Birthday Blues

This card is done in my favorite shades of SU's blues :) I first stamped the flowers from everything eleanor in basic gray on whisper white cardstock. Colored them in with pool party, baja breeze, night of navy. Cut into strips and matted with pool party. Matted poppy parade designer series paper with pool party; adhered all 3 to basic gray panel. Stamped another flower in basic black on watercolor paper; colored with markers and cut out. The lacey scallop circle mats in basic gray are from the lacey circles by spellbinders nestabilities. The pool party scallop is the 2 3/8" punch. Colored the happiest wishes sentiment with night of navy and baja breeze pens and punched with 1 3/4" circle punch.

In case you wondered, pearls are a cover up of an unfortunate and frustrating smudge at the end of the card, as is the placement of the ribbon :) So many of my cards get some added elements to cover up boo boos!

Summer Afternoon Thank You

This stamp is from the hostess set Summer Afternoon. It is stamped on watercolor paper in Brown Stazon ink and colored with markers and blender pen. The sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Banner set and is cut with the Bitty Banner Framelits. The background is embossed with Petals a Plenty in Daffodil Delight. The matting is Early Espresso and the Card is Baja Breeze.




SUPPLIES:

• daffodil delight, baja breeze, early espresso, watercolor paper
• Summer Afternoon, Itty Bitty Banners
• Bitty Banners Framelits, Itty Bitty Shapes punch, 1/2" circle punch, dotted scallop ribbon border punch
• Petals a Plenty EF
• crumb cake, early espresso, pumpkin pie, baja breeze, island indigo, certainly celerly, wild wasabi, sahara sand, daffodil delight, more mustard markers
• marina mist ink, brown stazon