whole thing on your own without stamping. I added some Granny Apple Green Ink to the leaves and just drew in a little green along the stem, too.

The greeting is in the Hand-Penned Petals Stamp Set, and I stamped it in Misty Moonlight Ink. Then I adhered the die-cut flower with Stampin’ Dimensionals®. In some cases I had to cut very small pieces of Dimensionals to fit on the narrow spaces of the flower if I wanted support on that area. The whole rectangle is also popped up with Dimensionals. For some bling, I added three Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels. I would have liked a bow with that pretty ribbon, but with the busy floral background, I thought it might be too much.

This is a card you could make for a birthday, anniversary, sympathy, thinking of you – lots of occasions. Change up the colors to give a different look to a similar card. Here is another card I made with another pattern of the paper and a larger stamped floral image for the focal point of the card. The Hand-Penned Suite is a beautiful one, I discovered a little later than most people! I also think the Color & Contour Bundle goes well with this Suite as you read above in making this Hand-Penned Floral Thank You Card.