Flowers & A Sketch

Sorry for being away so long! I haven't had any time to stamp this week, so I had nothing to share with you. Such a bummer.

But, I finally got to stamp a little bit yesterday though. Earlier this week, my new SU sets came in the mail so I got to play with those a little bit! I ordered so many sets, yikes! One of my favorites is Morning Soft, which is a picture of a blooming Morning Glory. Now, the photos I'm sharing with you today are not of Morning Glories, but of one of my Clamatis plants! I don't know what the name of this Clematis is, but the blooms are HUGE, and are a light lavender color. Right outside my front door, I have a Jackmanii Clematis, which has smaller, dark purple blossoms. Seeing this pictures again makes me ache for spring!

Literally, I think the blossoms on this clematis plant span 6 inches!!!

In honor of all the beautiful flowers we'll watch bloom in a few months, I made this card for you using Morning Soft. I stamped the flower on watercolor paper using black Stazon.

Then I spritzed the paper and started painting it using my aqua brush and Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, and Lovely Lilac inks. Once I was finished painting, I spritzed the image again and let it seep outside the lines of the flower. The main designer paper (green) is from Scribble Scribble (Verve Visual). I'm not sure where I got the purple polka dot paper--it was a scrap, of course! For the sentiment, I punched an oval out of some watercolor paper, and then applied Old Olive and Elegant Eggplant ink to it after I had spritzed it with some water. It dried in a few minutes, and then I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Black Onyx ink. It is attached to the front of the card with dimensional tape.

Since I love how this card turned out, I decided to make it into a sketch for you to use if you want to! If you happen to use it, drop me a link to it so I can see what you've done!

I hope you all have a great day today. I have a business lunch at noon with my rep from one of the local tv stations here, then I can come home and stamp a little bit.

Hubby is doing a little freelance engineering this weekend and will be traveling to Madison, WI for the Gopher/Badger basketball game. He leaves today and will be back tomorrow evening, relatively early since it's an afternoon game.

Hugs,

Amy