A little Spring?

I had a little fun putting this card design together. It is a little different and I took a few risks with it. A fresh color combo and some vintage/shabby touches and some quick messy watercoloring…well…I love it but I’m not sure how you all are going to like it! 🙂 DH hates it! LOL “You MADE that?!” 😉 Soooo be honest…what do you think? I’m a big girl…I can take it. 🙂 I think last yesterday I was just tired of perfect coloring and perfect squares and perfect scallops and wanted to think outside the box. I even colored that wild rose in blue! One of my resolutions this year is to try out new things and be more creative. I hope it is one I can keep!

Shabby Hello

This design is currently out for publication…

I actually started this design while cleaning up my desk. I couldn’t throw away this darling little scrap of Hambly Screen Prints transparency. So I paired up that acid green with some turquoise and blue and had a little shabby fun. For the background…I used the Spanish Script backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms. I inked it up randomly…leaving the edges uninked for a interesting look. After watercoloring my Wild Rose stamp with Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery and Cool Caribbean, I ripped out the image and crumpled up the edges.

To hold down that Hambly transparency I added some brown stitching to the left side and secured the right with some Spumoni Prima Flowers. To add a quick sentiment, I tucked in a little Hello…from the Silhouette Blooms stamp set and added some more random stitching. A few Autumn Leaves buttons decorate the top left corner to finish it off.

I also want to take this time to wish you all a safe and happy new year! If you want to kick the new year off with some new stamps and goodies…I thought I’d let you know… Cornish Heritage Farms is having a one day sale tomorrow. You might want to check it out! 🙂

Supply List:

Cardstock: Frosted Teal, Birchtone Dark, Natural Ivory – Prism

Stamps: Wild Rose, Spanish Script, Silhouette Blooms – Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Cool Caribbean – SU, Burnt Umber Palette – Stewart Superior

Other: flowers – Prima, sewing machine, buttons – Autumn Leaves, transparency – Hambly Screen Prints, brad – Creative Impressions