You Make Me Smile

This week at Just Us Girls Challenge #631 it is Word Week: Flowers! It was time to use my new My Favorite Things Harmonious Hibiscus background stamp. I was a bit intimidated knowing I could not miss any spots when inking up such a big stamp.

I held my breath and stamped the floral background on the front of a white, A2 card base by inking up the stamp and pressing the card against it, rubbing it carefully so the whole stamp came into contact with the paper. It is possible to move the card or miss a spot and have to start all over, but neither of those fears materialized! I stamped one flower again on another piece of white card stock and first ink blended some purple on it, then finished it with colored pencils. I fussy cut it, then stamped my sentiment and cut out the banner by hand in both white and black. I popped up both the sentiment and the flower on foam tape.

Products I used:

My Favorite Things: Harmonious Hibiscus

Simon Says Stamp: Intense Black Ink

Pretty Pink Posh: sentiment

Catherine Pooler: Queen for a Day ink pad

Prismacolor: colored pencils

Foam tape

We hope you will get out your flower stamps and join us this week. Check out all the great ideas that the design team came up with by clicking on their names under their pictures. I learn new techniques every week by reading their blog posts!

See you soon, 

-Carol