Sweet Peas.

 Hello everyone: I'm always praying that you and your families are doing well, doing whatever it takes to stay healthy and safe.

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The theme for the month of September over at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE is:

This is a beautiful color and we can't wait to see what you create.

I went looking for some pictures of Turquoise things and I found these beautiful stones:

And these beautiful flowers.

And this is the card I created to inspire you to play with us.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used:

Flourishes "Sweet Peas" (2009)

Prismacolor pencils.

So I hope you come and play along with us over at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, please remember to read our rules, they are simple but important. 

Now, the month of October signals our 5th. Birthday, so I hope you guys come and check out our blog and play along, we're going to have some fun and fabulous surprises for you.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

CAS Sweet Peas.....

Hello everyone: There was a time when CAS cards were not on my list to create.  I like layering and a little bit of embellishing but, somehow, CAS cards have grown on me so, here's this one that I will enter into a few challenges.

This image is from a super old Flourishes stamp set called "Sweet Peas",  I stamped it on a folded piece of white cardstock with Stazon black ink and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, the sentiment is from another Flourishes set called "Tulips for Friends" and it's heat embossed in gold.

It's hard to see in this picture so I took a few more and this one is the best I could get.

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And this is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

I think this sentiment is from Penny Black but I'm not sure, I have no packaging for it.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Addicted to CAS

AAA Cards

Addicted to Stamps and More

Thank you for stopping by, I always read every single comment you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate them more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.

Oh Sweet Pea.....

Hello everyone: Once again, we come to the half way point at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE and, once again, here I am with another card to inspire you to, either CASE me or one of my teammates. Your card doesn't have to be an exact copy of ours, we just want you to take any element on them, like the colors, layout, techniques, etc. and make your own card.

Please, mention on your post who's card you are CASEing and don't forget to please add our banner to your post, we sure appreciate that.

As always, when I'm not sure about the colors of flowers, I go to Google and I always find what I need, in this case I wanted to see how many colors Sweet Peas come in and, I was blown away by this picture.

I have never seen a real Sweet Pea flower before but this picture makes me want to maybe plant some Sweet Peas to, hopefully see them in person, they are just so beautiful.

So here is my card.

I stamped this image onto Strathmore water color paper with Stazon black ink and colored it with some of my SU markers and also, my Sakura Koi water colors, I wanted to get more or less the colors of those lovely flowers in the picture. 

I used an empty Wink of Stella brush that I filled with water, (you'll be amazed at how much of the glittery stuff is left behind after the brush is empty, mixing this with water loosens the glitter and works beautifully as an aqua brush, just make sure you shake it real good).

After I finished coloring, I embossed the panel with a retired SU embossing folder (it's name escapes me at the moment), and added a few Nuvo Jewel Drops, I love this stuff.

The sentiment is from the same set as the images.

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Here is a picture of the finish inside of my card.

Sentiment and image from the same set.

I hope this card inspires you to join my teammates and me in the THE FLOWER CHALLENGE gallery, take a look at the amazing creations of the Design Team and CASE one of us.

You can CASE the colors, layout, technique, etc. we can't wait to see what you create.

Please remember to add our banner to your post.

Also, you can participate onto 10 challenges including ours.

Most of all, have fun.

Thank you for stopping by, I always read every single comment you so kindly leave on my post, I want you to know I appreciate them more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.