Good Friday - Florals

Hello and happy Good Friday!  I'm just popping by today to drop off a few pretty spring cards, just in time for Easter.  When I think of springtime I think of all the bright colored tulips and daffodils and beautiful blooming apple and cherry blossoms and those gorgeous bradford pear trees in my back yard.  I decided to make up a whole cheerful gift card set that I can give to a friend.

For this set of cards I used one beautiful stamp set by Penny Black for all of my flowers.  I also used the Thanks So Very Much sentiment stamp set from My Favorite Things.

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I did some no line coloring with distress inks to make these beautiful blossoms.

I used a heart die to spotlight parts of my cards to add some interest.

A Wink of Stella clear pen added lots of sparkle to my blooms.

I also pulled out my Zig Kuretake watercolor markers on a few blooms to achieve some bright colors.  This Yellow for instance was much brighter than distress inks.

For these cards I used the following supplies:

Stamps: Thanks So Very Much (My Favorite Things), Blooming Garden (Penny Black).

Ink: onyx black (Versafine), festive berries, ripe persimmon, old paper, peeled paint (Ranger Distress Inks).

Paper: khaki, green leaf (Simon Says Stamp), white 140 lb cardstock (Neenah).

Accessories: Heart STAX dies, Blueprints #15 dies (My Favorite Things), Silly Stitched dies (Lil' Inker Designs), wink of stella glitter pen, Zig Kuretake real brush watercolor markers, clear sequins.

There's another new challenge up over at StampNation this week with some amazing inspiration from the design team, FREE for all members so go check it out!  Just click on the picture below and it will lead you over to the StampNation page to learn more on how to join in on the fun!

Have a wonderful holiday weekend!