You’re Too Kind

With the release of new products to the Last Chance products list, it seemed like a fitting time to revisit some of my favorite products that will be leaving us for good. And today’s card combines quite a few of my faves in one design — Painted Lavender, Distressed Tiles embossing folder, and the Wanted to Say sentiment die set.

I really wanted the lavender to take center stage, so I kept the color palette super simple. We start with a backdrop of Smoky Slate cardstock. I machine embossed a quarter panel of slate using the Distressed Tiles embossing folder and then cut it down by about a quarter-inch. I matted the panel with Highland Heather glimmer paper to really help our purple elements pop. The focal floral stems in the center are all cut using the Painted Lavender dies. The grass is cut from Mossy Meadow and the lavender stems are cut from a combination of the purple-hued silver foil specialty paper (retired). The lavender blooms are cut from a combination of pastel ombré glimmer paper and the (retired) Highland Heather glimmer paper and are adhered to the stems with glue dots. I arranged the greenery to overlap like a hand-tied floral bundle and secured the stems together with a small strip of tape and adhered to the background panel with a dimensional. I used a small bow of velvet ribbon to cover the tape and dimensional and to solidify the look of a hand-tied bundle of flowers. The sentiment is cut from silver foil sheets and Highland Heather glimmer paper using the Wanted to Say dies. The sentiment is adhered together using a glue pen and then affixed to the background panel at the base of the floral stems with dimensionals. I added purple shimmer gems for pops of purple shimmer across the card front and to accentuate a few of the lavender flower centers.

You could very easily transform the look of this lavender nosegay by simply swapping out the purple accents for another color. There are many wildflowers that resemble lavender stems but with florets in a variety of colors.

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