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

Eclectic Flower Shop ~ CMCC76 & SSSC273

Good Wednesday everyone!  Colour Me has another swell challenge for us this week!  It's sure to get your creative juices flowing!  This week's colors are....Elegant Eggplant, Coastal Cabana, and Old Olive.  

I also used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 273.

As you know, purple always stumps me, but as usual, I turned to my beloved Pinterest and found some inspiration in the form of these flowers.....

I love the turquoise blue in the center and the purple on the tips, so that's what I tried to replicate.  I stamped the flowers on watercolor paper and used my aqua painter to wash the colors on.   After they dried, I punched them out and curled the petals a little.  

The neutral hardwood background is one of the new in colors....Tip Top Taupe.  I also added some Tip Top Taupe lace ribbon and some crocheted ribbon.

Make sure to check out my fellow Colour Me designers blogs!

Angel Johns

Hayley Kew

Jenny Engelke (me)

Julia Wilson

Katie Brooks

Sandy Mathis

Tanja Kabel

Tara Bourgoin

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Bright White ~ CMCC74 & PP247

Hey stampers!  It's time for another Colour Me monochromatic challenge!  White on white! 

I also used The Paper Players Tic Tac Toe challenge, which I ALWAYS love to play along with!  I used Die-cut, embossing and sequins (only my sequins are rhinestones). 

The key to a white on white card is lots of texture and layers.  I started out by spraying a piece of Irresistibly Yours DSP with shimmer spray.  I added a white embossed cut out from {Everything Eleanore}, and circle that has white organdy woven ribbon behind it and then a white embossed vellum flower from {Flower Shop}.  I added a small white punched flower to the center of the vellum flower and finished it off with some rhinestones.

Here's a little better picture of the shimmery background.

Make sure you take a gander at all the other designers creations!

Angel Johns

Hayley Kew

Jenny Engelke(me)

Julia Wilson

Katie Brooks

Sandy Mathis

Tanja Kabel

Tara Bourgoin

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Leather and Lace ~ PPA243

Oh my, I have a new love....a technique called Faux Leather! (Tutorial by Sharon Field)  Isn't it amazing and doesn't it really look like leather?!?!!! I know this is not a new technique, but I've never tried it and couldn't wait to give it a try.

 I had originally colored a {Blended Bloom} flower in these colors and I had it in mind to put as the focal point in the middle of the Pals Paper Arts 243 sketch. 

 I had colored it first and wanted to use the faux leather as a background.  When I tried to put them together it didn't look right so I made another faux leather flower and cut it out with a Chalk Talk Framelit.  I just LOVE the way this came together!!!  It is sooo cool!!!

I wanted to keep it rustic looking so I stamped the center panel of Bermuda Bay with {Hardwood} and sponged it with some Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay ink.  I also wanted to incorporate some lace trim, but it was kinda the wrong color so I sponged it with some Early Espresso ink to darken it up some.  Lastly, I added some Best Year Ever ribbon and Bermuda Bay sequin trim.

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

Stamps: Flower Shop, Petite Petal, Hardwood

Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Bermuda Bay

Ink: Early Espresso, Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist, Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay

Accessories: Chalk Talk die, Bermuda Bay sequins, Lace Trim, Best Year Ever ribbon pack, stylus, sponges

Thanks for taking a peek!  

Jenny

Casual Colored Flower Shop ~ CQC250 & SSSC227

This card is for Colour Q Challenge 250 and Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 227.

I stamped the flowers in Stazon ink and then colored them in randomly with my regular markers.  After I punched them out with the Pansy Punch, I curled the petals down to give them dimension.  

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

Stamps: Flower Shop, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Stazon Black, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral

Paper: White, Black, Calypso Coral, Day and Night DSP

Accessories: Glimmer brads, Decorative Label punch, Pansy punch, Decorative Dots EF

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny