A Little "Background" Reminder.....

Hello everyone: Once again, we've come to the halfway point for THE FLOWER CHALLENGE "BACKGROUND" challenge, here's my card to inspire you to come and play along with us in our gallery.

I went looking for stamp sets that have smaller flower images and I found several from Power Poppy, I will list them at the end of this post.

The sentiment is from one of them called Azalea.

I stamped all the images on a panel of Canson Mixed Media paper with Stazon black ink and colored them with Prismacolor pencils and paper stumps dipped in Gamsol. The smaller outline flowers are from a super old Stampin' Up! set called "Furry Folk" (2011-2012 catalog.)

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The border is stamped with a Penny Black set called "Wonderful also colored with Prismacolor pencils.

These are the Power Poppy sets I used on the front of this card.

Tea in the Garden

Vibrant Thanks

Natural Beauties

Countryside Bouquet Delux

Azalea

I hope you come and join my teammates and me in THE FLOWER CHALLENGE gallery. 

Please remember to read our rules and include our banner in your post, we have a fabulous prize offered by our Guest Designer Deepti Malik and it would be sad if you can't have a chance to win it. 

Thank you for stopping by, your comments always make my day.

Hugs.

Maria.

Shower of Flowers.....

Hello everyone: My teammates and I have a new challenge for you this month of June.  We want you to FOCUS ON BACKGROUND STAMPING.  Here's the card I made to inspire you to come along and play with us at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE gallery.

I stamped the images from the retired SU set called "Fabulous Florets" with Versamark ink and heat embossed in gold and then, colored them with my Prismacolor pencils. The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Pure Prairie Spirit", the little bees from another Power Poppy set called "Dynamic Duos: Foxglove and Ranunculus", I snipped these little bees from the stamp set just so I can use them on other cards, they are just about the perfect size. 

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment and corner flowers are from the same Powe Poppy set.

Be sure to visit THE FLOWER CHALLENGE for more inspiration from my awesome teammates.

Please remember to use FLOWERS as the main focus on your cards, include our banner on your blog when you upload your project to the gallery, only new work please, no back linking, you can participate in 6 other challenges and, most of all, have fun, we can't wait to see what you create.

Thank you for stopping by, your comments always make my day.

Hugs.

Maria.

Background Stamping.....

Hello dear friends: Today I want to share with you a card I created for THE FLOWER CHALLENGE's new challenge which is "BACKGROUND STAMPING", I hope it inspires you to join my teammates and me in our gallery.  Please stop by their blogs and check out their amazing creations.

I must confess creating this card was a bit hard for me.  Those of you who've known me for a while know I'm not a fan of pattern papers, not because they are not beautiful, which they are but, because I just don't ever know how to mix and match or combine them on my cards with the images I stamp and color so, for me to cover a panel with repetitive images was truly a challenge.  

But that is what challenges are for, to urge you to step out of your comfort zone and figure something out. This card is it, hope you like it.

I used 3 different Power Poppy sets on this card, the Springtime Love, the Countryside Bouquet Delux, and the Dynamic Duos: Foxglove and Ranunculus for the sentiment on the inside.

I stamped the images on a piece of lilac cardstock with Stazon black ink and then, I colored all the images with my Prismacolor pencils.

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Here is the picture of the finished inside of my card.

This challenge will run until August 25th. so you have plenty of time to get creative and join us in our gallery.  For more inspiration, hop over the challenge and check out my teammates awesome creations, you'll be glad you did.

Please remember to check out our rules, they are few but important and don't forget to add our Challenge Banner to your post when you upload your card to the gallery.

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.