Feelin' Sketchy

Hello again!  After two-in-a-row Christmas posts (and another coming soon), I thought I'd better do some flowers lest I forget what season we're in.  I kept it quick and clean and simple because I was short on time, but it was as much fun and infinitely more liberating than a fancied up complex card.

I combined my never-before-used, bought-on-sale Pinkfresh Floral Envelope set (sans envelope) with the current Sunday Stamps Challenge -- Feelin' Sketchy.

With minimal layers I followed the sketch to the letter.  Copic colored and cut with the matching dies, I popped up the flowers, but glued the stem and bow knot flat.  I'm loving my Nuvo drops a lot lately and had the perfect color to match.  I like to give the bigger drops a solid thwack on the backside of the card to flatten them, but the teensy drops stay more pearl-shaped.  Cute!

Linking up here: 

Sunday Stamps Challenge 338 -- Feelin' Sketchy
NBUS Challenge #63 -- My never before used schtuffs are the Pinkfresh Floral Envelope and matching dies.

 

That was fun!  Have a lovely weekend!

Stamps:  Pinkfresh Floral Envelope with matching dies  Paper:  Neenah Classic Crest Super Smooth Solar White 80 & 110 lb, ancient My Mind's Eye designer paper  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black  Coloring:  Copics  Other:  Nuvo Neptune Crystal Drops, Scotch brand foam mounting tape, SU retired Subtle embossing folder (on card base, probably not showing in photo), Memory Box Stitched Scalloped Circles, Taylored Expressions Stitched Rectangle Stacklets, Poppystamps banner die (from a sentiment set)

Happy Wishes Peony

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Hello again!  I'm happy to be here twice in one week.  Life is full of busyness lately, but I've got to have my crafty time, too.  The quickest kind of card for me to make is one with a large colored image and not a lot of other detail in the design.  The stamp does it all!

This is a Pinkfresh stamp -- Lush Peonies -- picked up on one of their sales a while back.  It's been waiting in the wings while I goof around with a lot of other stuff both in and out of my craft room.

It's very loosely colored with Tombow markers and blender, then blue ink added through a stencil to help highlight the image a bit more.  The enamel dots are actually 1/4" and 1/8"punched circles coated with Diamond Glaze.  They look more dimensional than they actually are and I love that.  I've done this many times in the past, but suddenly it's my new favorite thing.

I'm not even going to worry about the few times I colored outside the lines.

I won't take up more of your time, but I will link to the challenges I had in mind while making this card.

Triple B has a beautiful blue inspiration board, but they insist that anything goes as long as it includes a bloom, bird, or butterfly
The Four Seasons Challenge has switched to the summer months.  Anything goes as long as it's summer related.  Peonies bloom in early summer here.
Last, but far from least is NBUS Challenge #63.  My never before used schtuff is the Lush Peonies and the Sue Wilson Stacked Happy Wishes sentiment die.

  

Onward to the weekend.  Enjoy!

Stamps:  Pinkfresh Lush Peonies  Paper:  Fabriano Artistico Extra White 140 hot pressed watercolor, SU Pixie Pink & Pink Passion  Ink:  Palette Noir, SU Bashful Blue  Coloring:  Tombow markers & blender  Other:  Sue Wilson Stacked Happy Wishes, Spellbinders Hemstitch Rectangles (largest die with no hemstitch), Penny Black Background Basics Stencil, 1/4" & 1/8" circle punches, JudiKins Diamond Glaze

Friends and Good Vibes

It's true, life is better with friends and I can't imagine being without them.  Two friends enabled me to make today's cards.  Cat sent the sentiment and flowers I used on the first card.  She had stuck everything to a piece of yellow low-tack tape and I love the way it looked so I simply made an almost identical arrangement on yellow cardstock.  Then I adhered that to a pretty frame piece sent by Michele.

Michele sent the Spellbinders Scrolled Punch & Pierce Plate.  In the card above I popped up one of the smaller cuts, and in the card below I used a larger cut for a lacy cover that looks so pretty white on white.  She also sent the Pinkfresh Chrysanthemum washi cuts which I used on the second card.  The sentiment stamped in the open space is from my own Pinkfresh Folk Hummingbird set.

Just having some fun in between projects around the house and yard.  We've had a little sun now and then, but nothing to get too excited about.  I'm still waiting and wondering when spring will be here for real.  Maybe tomorrow.  Wishing you a beautiful day!