Beautiful Secret Garden Card

I love the bright, spring colors on this card. The flowers create an amazing focal point. They combine a couple of my favorite techniques...polished stone and embossing. To do the polished stone technique, wet a cotton ball with rubbing alcohol, and then drop one drop each of two or three shades of similar color ink refills (i.e. 3 different pinks) onto the cotton ball. Pounce the cotton ball onto Glossy White card stock. Continue pouncing until the white is completely covered. Once it is dry, stamp the flower onto the polished stone piece with VersaMark. Cover with gold emboss powder and heat to melt. Use the matching Secret Garden Framelits to cut out the flowers.

To make this card, you'll need:

• Stamps: #129141 Secret Garden, #122650 Delightful Dozen, #109521 En Francais
• Cardstock: #105118 So Saffron, #100730 Whisper White, #102599 Glossy White
• Ink: #126957 So Saffron, #102283 VersaMark
• Accessories: #129053 Heat Tool, #109129 Gold Emboss Powder, Ink Refills (#101962 More Mustard, #119672 Daffodil Delight, #105225 So Saffron, #111841 Tangerine Tango, #122934 Calypso Coral, #105229 Pumpkin Pie, #102295 Pretty in Pink, #111843 Pink Pirouette, #115662 Melon Mambo, #109020 Wild Wasabi, and #102059 Garden Green), #113439 Big Shot, #129372 Secret Garden Framelits dies, sewing machine with light tan thread, cotton balls, rubbing alcohol