Happy Birthday Little Friend - Create with Connie & Mary

Happy Easter.  And what a wonderful Easter weekend it has been!  Up until today, it's been sunny and mild.  Today it's overcast and threatening rain.  We do need the rain as everything is so dirty from the winter!  Already plants are starting to emerge from the soil - making my fingers itchy to dig in the soil.

Today I thought I'd made a little friend birthday card for the sketch challenge with Create with Connie and Mary here

For my card, I placed the sketch on its side.
The base card is Riding Hood Red, layered with Whisper White cardstock, and then Pool party Co' ordination cardstock embossed with the Honeycomb folder.  A piece of striped designer paper from Storytime, was attached to the bottom 1/3 of the card, with a scalloped strip of So Saffron was placed over the seam.  The sentiment, which was punched with the 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, was attached just below the So Saffron trim.

The image was stamped with Black Stazon and coloured with Watercolor crayons and an Aqua Painter,  It was then die cut using the Ovals framelits.  This oval was attached to the card at the middle left.  Some dazzling details was applied to the little boy and his wagon.

Here's a summary of the materials used:

Stamp:  Little Friends
Inks: Black Stazon, Watercolor crayons
Papers: Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Pool Party Co-ordination card stock, Storytime DSP, So Saffron
Accessories: Ovals framelits, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, Scallop border punch, Aqua Painter, Dazzling Details

Happy Retirement Upsy Daisy - Ink 4U Duo Challenge

Did you have a wonderful Mother's Day?  I spent part of the day in the garden, and part of the day in a garden center just looking at all the colors, smelling the flowers and generally just enjoying myself.  My poor son who went with me started sneezing as he is allergic to flowers so we had to leave.
My other son had me over for a BBQ and of course I ate too much.

This card is for the Ink 4U Duo Challenge, which is to use the following 2 colors plus a neutral on a card or project:  Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight.


Because a new catalogue is coming out in June, it seemed appropriate that I use a stamp and 2 designer papers that are retiring.  Since I was short of retirement cards for my markets I thought I would make this a retirement card - a pun???

The focal image (Upsy Daisy) is a watercolor image made by applying the Wonder watercolor crayons (Melon Mambo on the flower and Basic Gray on the stems) directly onto the st amp.  Then I spritzed lightly with Vanilla smooch spritz instead of water.  The picture doesn't show the glitter on the image.

Here's the inside of the card.

Recipe:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Teeny Tiny wishes
Inks: Basic Black, Wonder watercolor crayons (Melon Mambo, Basic Gray)
Papers: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Basic Gray, Beyond the Garden designer Series Paper, Flirtatious Specialty designer paper
Accessories: Finial Press embossing folder, 5/8" Daffodil Delight satin ribbon, dimensionals, Eyelet border punch.