Happy Birthday

 Hello friends.  I have birthday card to share today, made with more new Pinkfresh Studios stamp & die sets.  This one is Berries & Blossoms, It is one big stamp and the one die cuts all the pieces at once.  You can arrange them any way you like. I have the stencils also, but did not use them this time.  I was inspired by this card on Pinterest (thanks Bette).  I changed the colors, embossed panel, sentiment, and a little of the layout.

 

 

I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with Copics (flowers) and SU Soft Succulent Blends (leaves).  I also stamped the sentiment from The Greetery in Soft Succulent ink and die cut with the matching die. I glued the flowers and sentiment to the embossed panel and did not raise them.   The background panel is embossed with Taylored Expressions Weathered EF (love the texture from this EF). 

I will also add this one to The Flower Challenge - Add Layers. (lots of layers in the flowers).

and Darnell's NBUS as this is my first time using my new set.

 

and to The Card Concept - April Flowers (clean & layered style).

 Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a great day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Anniversary Card for Friends

 Hello friends.  I have an anniversary card to share today.  I have 4 to make for May and this one is going to a sweet young couple.

I received some new goodies from Pinkfresh Studio and this is one of the sets - Blooming Branch.  I ordered the stamps, dies, and stencils and they are so fun to play with.  I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the stencils to blend the inks over the image: Blushing Bride and Flirty Flamingo for the blooms and Wild Wasabi for the leaves.  Going over the leaves with the same ink makes it darker using the 2nd leaf stencil.  I used a marker to color the flower centers, even though there is a stencil for them.  I also did not use the 3rd flower layer stencil as I like them the way they were.  I die cut the image and mounted it with foam tape to a panel embossed with an older Tim Holtz Alterations EF, and then  mounted the panel to my white card base.  I really like the finished card and enjoyed using the stencils, which I don't do often.

I will enter this in a few challenges:

Stencil Fun

 

 

and The Flower Challenge - Add Layers 

 

and also Darnell's NBUS as this is the first time using this new set. 

 

 

and to The Card Concept's April flowers inspiration. Inspired by the pretty pink blooms.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

 

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn