Bluebird Birthday - Create with Connie & Mary

After such a beautiful day yesterday, today is rather blah!  A major storm is headed our way resulting in a heavy rainfall.  Honestly, we get one day of sunshine and two days of rain!
But my garden is thriving!  I haven't seen any blue birds yet, but lots of robins and cardinals.

Today's card is for the sketch challenge with Create with Connie and Mary #255 here

 

The base card is Old Olive card stock, layered with Daffodil Delight card stock.  A piece of Gingham Garden DSP is attached to the right side of the card.

The image of the bird is stamped with Black Stazon on a Whisper White banner.  It is coloured with ink pads and an Aqua painter.  The banner is attached to the upper left side.

The sentiment was inked with a SU black marker and stamped onto Whisper White card stock, and then punched out with the 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch.  It was layered with a scalloped oval in Primrose Petals punched with the Scalloped Oval Punch.  This was attached to the card using dimensionals.

Here's a list of the supplies/materials used:

Stamp: Simply Sketched

Inks: Black Stazon, Black SU marker

         Bird:  Pool Party, Island Indigo, Blushing Bride, Soft Suede, Old Olive for the grass

Papers: Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Gingham Garden DSP, Primrose Petals

Accessories: 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Aqua Painter, dimensionals.

Poppy Thank You - Technostamper #266

Ugh! What a miserable day today!  Rain, rain, and more rain.  Oh well, at least I won't have to water the garden. 
A lot of my flowers are almost ready to burst into bloom - including the poppies.

This card, with a poppy on it, is for the Technostamper challenge here.  I just love the new hostess stamp set "Simply Sketched" as it just reminds me of my garden.

 

The base card is Old Olive card stock, layered with a Honeycomb embossed piece of Whisper White card stock.  A strip of Gingham Garden DSP, matted with Old Olive card stock, is adhered to the left side of this card stock.

The focal image is coloured with ink pads and an Aqua painter.  Some dazzling details is added to the edges of the poppy.  The image panel is matted with Old Olive card stock, with the left long side scalloped using the Scallop Edge Punch.  A piece of Washi tape is attached to the top left of the panel, with a rhinestone placed on top of it.  The image panel is attached to the card using dimensionals.

Here's a list of materials/supplies used:

Stamp: Simply Sketched

Inks: Black Stazon, Pretty in Pink, Primrose Petals, Real Red, Pear Pizzaz, Old Olive

Papers: Old Olive, Whisper White, Gingham Garden DSP

Accessories: Honeycomb folder, dimensionals, dazzling details, Aqua painter, Washi tape, rhinestones