Thankful Garden for As You See It Challenge #345

Ooooh! Delicious! Our As You See It Colour Challenge this week has the prettiest colours. Thanks, Jan, for coming up with them! After I stopped admiring them, I looked through my newish stamp sets to see what would work, and came up with the Thankful Garden bundle, which includes a hydrangea stencil, and decided to use that. It was great for every colour except for Peach Pie and I was able to use that colour on my background paper and on my sentiment. Here's a look at the Challenge Banner:

And here's how it all turned out:

• I used Fresh Freesia cardstock as my card base, cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4".
• I cut a piece of Peach Pie cardstock for the next layer and ran it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine with the  Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder.
• I added a Basic White Layer 3 3/4" x 5" with the sentiment, from the Thankful Garden stamp set, stamped on in Peach Pie ink.
• On a scrap piece of Basic White, I used the large hydrangea bloom stencils to create the floral focal point, using Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape and Garden Green ink. I like to use our old Stamp positioning tool, the Stamparatus, to help keep everything in place, because the magnets are so strong.
• I die cut the hydrangea bloom with the corresponding die from the Thankful Garden die and added it to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
• I used Fresh Freesia Seam Binding ribbon for the bow on the bottom of the hydrangea bloom and Purple Fine Shimmer Gems to add the sparkle to the bloom itself.

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Product List

Thankful Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [165526]	Thankful Garden Decorative Masks [165538]	Thankful Garden Bundle (English) [165534]	Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155613]	Peach Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [163799]
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Fresh Freesia 3/8" (1 Cm) Seam Binding Ribbon [164971]	Purple Fine Shimmer Gems [162611]	Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611]	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099]
Peach Pie Classic Stampin Pad [163810]	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089]	Small Blending Brushes [160518]	Mini Corrugated 3 D Embossing Folder [165559]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]
Thankful Garden Dies [165533]	Stampin' Seal [152813]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]