I inked up some NEW stamps to play along with The Paper Players Sketch Challenge this week. My craft room has been neglected lately, but the excitement of new stamps had me brushing off the dust! I thought the sketch at The Paper Players would be a perfect start for inking up the new Budding Peony stamps by Close To My Heart. I will admit, I am not huge into flower stamps…they are one of the smallest categories of stamps that I have. BUT, this set was calling my name! It was love at first sight… I really struggled with if I needed the dies. I caved and purchased the set. I am so glad that I decided to get the dies, I just love the crisp clean embossed edge. You have the option of purchasing just the stamp set or the stamp/thin cuts bundle. Here is a peak at the complete set-
While the Peony set has some great sentiments, I went with the January Stamp of the Month for my “thanks” sentiment. The bold font seemed to stand out better against the floral backdrop. Card Captions is the January Stamp of the Month. It is a set of 26 stamps, only available in January. The set is available for only $5 with a qualifying purchase.
My card is a mix of really new and really old products. I inked up my
new stamps with the new Intense Black ink and colored my image with
Prismacolor pencils, then blended with Gamsol. For a little bling, I
applied a shimmer brush over the top of my flowers. I added a subtle
woodgrain texture with Ballerina Pink ink for my background. My flowers
and sentiments are popped up for added depth. The card has way more
going on than the photo shows! Here is the original sketch, so you can play along.
All Supplies by Close To My Heart, except where noted:
Z4264 Budding Peony Stamp + Thin Cuts
S1901 Card Captions-January Stamp of the Month
Woodgrain Background-Stampin Up
X6027 White Daisy Cardstock
X5994 Ballerina Cardstock
X6010 Mink Cardstock
Z4189 Intense Black Exclusive Inks
Z6501 Ballerina Exclusive Inks
Prismacolor Pencils-109, 916, 917, 1014, 1097
Gamsol
Z4145 Light Grey Ribbon (On Clearance for $1.50!)
Z4191 Silver Glitter Gems
Shimmer Pen-Blush-Retired
Banner Die-MFT
I have also entered my card in the following challenges:
Color My Heart Color Dare-Tic Tac Toe-Middle (Mink, White Daisy, Ballerina)
Die Cuttin Divas-Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown-Anything Goes
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Such a beautiful card! I LOVE the new Budding Peony set from CTMH. Thanks for sharing. Hope to see you again at another CMH Color Dare challenge.
Lovely card and great use of the sketch. I love the use of color on your card. Thanks for sharing at Color My Heart Color Dare.
Beautiful card. Love that pretty flower and the lovely colors.
What a beautiful card! I love your colours and that peony is fabulous.
That floral is so pretty and nice combination of colors…beautiful card. Thanks for sharing with us at ColorMyHeart Color Dare.
I love the bold floral statements and pretty colors. Fabulous take on the sketch. So glad you joined us at the Paper Players this week
jaydee
Your bloom is gorgeous!Thanks for joining us at The Paper Players!
Beautiful card! Thanks for joining us at Die Cuttin’ Divas this week.
Leslie
You did a great job designing this card. Thank you for joining this week's Color My Heart Dare challenge. <3 Miss. Carrie
Beautiful card! I love all the layers of pinks and grays. Thank you for joining us at Color Dare!
I really love your card, the soft colours, the sketch interpretation and congratulations on being the Emerald Award winner with this card at Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge. I hope you can join us again soon.