Purple and Mint Birthday Blossom ~ CCMC365

Hey everybody, it's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge time again!  It's sketch week...

My card started off with this pretty, little watercolored flower that was lying around my desk, discarded from another project.  It's from {Flower Shop}. I stamped it on watercolor paper and colored it with my Aqua Painter.  I added the leaves, watercolored with Sahara Sand ink, from {Birthday Blossoms}. The sentiment and smaller flowers on the Vanilla oval are also from {Birthday Blossoms}.  For the background banner, I stamped the leaf image on Mint Macaron cardstock in Versamark, embossed it with clear EP and them sponged over the entire thing with Bermuda Bay ink.  I like the depth this technique achieves.  I added a bit of Sahara Sand lace ribbon underneath the banner.  

I also added some Linen Thread behind the flower and leaves and popped the whole thing up on a dimensional.  

For a little extra detail in the center of the flower, I used my white gel pen to add some dots and then ran over the center with my aqua painter to soften them up a bit. 

Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Birthday Blossoms, Flower Shop

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Coastal Cabana, Elegant Eggplant

Paper: Blackberry Bliss, Very Vanilla, Mint Macaron, Watercolor, Bohemian DSP

Accessories: Oval Framelits, Pansy punch, Linen Thread, Clear EP, Sahara Sand lace ribbon

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny