Coral Hibiscus

Hi everyone.  Today's card is for a couple of challenges ... SCS Color Challenge (CC451 - Calypso Coral, Real Red, Old Olive), and Muse #42 ... where Laurie Willison has provided this fabulous card for inspiration:

I used a NBUS (never-before-used-schtuff) ... Darnell will be proud! :)  I've had this hibiscus die-cut for a long time and have never used it before.  I'm really happy how it turned out ... the colors from the challenge just seemed to speak tropical flower to me.

Here's a close-up:

I die-cut two of the flowers from Calypso Coral card stock (and the stem from Old Olive) and then sponged around the edges of each petal (and in the center) with Real Red ink.  I used my Coral Stampin' Write marker to draw in the veins on the flower and then used my blender pen to blend them a little and make them subtle.  I took one of the flowers and cut the petals apart.  I shaped each one with my stylus and mat and then glued it on top of the base flower, having it flush at the center of the flower and raised at the ends of the petals (I used a dimensional on each one).  It's hard to tell from the photo, but the flower has a lot of depth.

I used a snippet of left over designer paper for the bottom (I'll enter this into the Snippets Playground as well), and stamped a sentiment in old olive ink to finish.

Stamps:  Bloomin' Marvelous (SU!)
Paper:  White (C.C. Designs); Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Everyday Enchantment DP (SU!)
Ink:  Real Red, Old Olive, Calypso Coral (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Big Shot, Hibiscus die-cut (Memory Box), Stamp-a-ma-jig, stylus, mat, glue, adhesives and dimensionals