Double Daffodil

Dancing with the Daffodils!

I love the daffodil stamp set called, "Beautiful Life". It is a two-step stamp set, which means it has solid and outlined images of the flower. This allows you to give your flowers more depth.
I used this stamp set to make my Easter Cards this year and I also used a fancy feature called a Double-Slider. See the Card Recipe at the bottom of this post.
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Daffodils
a poem by William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

You can see the tutorial for the double-slider and the card sketch here: Double Daffodils

Card Recipe: All products SU!

Stamps: Beautiful Life, Pretty petals background stamp
Paper: Soft Sky, So saffron, Vanilla, River Rock, Mellow moss and
Designer paper called, "Le jardin"
Ink: so saffron, river rock, mellow moss, soft sky (for sponging)
Other: Soft Sky striped grosgrain ribbon, Boho Blossoms flower punch, blue crystal brad, scallop punch, dazzling diamond glitter, ticket corner punch

The Daffodils:
For the stems of the daffodil, I used mellow moss ink. I stamped with the solid stem image first...stamping off, so that my ink would be lighter. The I stamped over the solid image, using the detailed stem image and mellow moss ink.

For the flowers...I recommed using a stamp-a-ma-jig to help you place your flower where you want them.

For the Flower:
I used the Boho Blossom punch to punch out several small flowers from the designer paper. Then I layered the pieces and secured them with the blue crystal brad. I attached the flower to the card using a dimensional


To see more pictures of cards that are using the "Beautiful Life" stamp set click here: Daffodils