It's a late posting today -- very busy and spent quality time with Thom today. That is always worth the investment! I chose to work on a very simple sketch challenge today. This is one of those that immediately hit me and it came together easily.
The base card is Brilliant Blue, which I don't seem to use often at all. I chose it to start with because I have a ton of the 8 1/2 x 11 paper and need to reorder most of the other colors. Very scientific...
Next, I used a layer of Pumpkin Pie and created a So Saffron layer that is 1/8" smaller than the Pumpkin Pie layer. I layered these two pieces. I stamped the grasses from Inspired by Nature in Old Olive and then colored the flowers with Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Chip markers. I used Always Artichoke ink forthe stems, and instead of huffing on this large stamp, I gently spritzed it with water and then stamped the image.
I stamped the sentiment "just for you" from the Many Merry Messages stamp set and cut it out to fit the Silver Hodgepodge hardware. I used the White Taffeta ribbon to adhere the Hodgepodge Hardware to the Pumpkin Pie/So Saffron Layer and adhered this to the base card.
I'm happy with this one. But, I'm happier still that I've finally gotten one of my 5 cards designed for swaps at Convention. One down, four to go and they all need to be designed this week so I'll be working hard! And, I've still got cleaning, laundry, work, etc., that must be done before I can stamp. I don't know if it's considered proper to pray to God to make you more of a creative stamper, but I have always read that we don't have because we don't ask, so I'm asking! Even though God knows what we need, we might as well throw out some of our wants as well! Perhaps He has some cretivity left in that bucket for me...I'll let you know throughout the week if I get some divine intervention!
Have a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping!
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