Tulip Bouquet for The Flower Challenge

Hello friends!  Today is the start of a new challenge at The Flowers Challenge where this month we are to use Spring colors, along with the usual floral image.  Couldn't be more perfect for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere!

The Flower Challenge

I had a delightful tulip set from Hero Arts gathering dust and thought it was high time to put it to use.

I debated about what the color of the tulips should be and ended up with this pretty violet/purple, courtesy of my Olo Markers.  After coloring the image it was die cut with the matching die.  

Next a Pinkfresh Studio cover die was used to create a subtle pattern on a panel of green cardstock.  I have quite a bit of green cardstock and was happy to find one that was very close to the green Olo marker color. The panel was trimmed down and added to a white card base.  

I tried to use a different shape behind the bouquet but the circle worked best.  After adhering it to the card front, the flowers and sentiment were added with foam tape, and I used a little bit of hemp twine around the flower stems, like they had to be held together lol!

April brings Spring flowers and we would love to see yours in Spring colors this month!  In case you'd like more inspiration, my lovely, talented teammates have plenty to share over on the challenge blog.  The challenge will remain open until April 25th and I'll be back on the 15th with a new card for my reminder post.  

Thanks for stopping by and take care!

Stef

• Hero Arts Tulip Bouquet stamp and die
• Waffle Flower Elegant Sentiment stamp and die
• Pinkfresh Studios Fold Edge Circle and Floral Tiles Cover Plate dies
• Olos - G1.7, YG1.6, 1.4, 1.2, V2.6, 2.4, 2.3, 1.1

Field of Tulips for The Paper Players!

Hello friends!  Time for a new challenge at The Paper Players!  This week the lovely Joanne is our host with a CAS challenge I am loving!

The Paper Players

I'm also joining the current "Use Some Green" challenge at the SSS Wednesday Challenge and the photo inspiration challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

Addicted to Stamps #380

SSS Wednesday Challenge

For my card I decided to use one of my favorite tulip stamps, taking my color cues and field design from two photos of tulips and the light blue/aqua sky photo in the inspiration piece.

The tulips were stamped across the bottom of a panel of white card with Copic friendly ink.  I started by coloring in the sky with a couple of light blue-green markers and putting in some duller light greens behind the tulips to give the effect of a field, using brighter yellow-greens for the flower stems and petals.  For the flower color, I used a medium fuchsia color, one of my favorites.  After the coloring was complete, the panel was trimmed down to 4 x 5.25" and die cut with the frame die, which was also used to cut the white frame insert.

After adhering the frames and the center piece onto the white card base, I used the sentiment from another stamp set that fit perfectly in one of the smaller scallop rectangles from an A2 scallop die set.  Since the remainder of the card was adhered directly to the card base, I thought giving the sentiment some dimension would provide some additional interest.  Of course, the final touches were painting the tulips with a shimmer pen and then adding just a few jewels, because there should always be a bit of sparkle, IMHO!!

I'm so glad you took the time to visit and I do hope you'll join us at The Paper Players this week for Joanne's wonderful challenge!

Stef

Stamps:  Tulip Queue (Penny Black), Sketch Tulip Bouquet (sentiment, SSS)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White

Ink:  Gina K Obsidian Amalgam, Versafine Clair Nocturne (sentiment)

Other:  A2 Frames die (SSS), Scallop A2 rectangle die (Honey Bee), Bridal Mix jewels (Lucy's Little Things), Tonic Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen

Copics:  G46, 21, 20, YG67, 17, 13, RV17, 55, 52, BG000, 0000