IB119 Spring Garden Basket

Hi peeps!  It's Thursday--the week is flying by--and time for another Inspired By challenge...look how sweet this is:

I went round and round with ideas in my head for this one....just couldn't make any of my huge stash of papers work, so I decided to stamp my own!  First, let's see what I came up with:

I mixed some old and new for my card today!  First, let's check out the sketch that I used, it's from Sunday Stamps:

I used the small single flower from the new Ornate Style and stamped it randomly on my top layer, using Rococo Rose ink, and coloring it with Blends.  I stamped the lower portion in Sahara Sand ink using the retired Diagonal Stripe background stamp.  The overall effect was a little brighter than I wanted, to I layered a panel of vellum over it after I adhered them to a Soft Seafoam base.  Here you can see the layers underneath:

Then I stamped the bunch of florals from the same set in Soft Suede and again colored them with Blends.  I needed a basket, and I checked out the basket from the retired Basket of Wishes set; look how perfectly those flowers fit into that basket!!!  I paper pieced it with a little scrap of tan DSP, then fussy-cut the flowers and popped them up on top.  I added a couple Rococo Rose stitched and scalloped mats, and added some Ornate Garden ribbon underneath, right on top of the vellum:

Before I adhered everything, I stamped a sentiment at the bottom of the vellum:

I was happy to add this to my stash of birthday cards for this month!  And I keep forgetting that Danni now has sketches to use with our challenges....so be sure to check out the blog BEFORE you create your card!  Maybe next week I can get my act together and use both, LOL!  Anyway, I hope you'll play with us...feel free to use either element of the challenge, or both!  Check them out at the Inspired By blog!  Thanks for popping in today!

I was thrilled that the tulips I planted last fall actually bloomed, as I don't usually have good luck with them:

Just ignore the weeds, LOL!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

MTS220 Thinking of You

Happy Friday, everyone!  My birthday card stash is running low, so I pulled out some Delightful Daisy DSP and a sweet floral set called Blooms and Wishes to coordinate with the latest Match the Sketch sketch:

I hope I don't offend anyone by saying that although I love most of the patterns in this DSP series, this particular pattern is not my favorite!  But sometimes I like to challenge myself so that's what I did!  I just got the Diagonal Stripe background stamp, so I stamped a little strip in Smoky Slate for the left vertical panel, then stamped the flower in So Saffron and the leaves in Old Olive, stamped off for a lighter look:

I added an Enamel Glimmer Dot for the center, and added another on the sentiment banner:

Finally, I stamped the inside with a sentiment from Beautiful Day, added another stamped strip and continued the florals, which were stamped off for a softer effect:

 

I am hoping this will make the recipient feel like spring is coming....because you certainly could not tell here in SE PA....our weather reporters said we won't have temps above the mid-40s before April!  Brrrrr!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

A little St Patrick's Viking?????

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Blooms and Wishes, Beautiful Day, Diagonal Stripe
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Delightful Daisy DSP
Ink	So Saffron, Old Olive, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray
Accessories	Enamel Glimmer Dots
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Dimensionals