Digital Stamp - Framed Orchid

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This design could be printed in any colour on an inkjet printer, and then coloured, but leaving part of it black allowed me to foil it. I opened it in my drawing program and saved two copies so that the position of the design on both copies would be identical. One the first copy, I added a frame around the design and then deleted the wreath of flowers. I printed it on160gsm card on a laser printer and foiled it purple. On the second copy of the design I chose pink as the fill colour, and then I covered the orchid in the centre with a circle filled with white. The foiled copy was returned to the printer and the wreath printed. The wreath of flowers and leaves was coloured using fineliner pens and the centre orchid with water colour pencils.

I printed the sheet out onto 300gsm Super Smooth white cardstock and coloured the image in using ProMarkers and Wink of Stella brush pens. I finished it off by putting black glitter glue at the centre of each of the red flowers. I cut the image out and stuck it to a sheet of embossed gold mirror card, trimming to leave an even border using a Perfect Layer ruler. I then used 1mm deep, double sided, foam tape to attach the matted topper to the front of a sheet of foiled Adorable Scorable cardstock. I also added a panel of the embossed gold card ready to add a greeting when I know what language the card will be needed in.

A lovely image that can be used on a simple square card, or blinged up for a bigger card, and is suitable for many occasions depending on the colours used to colour it in.