I just love starting the week out with the Mojo Monday Challenge.  I have to admit, I did not get the opportunity to get it done last week, and I was off all week.  I’m attributing it to not kicking off my week with this fun challenge.  The sketches stretch me to a place that I find easy to piece cool looking projects together.  I encourage you to try it.  Now I have to say, I didn’t know what kind of flower to put on this weeks card, and then it just popped into my head – why not a smashed flower.  I seem to go through little spurts with these addictive little guys.  If you haven’t made one yet, watch my video here and get smashing!

Now of course I flipped the card this week, I tried it the other way, but wanted the embossed pieces to be a bit bigger.  This card is loaded with technique, I hope you enjoy all the little things!

Creative Tips:

• I started with my smashed flower and chose Rich Razzleberry as my color.  As it was 5:45 am when I made my flower, I went to my Color Coach and saw the combination of Rich Razzleberry, Pretty in Pink and Early Espresso.  The card quickly fell into place after that.
• I added two Garden Green leaves to my Smashed Flower.  To give them a little texture, I used my stylus to make veins in the leaves and then folded the cardstock along it.  It looks pretty real.  To punch the leaves out, I used my Blossom Builder punch.

• These little flowers are vintage looking to me, so I chose my two favorite Textured Impressions Embossing Folders (TIEF) – Lacy Brocade and Fancy Fan.
• I wanted to have a little softness to the card, so I chose to do the Bisque Pottery Technique in Pretty in Pink with the Lacy Brocade TIEF. 

• I ran the Pretty in Pink cardstock through my Big Shot with the Fancy Fan folder.  Both pieces are 1.75” x 2”.
• I didn’t want the Early Espresso to be too dominate, so I left all those mattes at 1/16”.
• To make the banner flag, I used my 1” square punch.  I use that punch every single day, it is the most used punch in my collection!  I also popped it up on Stampin’ Dimensionals for a little added depth. 
• The Pearl Basic Jewels are so pretty when you alternate the sizes.  My center of my flower didn’t stay glued together, so I added a pearl to it.  I like the look!

• The card needed a little more, so I added what I call the cheapest way to embellish your cards – Paper Piercing.  I added my corners with my Essentials Paper Piercing Pack and the five holes along the vertical sides. 
• To be able to see the dark well under the light, I popped my entire card front up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

This card seems to have a few of the techniques that I have been teaching this month in my Creative Cards class.  Both the Bisque Pottery Technique along with Smashed Flowers along with an awesome no-adhesive box is being covered this January.  Join me if you’re in the Orlando, FL area or if you’d like to take the class virtually anytime, email me!

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Stamp Sets – Sweet Essentials (126457) Paper – Whisper White (100730), Early Espresso (119686), Pretty in Pink (100459), Rich Razzleberry (115316), Garden Green (102584) Ink – Pretty in Pink (126955), Early Espresso (126974) Cool Tools – 1” Square Punch (124094), Blossom Petals Punch (121808), Simply Scored Stylus (125624), Stampin’ Trimmer (126889), Paper Snips (103579), Big Shot (113439), Fancy Fan TIEF (127751), Lacy Brocade TIEF (127819), Mutipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187), Paper-Piercing Tool (126189), Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126119) The Perfect Finish – Pearl Basic Jewels (119247), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)