#1138 – Vintage Flowers

Hello and welcome! We have a new challenge up at Addicted to Stamps & More and the challenge this time is to ‘Make Your Mark‘!

And here’s my creation –

It’s been a very long time since I used my Prima watercolor pencils. These pencils don’t rpovide very rich and vibrant colors, so they are perfect for vintage liek themes. I also missed watercoloring some flowers so I thought combining them would be a great idea. I used stamped from Altenew Garden Treasure and Beautiful Day and Simon Says Stamp Sketch Ranunculus, stamped it using Antique Linen on Canson XL watercolor paper and then watercolored it.

Once done, I die cut the panel using Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frame. I also cut a couple of additional panels to adhere them beneath this. I then adhered both the positive and negative pieces on the card base. For sentiment, I used Altenew Essential Sentiment Strips. I die cut a couple of stripes of this, adhered then together before adhering it on the card. No furner embellishements – I liked the clean look of the card. 🙂

And that’s my card. I’m also joining these challenges with my card –

We Love Stamping challenge February challenge – Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms challenge – Anything Goes

Neglected Stuff February challenge

Hop over to the Addicted to Stamps & More challenge blog to checkout what the rest of the DT for your inspiration!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

#1093 – Squeal!!

PE: Honorable Mention at Just us Girls challenge!

Hello! Welcome to a new edition of Seize the Birthday challenge where the challenge is to make a birthday project with an optional topping. Our hostess for this round, JoAnn, has chosen the topping to be ‘Cute Critters‘.

And here’s what I made –

For watercoloring, I used Canson XL Aquarelle watercolor paper. I wanted to use a critter from a new stamp set I got in my stash – Simon Says Stamp Wintertime Critters. But these are, obviously, in the winter season and meant for Christmas, which I wanted to change. So I partially stamped my cute piggy and changed a few elements to change it to a birthday theme. Of course, our little piggy is on her way to a party, carrying her present to her friend!! 🙂

For the background, I stamped a few images from Reverse Confetti Tall Blooms and also Purple Onion Designs Birch Tree Background. I then watercolored the piece using Daniel Smith watercolors. Once done and dry, I trimmed the piece and adhered it over kraft card base. I then also die cut a frame from the same cardstock using Memory Box Basic Rectangles dies, stacking a couple die cuts for dimension.

For the sentiment, I used My Favorite Things Piggy Pebbles, white heat embossed on the same cardstock. I also used a border die from Lawn Fawn Border Dies die set to add a stitched look to one side of the sentiment strip. I then adhered it over the card.

And that finished my card. I am joining the following challenges as well –

Inkspirational Challenge #321: Word Prompt: Woodland

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #474 – Any Occasion

AAA Birthday Card challenge #64 – Critters

Just Us Girls challenge #739 – Frame

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge – Happy Birthday

Step over to the Seize the Birthday blog for more cute and cuddly inspiration from our guest designers and our talented DT. I had smiles on my face looking at all the creations! 🙂

Thank you so much for stopping by!