Crocheted Poppies

Hi, everyone!  This week's Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoast was challenging for me at first since it had quite a few different elements, but once I decided on the Crocheted Circle Poppy (and ODBD Custom Crocheted Circle Die), it went together pretty easily.  The Crocheted Border was stamped in black, cut out with the ODBD Custom Crocheted Border Die, then was trimmed into sections by hand and placed around the bottom edge.  The yellow panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies set; a rectangle was cut first, then the angled edge was cut with the same die, using the "out of the box" technique.  The squares were cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Squares Dies (to match the rectangle).  Both the card base and yellow panel were stamped in Versamark with the matching Crocheted Background stamp for a little texture.  The sentiment is from 'Doily Blessings'.

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Blessings,

Congrats to Julia!!

Hi, everyone!!  It's been a busy week with not much time for stamping, but I'm catching up today by playing along with the Featured Stamper Challenge over at Splitcoast.  This past week's artist is Crafty Julia......congrats, Julia!!  I chose this beautiful card to recreate since I loved the layout!!  Today's Inspiration Challenge is to choose a photo from Felix Doolittle's site.....I fell in love with the gorgeous colors of this calling card.  For my card, I used the Hydrangea single and a sentiment from Sentiments Collection 2, along with the ODBD Custom Beautiful Borders Dies, all by Our Daily Bread designs. The image was stamped onto a white panel, then I used the "out of the box" technique by using a ruler and exacto knife to cut across the panel just up to the image (on top and bottom), then cut the top and bottom of the image with scissors.  The outside edges of the panel were sponged in light blue and the image was watercolored with re-inkers and a paintbrush. After adhering the border die cuts, I sprayed Pearl Glimmer Mist then added liquid pearls to the flower centers.

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God bless!!