Hello Friend

Happy Saturday!! I'm sharing this cheerful card featuring two items from the March Release, Hoppy Spring and Puffy Clouds Stencil along with the out of the vault Fence & Grass Die. 

 

 

I started by stenciling the clouds with Barely Banana ink on the same color card base for a tone on tone look. Then, I stamped the flower image on Strathmore Bristol Smooth with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink, colored with Arteza Real Brush Pens and die cut. 

Next, I added green grass with Parsely ink and clouds with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink on the white panel. I die cut the fence from Chocolate Chip cardstock, glued to the flower panel and trimmed the edges. Finally, I stamped the sentiment with black ink on white, hand trimmed the banner tail and assembled the card.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and thanks for stopping by,

Karen

GARDEN WHIMSY

Have you had a chance to play with any of the March Sets? They are so fun and they compliment each other so well to create adorable projects!

Today I am working with the the Garden Whimsy set and the Everyday Greetings set. I love the unique style of the critters in Garden Whimsy. They are super fun to color - you can really use your imagination. And the sentiment set is just what I have been looking for. They are perfect for any occasion, just thinking of you type cards.

My first card features the dragonfly and the Thanks sentiment. I never really have many of those in my stash so I am happy to have this one. I created the background with Distress Oxides and the new Puffy Clouds stencil. I added a lot of water so the cloud shapes are very subtle. (I have another panel that I created at the same time that is much clearer. You will likely see that soon.) My dragonfly is stamped on top of the background then colored with Polychromos pencils. I got out my color wheel and tried to use colors that aren't my norm and I love the final look. I added the sentiment on the card front and didn't do anything else.

My second card is actually part of a set. I did a swap with some of the team members at Sweet N Sassy and I decided to create cards for everyone. I laid down inks of blues and purple Distress Oxides onto my mat, added water then smooshed the card front through - this is a one layer made from watercolor paper and cut to a fun Bar 4 size of 3 1/2"x4 7/8". Once the background dried, I inked the sentiment and the ladybug onto all of my cards. I inked the ladybug body onto copic friendly paper and colored them rich pinks and blues - they are so much fun! I fussy cut the body and glued them onto the inked image on my card front. Now it has antennae and I didn't have to cut them out :)

These are so cute in real life - they make me smile out loud! I hope you are inspired to pay with colors today and have a blast doing it! AND...If you need anything from the new release...Sweet N Sassy is moving and they are having a sale so they don't have to load it all up - Just use the Code MOVING... winner!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Lyn

SNSS Garden Whimsy is now scheduled. It will go live on March 12, 2021 6:00 am.

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