Orange Flower with Aqua Chevrons

Happy and fresh with chevron texture and bright colors.  A simple but elegant design.   Before I added the textures, it was "too simple."  A bit of embossing adds a lot of interest here. 

My layout is CASEd from this card by Lizzie Jones.  Her blog Don't Forget to Write is one of my favorites!  Thanks, Lizzie, for your inspiring example.   And I was inspired by the Operation Write Home mid-week challenge to use a color scheme of blue (aqua and turquoise) and green, with orange and a neutral (white).

Note: the gray is background, not part of the card.

Card details:

• Card stock is Paper Source peacock (dark turquoise) and Papertrey Ink (PTI) stamper's select white, aqua mist, new leaf (green), orange zest, and damask print from orange zest pattern pack. 
• Dies are WPlus9 folk art florals (large leaflet) and PTI mega gracious vases, photo finish strips, and beautiful blooms II #3 (medium flower)
• The ribbon bow punch is by Martha Stewart.  The flower center is a 1/4" hole punch. 
• The card base is partially embossed with Sizzix chevrons embossing folder.  I used Stampin' Up square lattice embossing folder for the bow and flower center. 
• The sentiment "Hello" is computer printed in green ink (in real life a good match for the leaves) with Mistral font, bold, expanded character spacing.

Created for Operation Write Home, "supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them." (267)