Blossoms Birthday for The Flower Challenge

Hello friends!  It's a new month and a new theme for The Flower Challenge.  This time we're asking you to use embellishments - any kind, whatever you like as long as your card features flowers.  Easy, right?

TFC

I have a frame die that was made specifically for adding sparkling gems so what could be more perfect?

I've been wanting to use the Butterfly Blossoms set from Simon Says Stamp again and thought these sweet flowers would frame up nicely, along with the tiny butterfly.  They were colored with Copic markers then die cut.  

Originally, I thought I would use a gold metallic frame, but I didn't care for how it looked and decided to go with white since I ink blended the interior with light blue.  I found some gems and looked through my blue cardstocks for something that would go with the inked frame center and the gems and chose a piece of SSS Island Blue. Sooo pretty! 

The frame was layered three times and adhered to the blue card front, then the center with the flowers and butterfly adhered was popped into the middle.  After testing out a few sentiments, I ended up with one of SSS Reverse sentiment strips, then finished things off with the beautiful gems all around the frame.

Are you ready to play along this month?  What are your favorite embellishments?  We'd love to see!  The challenge will remain open until August 25th.  Before you head off to your crafty space, I encourage you to visit the challenge, where my talented teammates have some beautiful inspiration to share with you.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stef

• SSS Butterfly Blossoms stamps and dies
• SSS Reverse Sentiment Strips set (not sure which one, mine are all mixed together)
• Altenew Sparkle Frame
• Altenew Deep Sea Sapphire Gem Sparkles
• Copics - YR16, Y17, 08, G19, 02
• Olos - O4.6, 4.3