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I am a stay-at-home mom. I have been married to my handsome and wonderful husband for over 14 years. Right now he's battling stomach/esophagus cancer. So I do my best to craft when I can. I have two wonderful boys. My oldest, Garett, is 24 and served 5 years in the Navy. He's been home since the beginning of the year (2014). We are very proud of him. My youngest, "DJ", is 13 and in the 8th grade. I have two Border Collie mix dogs (Koda and Rugu), one Calico cat (Hydie), one orange Tabby cat (Bosley), one Tea Cup Chihuahua (Gigi...I LOVE her sooo much), a Chiweinnie (Lily....sweetest dog ever), and a Jack Russell/Chihuahua (Connor....AAALL boy).

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Fall Flowers


The week before last...I told everyone about our foster puppy Lily.  Well, she is no longer a foster puppy.  She has been adopted.  And we have welcomed her into our home and is enjoying her sister, Gigi.  :)

This card was created using the stamp from the Insightful Meadows collection by Unity.  I LOVE this set.  I've used it many times.  I stamped the flowers onto card stock using ColorBox Fluid Chalk Olive Pastel.  I had an acetate mason jar laying around so I decided to put it to good use.  I lightly traced around it with pencil and then used my AWESOME Copic Anniversary Sketch Marker Set to color in the water.  I used B000 for the very top of the water, B91 for the main part of the water, and B95 for the depth of the water.  Of course the depth is covered up by my die cut leaves Sm. Leaf Set by Impression Obsession.  I applied Yellow Flower Soft on the flowers and shaded the colors with sharpie markers.  You can see the steps in the pictures below.  But to tie everything together I added some orange bakers twine and a button for a little fall charm.

After the glue dries on the flowers I use the different colors and just dot the sharpie on the Flower Soft to add the different colors and the shades and shadows.



















So there you have it.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you liked my project.

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17 comments:

  1. This is just a fabulous use of this stamp. The addition of that little bit of red/white twine is a great finishing touch.

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  2. this is fantastic! I love how you have the white space by the flowers, really highlights them

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  3. Stunning card.. Your colouring is outstanding.

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  4. This is lovely, Sheryl! I love the texture and dimension the flower soft adds.

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  5. Congrats on the new pooch! Oh my, that Flower Soft looks so pretty! Gorgeous card.

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  6. Great card! Loving the way you added dimensions to the flower soft!

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  7. this is just amazing. i love the flocking! and this is my faaaavorite set, too. gorgeous!
    -Rachel w k
    rwkrafts.com

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  8. Wow! This is breathtakingly beautiful!

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  9. wow how beautiful! I love your coloring just so cheerful.

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  10. Oh my my my ~ Just BEAUTIFUL!!!! They look so real!! :)

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  11. I love the colored flower soft! it adds SO much extra dimension!

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  12. First of all... I knew you were going to keep Lily. Congrats!
    And did I love your project? Dah! of course!. Still not sure how you did it but it is wonderful!

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  13. Gorgeous card, I just love this stamp with flower soft! Congrats on the new puppy too!

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  14. Congratulations on your newest addition to your family!

    Your card is amazing!!! What a fabulous and creative combination...I adore the texture!!!

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  15. This is awesome! LOVE your flowers, wow!!!

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