Blooming Happiness

Happy Friday, stampers!  As I said on Tuesday, I've been a wee bit totally obsessed with working on my cross stitch project lately, so stamping has taken a temporary back seat while I work on that.  But yesterday I made two cards while Ryan was napping, so I have something to share today and tomorrow!

As it happens, I went with CAS and florals for both my cards.  I used Vibrant Vases for the image on this one, and the sentiment is from the coordinating Varied Vases.

Check out this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

I scored the lines on my cardstock to mimic the strips shown on the sketch; some are a little hard to see, but I promise I scored two parallel lines on each side of the card front.

I also used this week's color combo from Global Design Project:

Two new In Colors in there!  I used Seaside Spray on some scrapbook pages, but this is the first time I've worked with Terracotta Tile and I love it.

Hope y'all have a great weekend.  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Varied Vases, Vibrant Vases
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Terracotta Tile, Seaside Spray, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  bone folder?

Vases of Sunshine

Howdy, y'all!  I just got a big ol' box of SU! goodies late on Tuesday afternoon, so yesterday I got to bust it open and start playing a little.  I used one of my brand new stamp sets--Vibrant Vases--with the coordinating Varied Vases that I already had, and then I just had to use a sunny greeting for my card.

I think it's the gingham that sells the sunshine here ;) The vases are all from Vibrant Vases, but the plants are from Varied Vases.  Fun, right?

I used this week's Color Throwdown:

I decided to use lighter values of the colors for my card--I tried stamping the lilacs (I'm assuming they're lilacs) with Gorgeous Grape and it was just too dark.  So I went with Highland Heather, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, and Smoky Slate, plus some Basic Gray and Whisper White.  Paired that with this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

I did slightly change the placement of my sentiment strip just to make it work a little better with the vases.  I've still got several other new stamp sets to play with, not to mention some new patterned paper, so I'll be having some fun for the foreseeable future!

Cheers, y'all!  Hope it's sunny where you are.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Varied Vases, Vibrant Vases, Sunshine Sayings
Ink:  Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Highland Heather, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Gingham Gala DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals