Twirling Tulips

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you this Easter Bank Holiday. Well the weather's right - lots of rain!!

I had some fun this long weekend creating with a 3D EF from Spellbinders, the Twirling Tulips by Simon Hurley. I embossed a few panels on white card then used lots of different Distress Oxides to colour with. I didn't use the stencil this time. This EF gives a lovely deep impression although I did re-emboss on a couple of the cards after die-cutting, just to get that depth back. I tried a variety of shaped cards and was able to get two DL cards from a single embossed panel.

This is the first of the two DL cards. I used Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Bundled Sage, Mowed Lawn Distress Oxides. Dies used are Lisa Horton Slimline Festive Check Frame. Sentiment is from Creative Expressions Wordies Sheets 'Celebrations'.

Dies used here are Lisa Horton Slimline Layered Daisy Set, MFT Zig Zag Stitched Circles.

Sentiment is from Card Making Magic 'Thinking of You' stamp set.

Distress Oxides used are Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, Carved Pumpkin, Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness.

Sentiment is from Lisa Horton Fabulous Fonts Set - I've given this a double shadow.

I used nearly the whole embossed panel for this A5 card.

Distress Oxides used: Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed,  Rusty Hinge, Seedless Preserves, Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness.

Dies are Lisa Horton Nested Stitched Bubble Rectangles and Fabulous Fonts sentiments.

For this final card I coloured with Milled Lavender, Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion, Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness.

Dies used are Daisy Mae Designs Stitched Nested Arches and First Edition Decorative Topper Sentiment Dies.

Thanks for popping by and any comments you leave - always appreciated :)

Happy crafting.

Fatima

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