Stationery Style: Four Floral Arrangement Cards - Jine Jean

Our sweet and lovely CP Gal, Jina Jean, has arranged a vibrant and graceful selection of handmade cards, each a reflection of this month's Stationery Style theme–Floral Arrangement. Have a look!

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Hi CP fans ~ It's Jina joining you today to share my flower cards inspired by the Open Road collection. I've been a long time fan of all of the beautiful flowers Crate has created over the years. They're cute and elegant, and I really enjoy playing with them when scrapbooking or card making. It was no surprise then when I spotted the many exquisite flowers of various shapes and colors in the Open Road collection. I fell in love with their 'vintage' feel and amazing tones. I couldn't wait to create cards from them in honor of this month's 'Stationery Style' theme.

My first card is soft and clean. On a white sheet of cardstock, I trimmed and adhered sections of tiny flower patterned paper. I then hand-trimmed random sized layers of white cardstock and positioned them in the center of the card with small doily pieces. Lastly, I added machine stitching and clear rhinestones. In essence, the card feels pure, rich and romantic.

For my second card, I used vibrant patterned paper with the addition of Open Road's 'chipboard frames' and scattered sequins, which are super cute! I created a flower collage from different sizes and colors of flowers - a technique that is an absolute favorite on mine!

This time, I wanted to up the contrast by using strong colors and patterns. I went the route of 'black, bold stripes' and 'orange'. I extended the black/white theme to the embellishments by accenting Open Road's turquoise rose with a black/white chipboard feather.

Finally, I decided to make another card using flower patterned paper instead of flower die-cuts. I love the cute flowers on this vintage emerald green paper. It's fresh and bright–especially the beautiful yellow flowers! I went with even more yellow by housing Open Road's large yellow chipboard camera in the center of the card. Behind it sits a petite transparency window filled with glitter–a kind of camera splash!

I highly suggest giving The Open Road collection a look when sitting down to create your own assortment of flower adorned cards this summer. Thank you for stopping by the Crate Paper blog!