Happy Friday Stamping Friends! It’s time for a new sketch challenge at TGIF Challenges. I love sketch challenges, because the basic designing is already done. Just pick a stamp set, or in this case a designer series paper, and fill it in!
For my card, I decided to use the gorgeous new True Love Designer Series Paper as the focal point. I simply picked out some of my favorite flower prints from the various sheets, cut them out to color, and arranged them on my card.
I seriously love this paper, in fact I love ANY paper that’s black and white. It coordinates with everything and looks absolutely stunning on projects.
I colored the flowers with Stampin’ Blends Markers including the following colors: Magenta Madness and Flirty Flamingo for the large flowers, Mango Melody and Calypso Coral for the smaller flowers, Granny Apple Green and Old Olive for the leaves, and Blackberry Bliss and Purple Posy for the small buds. When I color with Stampin’ Blends, I like to leave a little bit of “white space” so the variation in colors really stands out. Then, I use a Color Lifter to blend the whites.
For the background, I used Blending Brushes on Basic White Cardstock and Bermuda Bay and Coastal Cabana ink. After blending the background, I added clear water splatters.
To finish up the card, I added a sentiment using the Friends Are Like Seashells stamp set. I embossed the greeting in white and then trimmed it very close with lots of room on both ends. From that, I created the folded banner to lay across the flower arrangement.
Lastly, I added some Gold Glimmer Enamel Dots and a bow tied with Playful Pets Trim.
Hope you can join us this week at TGIF Challenges! I would love to see what you design using this week’s sketch. Click over to the TGIF Challenges Blog to see all the designers’ projects this week and enter our challenge.
Have a wonderful and creative day!
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