Priscilla's Papercrafts: Inspiring Iris

I love iris flowers. I had a bunch of them in the garden of my old home. Now that I'm in Oregon, I have to see if they grow here. And if they do, I'll have to plant some.

So when I saw the stamp set Inspiring Iris, I knew it would have a place in my home.

This is a "two-step" Stampin' card. I stamped the iris leaves and flowers in Tuxedo Black ink, and then stamped over the leaves with Mossy Meadow and the iris flowers with Gorgeous Grape. But what I really love about these stamps is the texture you get when you use them - when stamped, the image looks like it's two-toned. So pretty.

See what I mean? The shaded areas are part of the stamp.

The card base is Gorgeous Grape. I cut a piece of Perennial Essence DSP with the Stitched Rectangle dies and mounted it onto Whisper White. The focal image was stamped on Whisper White, also cut with a smaller Rectangle, and then I ran it through my die-cutting machine with the Subtle embossing folder. This was adhered to a Gorgeous Grape layer and popped up with Dimensionals after adding a snipped of Flax Ribbon.