Sometimes creating a card comes easily; other times not so much. Today was a not.so.much. day, but I'm pretty happy with the overall outcome. Friday I spent some time with two stampers and had a chance to play around with some stamps and dies I don't own. It always turns out to be useful; usually I find some things I wish I had, and other times I discover I really don't need or want a stamp set I had on my "wish list." This time is worked both ways. The flowers on this card are from the Ink to Paper "Many Anenomes" set. I loved a lot of what I saw during the release, but decided after playing around with them, it was not a set I needed. I did stamp a few on Bristol cardstock, and last night watercolored some for the current Color Throw Down challenge: Blue, Orange, and Gray. Blue and orange flowers were easy to create, but it was adding the gray that turned out to be the real challenge. I tried all kinds of papers and dies, and finally settled on a piece of beautiful patterned paper by Pink Fresh Studio.
The Geometrix Hexagon die I used from Ink to Paper was not on my list. It makes a delicate CAS frame which I like quite a lot, so it may eventually find a home here. The sentiment and banner are from the new Greetery release. I was given a gift certificate for The Greetery for my birthday, and have purchased several sets. Betsy Veldman was one of my favorite designers for Papertrey Ink, and her new company has a lot to offer already. This is the "Sentiment Suite: Birthday" set, and comes with a great assortment of tag and banner dies that hold the sentiments perfectly.
In addition to the Color Throw Down challenge, I'm also entering it in the Seize the Birthday: Cover the Card (that's the topping,) and Simon Says: Anything Goes.
