Joy

Loved the "retro holiday" inspiration photo at the Card Concept!  Such a beautiful wreath and fun color scheme!

I chose Reverse Confetti's "Fall for You" wreath and dies, because I just love it so much!  It's so versatile, you can make it look different every time!  I went for a Clean and Simple card, but really layered up that wreath like in the photo...

I stamped the little pieces in Memento's Gray Flannel ink, then colored them with pink Copics.  I added a bit of glue to each with a pen, then added Crystal Snow glitter.

I used PTI's linen cardstock, and embossed it with a woodgrain impression plate from AMuse Studio.  Then added a "joy" die cut from PTI's silver cardstock.

Needed a bit more blue, so a touch of PTI's aqua mist Chicken Scratch gingham patterned paper and a few blue pearls did the trick!

Hope you are finding time to find a little joy this Thanksgiving weekend.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Botanical Butterfly

The Card Concept Challenge had a lovely set of vintage botanical notecards for inspiration, so I had to play along!  (Can you tell that my Mother's Day included some stamping time? :))

I chose to use the butterfly from Nordic Spring by Claire Brennan.  I stamped it on a piece of PTI's Rustic White cardstock then went about "botanicalizing" it (SO much fun)!

I stamped the butterfly in Stazon Black, then watercolored in and around it.  Once dry, I stamped an old Penny Black text background over the top in Frayed Burlap ink.  Splattered some black paint on, then ran it through the Cuttlebug with PTI's Canvas embossing plate.  Stamped a sentiment from PTI's Scripted Sentiment in Stazon Black, too, then cut out the piece with a Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die.

Last  but not least, a coating of Glossy Accents on the butterfly to give it a little dimension and to make the colors pop.  My husband seemed mildly impressed when I told him this was a blank piece of cardstock when I started :)!!