1. White cardstock
2. Distress inks in your chosen colors. I'm using Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick and Seedless Preserves.
3. Distress ink tool with foam pad.
4. Flower stamp of your choice. I used Blended Bloom from SU!
5. Versamark and embossing powder to create embossed image.
Next, starting with the lightest color, start to blend the color on one end of your flower, making sure that you leave enough room for all four colors. You may want to leave slightly less space for the darkest unless you wish to have a darker looking color. Personally I love the yellow and oranges at the start so I chose to give them just a bit more space.
Continue to blend in each color until you have come to the end of your flower. Your progress should look somewhat like the pictures below. Don't worry if you don't think it looks right, after you cut out your flower, it usually tends to make it look much better.
To get the dimensional look of the flower, I simply made two of these flowers and the top one was cut out a bit smaller and layered with a foam dimensional dot. You could also do a third flower with mostly the middle for an even more dramatic effect.
To get the chevron in the background of this card, I simply put down a chevron stencil and patted it with gray ink until I was happy. The string behind the flower is simply gray and white bakers twine.
You can also add some sparkle by adding rhinestones, pearls, Stickles, glitter or whatever makes you happy; to the center of your flower.
I hope this tutorial gets you making your own sunset-inspired card soon!
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