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Butterflies to Soothe the Soul

Project Inspiration: Butterfly Thinking of You by Brenda Noelke

Project Inspiration: Raindrops by Bobbi Lemanski

Make it Monday #325: Flowers in Reverse

June 18, 2018      Papertrey Ink      13 Comments

Join Dawn McVey as she shares a fun twist on how to approach color on floral cards.

Supplies:

  • STAMPS: Sunflower Harvest, Gran’s Garden, Ways to Say: Thank You
  • INK: Summer Sunrise, Limeade Ice, New Leaf, Olive Twist
  • PAPER: Sheer Basics Vellum, Stamper’s Select White, New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal bitty dot
  • DIES: Grand Botanicals, Notched Flowers, Sunflower Harvest, Gran’s Garden, Double Ended Banner, Cover Plate: Cozy Christmas 2, Shape Shifters: Oval #2, Noted: A2 Scallops
  • OTHER: Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, My Mind’s Eye enamel dots, ink blending tool

CLICK HERE to visit Dawn’s blog to see more!

If you are joining along this week, here are the details concerning the Make It Monday Challenge.

  • A new Make It Monday Challenge will go up on Monday mornings at 9am ET.
  • Create a project utilizing your take on the challenge. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product and flowers in reverse like Dawn shared in the video.
  • Please enter NEW projects only.
  • Post your project on your blog, in your gallery or on any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).
  • Add your project to our InLinkz list below.  ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON PLEASE.
  • You will have until 6am ET, Monday, June 25th, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win.
  • One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Monday, June 25th, after 6am. The winner will be posted here on this blog post, on Twitter and Facebook. The randomly selected winner will get a $25 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!

EDITED TO ADD THE RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNER:

Congratulations, Marcia Hill! Please send an email to customer service and provide them with your full name and the email address you would like your gift certificate sent to. Thanks so much to everyone for playing along!

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Comments

  1. Holly Saveur says

    June 18, 2018 at 9:54 AM

    gorgeous cards..love the white in them!!

    Reply
  2. diane oliver says

    June 18, 2018 at 10:05 AM

    Just loved the flowers in reverse video.. Thanks for the inspiration and thanks more for sharing. Hugs.

    Reply
  3. Dawn Y. says

    June 18, 2018 at 10:09 AM

    Just wonderful, Dawn! Now I’m inspired to create some Flowers in Reverse on my own cards. Your timing is perfect! The white Annabelle Hydrangeas in my cottage perennial garden just bloomed this morning!!
    Sending warmest hugs!?

    Reply
  4. Judith Novak says

    June 18, 2018 at 10:10 AM

    What a fresh and creative idea.. I’m inspired.. its so good to have you back! As an aside.. I love the way you coordinate your nail colour with your projects!! *:)

    Reply
  5. Stephanie Clapper says

    June 18, 2018 at 10:19 AM

    Hi Dawn! What I really liked in the video was how you shared your creative process. A couple of posts ago, you suggested making many flowers at once, so I stamped a virtual rose garden. I made more than one card at one sitting and I had such a good time! I love your ideas, as well as your beautiful designs. (I thought of you when making my cards. ) You are such a gem! I LOVE how your SUNFLOWER leaf turned out too but the dies haven’t been available since their release last fall, so I’ve been afraid to buy the gorgeous stamps. THANK YOU for a beautiful post! 🙂

    Reply
  6. Catherine Milne says

    June 18, 2018 at 12:31 PM

    This was so original and clean looking with all that white. One of my favorite MIM ever!

    Reply
  7. DeNel says

    June 18, 2018 at 8:27 PM

    Love the cards!! Love how you made the background white. So simple but very elegant. Thanks for the great design!!

    Reply
  8. Birgit Norton says

    June 19, 2018 at 6:52 AM

    These are stunning! I love the idea of bringing the color out in the leaves. The white on white is soothing and easy on the eyes. Simply stunning!!!

    Reply
  9. Lisa Mendoza says

    June 19, 2018 at 12:05 PM

    This is so creative! Love the idea. Hope I get the time to play along.

    Reply
  10. Mary Gunn says

    June 19, 2018 at 1:40 PM

    Wolf whistle pretty!

    Reply
  11. Greta H says

    June 19, 2018 at 3:56 PM

    Oh wow–one of my favorite MIMs, Dawn! Absolutely love those gorgeous leaves–especially the ones with a solid & a printed paper layer! Such a great challenge–can’t wait to try & create something using this idea!

    Reply
  12. Carmela says

    June 24, 2018 at 6:20 PM

    This was a fun challenge! Love the idea and the opportunity to do a color challenge. Everyone’s projects look so lovely!

    Reply
  13. Gail Larsen says

    June 22, 2019 at 9:18 PM

    Dawn,
    You are brilliant!!! Gorgeous ideas.

    Reply

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