Raindrop Echo Designs: flourishes stamps

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I'm learning more flower names!

And these are cyclamens :) This is image from another set that I recently got from Flourishes. It's from the "A Year In Flowers 3" set.

This time, I really did try to stay with the natural colors of the flowers, which when I looked them up online, were bright pink with a white outline on the edges. The flowers were colored with Distress Reinkers using the Small Koi Water Brush.

I attempted to put in the white outline with Inkssentials Opaque White Pen from Ranger, but I'm a very impatient cardmaker and the watercolor was still wet so the white outlines just bled and blended into the pink. Ack. I then continued to try to hide my mistake by covering the flowers with Judikins Diamond Glaze. It sort of made it better; the shininess distracts from the unrealistic looking flower : /

Anywho, I'm really going to try this year to use up my neglected supplies. The doilies in the back started off as white doilies, but I sprayed them like crazy with Shimmerz Spritz. I used Olive Branch Spritz on the one in the middle and used Cotton Candy Spritz for the pink ones on the sides. They're actually more shimmery and nicer looking in real life. The net ribbon is from May Arts.

Other than that, the card is pretty simple, lots of white space. Added some pink pearls to give it a bit of character. I can't believe I didn't use patterned paper. I rather like the way it turned out :)

Thank you for stopping by today! Make sure to stop by tomorrow for my post for the new 7 Kids College Fund Challenge and then on Thursday for a showing of some new digis from Whimsy Stamps.

Stamps: Flourishes A Year in Flowers 3
Medium: Distress Reinkers with Small Koi Water Brush
Accessories: doilies, pink pearls, Olive Branch Shimmerz Spritz and Cotton Candy Shimmerz Spritz
Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Labels 4, Tonic 12x12 Guillotine Paper Cutter, ATG adhesive gun

This card is for the following challenges:

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Flowers (whoo hoo, how easy is that?)
Repeat Impressions Challenge - Sketch
My Sheri Crafts - Spray/Mists

Butterflies and Blossoms

I went on a shopping spree at Flourishes recently and one of the sets I got was the Butterflies & Blossoms set. It's such a gorgeous set and I couldn't wait to use it! Of course, I know nothing about flowers or butterflies so I looked up what a clemantis looked like, but all the ones I found were purple or pink and I just wasn't feeling like pink today : / So, instead they're orangy. I tried.

The papers used are from the BasicGrey Curio 6x6 Paper Pad. I used my yummy new silk ribbon from May Arts, added a doily behind the image and did some sewing on the four panels in the back.

The edges of the Nestabilities Labels 2 die were distressed using the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool using the Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pad while the die cut was still on top of the paper. The image was colored using Distress Reinkers with Small Koi Water Brush. Feels weird not to have a sentiment on the front.

I hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year!!

Stamps: Flourishes Butterflies and Blossoms
Medium: Distress Reinkers with Small Koi Water Brush
Paper: BasicGrey Curio 6x6 Paper Pad
Accessories: ribbon, pearls, doily
Tools: Nestabilities Labels 2, Tonic 12x12 Guillotine Paper Cutter, ATG adhesive gun

This card is for a few challenges:

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Pearls
Incy Wincy - Distressing
Craft Your Days Away - Punch it Out
Mojo Monday - Sketch

Bunches of Mother's Day cards

Just sharing with you a few cards I made for Mother's Day at the request of some of my co-workers. The first one is my favorite and I might make something similar for my own mom. I also created some boxes for these cards, but I wasn't about to spend the whole night taking photographs, lol.

I'm entering these cards into a few challenges:

For all cards - DCWV Rustic Stack, Prima flowers, MS border punches, Fiskars corner punch, Spellbinders dies