Australian themed wattle bunches using Forever Fern

I have been asked to create some cards with a rural Australian theme which is quite challenging given the limited number of Stampin' Up! products which fit this criteria.

However I have had a good play with some of the images from Forever Fern stampset, and created a few cards with a bunch of wattle in a jar. I had lots of fun creating these. The wattle is stamped in Bumble Bee, and the bobbly spray is also cut from this Cardstock. To get the variegation in the leaves I used the Baby Wipe Technique and a range of green inks to create the stamp pad. One of these jars is copper, and the other is watercolour paper which I have painted with an aqua painter to look like green glass.

The forever Fern Stamp set is such a great versatile set, and while I had the baby wipe palette out I stamped a whole bunch of leaves. The woodgrain paper is now retired but it was the perfect background for my wattle bunches.

I thought these images looked like eucalyptus leaves hanging from the gum tree, so I attached a great bunch to these cards. Of course the inside of the cards is decorated too.

What other stampsets can you think of that can be adapted for Australian flora?

I hope you have a creative week and remember,

"don't just post online,

post something pretty!"

cheers, Liz

Product List

Forever Fern Bundle (English) [154094] $94.50	Forever Fern Cling Stamp Set (English) [152559] $42.00	Flowers Of Friendship Cling Stamp Set [155358] $37.00	Jar Punch [152703] $31.00
Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717] $17.50	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $15.25	Bumblebee A4 Cardstock [153082] $15.25	Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad [153116] $13.00
Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $52.50	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147166] $6.50	Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [155779] $6.50	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [155577] $6.50
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [100531] $6.50	Natural Touch Specialty Paper [156825] $8.75

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