Flowers Everywhere

I couldn't resist making another attempt at using the Freshly Made Sketch #36.  This time I pulled out some Graphic 45 paper, which I absolutely LOVE!  I like this paper so much that it is actually hard to use it.  I just can't "let it go".  Since there was yellow in the patterned paper, I used a yellow textured cardstock for the card base.  I used a flower punch for the small flowers and added a narrow black strip of cardstock for the stems.  I hand cut the larger flowers and also added strips of black cardstock for the stems.  It was actually a pretty simple card to make, it just took me forever to decide what I wanted to use for embellishments.  I decided upon flowers and no sentiment so that I can use the card for any occasion.

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Thank You Star Card

I'm linking this next card to two challenges.  The first challenge is the Freshly Made Sketch Challenge and the second is for the  Lily Pads & Simon Stamps Star Challenge   The card ended up being a little more simplistic then what I had intended, but it will work as a thank you. I used dimensional adhesives on the square frames around the stars, under the four largest stars and the layers under the thank you.  I hand cut the letters for the sentiment so that they would match the color on the rest of the card.  It is really hard to see, but I inked around the inside edges of the frames, around the kraft cardstock behind the thank you and the outside edges of the card. The ink was an orange color, but looks more yellow on the kraft cardstock.  I really liked the sketch and attempted to use the same layout with the sentiment piece over the edge of the squares. It just didn't look right so I played around with them.  I tried setting them at an angle and placing  the sentiment portion over the edge of the frames.  In the end I decided I didn't like the overlapped look with these elements and ended up settling for a cleaner look.

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