Inspired by this weeks Retro Sketche #122-a Thank You Card

Happy Tuesday! The weather does not know what it wants to do today so it is a good time to hide in my craft room. It is hot and humid out and has sprinkled on and off most of the day. It actually was refreshing to get rained on while I was doing my interval run this morning.

Today I am going to share a card with you that I created using Retro Sketch #122 as my inspiration.

I could not wait to start this challenge because I knew exactly what I wanted to use for the background. I used the MFT's ink splash from their "Abstract Art" stamp set and distress inks to create this fun, faux watercolor patterned paper. This is the card that I created:

I stamped each dot randomly by inking the stamp up, stamping off, spritzing the stamp with water and finally stamping on the watercolor paper. While the stamped image was wet, I re-inked the stamp and then stamped the dot again. Though the process seems intricate, it was really fast and easy to do. This helped to get the watercolor look to the dots. I like that the dots are not all uniform and in some areas are overlapping and in others, there is white space.

After the dots were dry, I used an MFT Blue prints die to die cut the watercolor paper. I wrapped purple jute around the top and adhered it to a dark purple card base.

I then adhered strips of pink, green and dark purple card stock in the  middle of the card front.  Next I adhered a stamped label over it using foam adhesive.

At first I was not going to add anything else but the label looked naked. I decided to die cut and stamp flowers in the same colors as the dots using WPlus9's "Fresh Cut Florals" set. I adhered the flowers using both dot and foam adhesive.

Again, I looked at it and thought it was missing something. Am I the only one like this? I decided the card needed a bit of glitter in the centers so I dug out a couple shades of purple Stickles I owned. My last step was to adhere a few sequins.

I had a lot of fun making this card and will be using this sketch again. Coming up with ideas for the background was my favorite part.

Since I used a ton of die cuts on here, I am going to enter this into Virginia's View Die Cut Challenge #5. If you haven't checked the blog out, run. She is so talented!!

Thank you for looking!! Hope you have a wonderful Tuesday!!

Nora

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WPlus9 "Fresh Cut Florals" Part 4

Happy Hump Day!! I promise, this is the last day I am going to post projects with WPlus9's "Fresh Cut Florals" die and stamp set this week.

Today I am sharing a simple tag that I created using the left over flowers I had from the cards I created with this set.

First I die cut the tag out of Little Yellow Bicycles "Carnations" pattern paper using the "Tag # 6" die from Paper Trey Ink. I then die cut the wreath using PTI's "Notched Flower Die" and a Nestabilities circle to make a "wreath." I adhered the "wreath" onto the card with foam adhesive.

Next I arranged the flower elements and adhered them to the front of the wreath on the left using a combination of foam adhesive and regular adhesive.

I then glued the twine bow and used diamond Stickles in the center of the flowers. To finish, I die cut a banner out of white card stock and stamped a sentiment in black. The crystals were added on at the last minute because I felt the tag needed a little something more.

I love the colors on this tag and how the whole project came out. I cannot wait to use it on a gift.

I hope that you have been inspired the last four days by all the projects I created from the "Fresh Cut Florals" set. I AM NOT affiliated with WPlus9 at all but just LOVE this set. If you have any fun projects using these stamps, please let me know. I would love to take a peek at them!!

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day!!

Nora

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