*Create It 3-Ways Instagram Hop -- Get Well Soon*

 I'm participating in a hop over on Instagram... each month, a group of us create three cards using a common element following a predetermined theme.  Our theme for July is "get well soon".  We can chose anything we want to carry through the three cards we create...  colours, papers, stamps sets, technique... just one thing (or more if you want) that is the same between all three cards.

For my cards, I not only used the same floral stamp as my focal point, I used the same ink colours and the same sentiment stamp and die.

I just love these large florals from Altenew... but they don't always go with with my clean and simple style.  Today I decided to share three cards that are not clean and simple... some will say one of them is, but as the self-proclaimed queen of clean and simple, I will have to disagree.

So... on to the cards....

I love the look of colours when they just pop out on black...  I stamped, stencilled and cut this flower out, added black Copic marker along the white edges and chapped the piece in half.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Images:  Altenew Graceful Gardenias; Honey Bee Best of Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Tim Holtz Distress Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean

*Dies:  Altenew Graceful Gardenias, Honey Bee Best of Everything
*Etc:  Kuretake Starry Colors

My second card is my least favourite... I like the idea but I don't love the placement of the sentiment.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Images:  Altenew Graceful Gardenias; Honey Bee Best of Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Tim Holtz Distress Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean

*Dies:  Altenew Graceful Gardenias, Honey Bee Best of Everything
*Tools:  Perfect Layers

My third card is my absolute favourite in this trio...  I used the same colours but did a lighter ink blending with them.  And I really like the brick embossing folder.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Images:  Altenew Graceful Gardenias; Honey Bee Best of Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Tim Holtz Distress Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean

*Dies:  Altenew Graceful Gardenias, Honey Bee Best of Everything

*Embossing:  Stampin' Up! Brick and Mortar
*Tools:  Perfect Layers
*Embellishments:  Studio Katia Sparkling Crystals