…they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom

Sharing a quick thank you card I made featuring a stamp from the So Happy For You set by Concord & 9th and ‘thank you’ from the Whatnot Sentiments Six set by Your Next Stamp.

For my colours I used the current palette at CAS Colours & Sketches.  I actually used Stampin’ Up! cardstock and inks in the specified colours.  My Gray Granite stamping looks a bit off but think it’s the pink background that’s thrown off the colour compared to the piece of Gray Granite cardstock I matted my flower stamping on.

The layout of my card is from the current sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch.  After I cut all my cardstock and layered them up, I realised my background of Powder Pink looked a bit bare with just the one ‘thank you’ stamped in grey on it.  So I decided to repeat stamp the sentiment in VersaMark ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder to create my own background.

I’d already clear embossed over my flowers and focal sentiment to give me one of my three elements from the tic tac toe board at Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe.  My other two to complete the row are the colour pink and the pearls I added to the flower centres.

This particular card is going out to a colleague but I’ve cut a bunch of layers to make a few for my stash.  I always think a thank you card is one of the easiest ways to bring a smile to someone and a handmade one is even more sure to make them feel appreciated.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Super Fine Detail Clear

Embellishments

Flourish with a Bling Pearls ~ Red

Kaisercraft Pearls ~ Blush

Inks & Paints etc

Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Pad ~ Gray Granite, Lovely Lipstick & Powder Pink

VersaMark Stamp Pad ~ Watermark

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bellbird Paperarts Cardstock ~ Cotton Blend

Stampin’ Up! Cardstock ~ Gray Granite, Lovely Lipstick & Powder Pink

Stamps

Concord & 9th ~ 10447 So Happy For You

Your Next Stamp ~ CYNS206 Whatnot Sentiments Six

Challenges

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…the fine simplicity of our forefathers

Sharing a card I made for a fishing friend featuring one of the stamps from the The Great Outdoors set from Close To My Heart.

I used the current sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches for my layout and thought it would be fun to use the bubbles from the Big Bang Confetti set by Winnie & Walter to create the scattered circle pattern.  I stamped these first in VersaMark ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I then added the fish in and used a mask to keep the fish white while I did the distress watercolour background technique to create my water.  Unfortunately, once I added in the background the bubbles became a bit too subtle but this led me to a fix that let me use some of my PTI raindrops I’ve been hoarding since forever.  Love the subtle dimensional element these added, just wish I had more sizes to fill all the stamped bubbles.

I wanted to play along at Mod Squad for their fun titled challenge ‘Greet Your Vellum’ so I stamped my sentiment on a piece of vellum that I attached under one of the raindrops.  The sentiment is from the Stampin’ Up! Lemon Zest set and was heat embossed with some metallic Zing! embossing powder.  I cut the piece of vellum to a flag shape and only adhered the point so it would flap a bit like a fly you use for fishing.

Over at Southern Girls they’ve got animals up to all sorts of antics and, as my card features an animal, I’m also linking up in their challenge.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Super Fine Detail Clear

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Silver

Zing! Embossing Powder ~ Metallic Finish Blue

Embellishments

Papertrey Ink ~ Raindrops

Inks & Paints etc

Jane Davenport Mermaid Markers ~ Meteorite & Moonbeam

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Evergreen Bough, Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers & Tumbled Glass

VersaFine Clair ~ Paradise

VersaMark Stamp Pad ~ Watermark

Wink of Stella Glitter Marker ~ Clear

Papers

7 Dots Studio

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Lagoon

Bazzill Vellum ~ White

Stamps

Close To My Heart ~ The Great Outdoors (retired)

Stampin’ Up! ~ 143808 Lemon Zest (sentiment)

Winnie & Walter ~ WW001 Big Bang Confetti (bubbles)

Challenges

Mod Squad ~ Greet Your Vellum

Southern Girls ~ Animal Antics

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