Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Americana Flowers ~ HSS242, WWYS72, PPA308


Hello my fellow stampers!!!  Happy Tuesday!  Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge #242: a color challenge.  
With a red, white and blue color combo one tends to think about stars and stripes, the 4th of July, or nautical....at least I do anyway!  I really tried my best to think outside the box and not go there.  I saw What Will You Stamp challenge #72 using {You're Sublime} and I thought perhaps I could blend the two challenges!  I also found Pals Paper Arts #308, which was a nice sketch challenge.  I REALLY love it when I can combine several challenges into one!  It's so fun!
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I took a country/Americana type approach with this card.  I colored the flowers and wheel barrow with my blender pen and ink pads.
The pin-dot Cherry Cobbler background paper adds the country feel, as well as the barnwood paper (which I sponged) and the burlap ribbon.  
The new banner punch was just right to add the sentiment on top of the flowers.  


I added some Crystal Effects (now retired ... boo) to the flowers to make them stand out just a little bit more.


Here's a list of my supplies....
Stamps: You're Sublime, Thoughtful Banners
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Dapper Denim, Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Stazon Black
Paper: Dapper Denim, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Farmers Market DSP
Accessories: Blender pen, Banner punch, Oval Framelits, Burlap Ribbon, Ruched Ribbon, Crystal Effects

I hope you'll be able to join us at Hand Stamped Sentiments and remember, the challenge runs for two weeks!
Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!
Jenny


7 comments:

  1. It is so sad that Crystal Effects is retired. I love the way you used it here to make those flowers shine!

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  3. Great card! I love the subtle coloring of the stamp. ❀ Ilse

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  4. So pretty! The colors works so well on this card!! Thanks for joining us at WWYS!!!

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  5. Love that Burlap! Very nice card Jenny. Thanks for playing with us this week at WWYS

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  6. Great card Jenny! Love the colouring on the flowers. Thank you for joining s over at WWYS this week!

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  7. You created a very sweet and beautiful card with so many textures. I love how you used the burlap ribbon with the ruched ribbon and your coloring of the flower image. Thanks for being part of the Hand Stamped Sentiments design team.

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