Saturday, April 16, 2016

Time to Bloom

I have returned from a road trip all the way across the country from Phoenix with a full week stop in Myrtle Beach and a stopover in Texas with family and friends. It's good to be home and I'm happy to be working on cards again.





This week, I decided to combine the two challenges from From the Heart since I am sooo behind LOL! The progressive monthly challenge has this beautiful set of flowers and sentiments called Time to Bloom. i {heart} card sketches w/ a tWiSt #147 has a wonderful sketch to use and a twist of lots of patterned paper. I selected matching papers from My Mind's Eye paper pad called Happy Day. Both the fussy cut images and sentiment were popped up with foam tape. I used a touch of Wink of Stella in gold, popped up a second layer of the tiny blue flowers with Strickles centers, and added a few sequins.
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Copic Colors Used
I carried the color scheme inside and the  sentiment is from Stampabilities and is called Single Flower Sentiment.


Thank you for stopping by. I enjoy reading each of your comments!

14 comments:

  1. Gorgeous, Jean! I love the layers and your lovely coloring. Thanks for playing along with us at From the Heart Stamps SOTM challenge!

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    1. Thank you very much, Brenda. I agree that layering does add a lot to a floral image.

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  2. Beautiful card, Jean and your coloring of the SOTM "Time to Bloom" is fabulous !! Great take also with our Sketch # 147 !

    Thanks for joining us @ From the Heart Stamps !

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    1. I love coloring flowers, Imke. I know I will use this image often. Thank you for stopping by.

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  3. Beautiful coloring of the SOTM image, Jean!

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  4. Wonderful card! Thanks for entering I {heart} card sketches with a tWist - hope to see you again next time!

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  5. This is so very pretty, Jean, how you incorporated the new SOTM with the sketch. Love all of the scallops! Thanks for joining us for Sketch #147 & the April SOTM @ FTHS.

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    1. Thanks Pink. I just love the idea of using a sketch to push myself. I didn't have a nice curve die like the challenge, so I used what I had :)

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  6. Wow, Wow, Wow, Jean you've really outdone yourself on this one! Love the coloring and the popped up image. It works beautifully. Thank you so much for your entry with us at From The Heart Stamps in our Stamp of the Month Challenge. WooHoo.

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    1. You are so sweet, Kathy! Thank you for the kind words. You always encourage me to put even more effort into each card I do :)

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