Freshly Made Sketches #238

Its been awhile since I participated in a card sketch challenge and needed to make more Thank You cards, This sketch was easy enough to produce SIX cards, simple yet elegant.

Go on over to Freshly Made Sketches and play along.

 I have not used my distress inks in a while so I thought I would bring them out and do some simple water coloring.

I used Mowed Lawn, Broken China, and Abandoned Coral.

 I used some Artis Loft water color paper and stamped enough images for six cards, six flowers and 12 leaves.

I took my water brush and made the distress ink re activate and that added a soft subtle color.

I let them completly dry before die cutting them with the cordinating dies.

 I am using the Broken China distress ink and very lightly adding a blue haze effect to kind of ground the flowers and the sentiment.

This is a 4 by 5 1/4 inch mat that I will place on my traditional top fold A2 sized card, I will pop this up on foam.

 I adhered the sentiment banner flat with some regular tape runner adhesive. The Thank You came from a Stamps of Life stamp set.

I placed the flower and leave up on foam, those images came from a stamp set from the Essentials by Ellen line called Bohemian Garden.

Final Photo

I added some gems from my stash to the center of the flower and some dots from anouther Essentials by Ellen stamp set called Bold Blooms, I stamped off then double stamped on the card in random pattern.

Inside of the card, I stamped off once before stamping.

Back of card, again stamped off once before stamping.

Some basic supplies I use I purchase from Hobby Lobby or Micheal’s with coupons or on sale

Hobby Lobby brand is called The Paper Studio

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Micheal’s brand is called Recollections

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-I used there 100 pound heavy weight cream cardstock

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-I used Bohemain Garden stamp set and the cordinating designer dies

-I used Bold Blooms stamp set

Stamps of Life found here http://www.stephaniebarnardstamps.com/index.htm

-I used the stamps set called thanks4twoyears (which you can only get if your a yearly active club memeber)

I used Tim Holtz ink ink Broken China, Mowed Lawn, and Abandoned Coral - which you can find at your local craft store or favorite only craft site.