I had a chance to play around with a new-to-me stamp, stencil, and die cut from Pinkfresh Studio, "Floral Notes." It's designed to fit a slimline card which is what I've done this time, but once I saw some card makers cut the design in two pieces to use on A2 sized cards, I knew it would be a versatile set to own. I'm pretty new to using the coloring stencils, but I've had good success both times. For me, they are much easier to use than layering stamps.
I used a variety of Pinkfresh inks with blending brushes to color the flowers and leaves before die cutting the floral arrangement. Then I used the smaller of the two dies in the Pinkfresh "Slimline Diagonal Stitched Rectangle" die set and stenciled just one part of a two-part stencil from Pinkfresh "Slimline Argyle" as a background.
I die cut the larger stitched piece from a piece of Lovely Lady cardstock by Papertrey Ink---one of my favorite pinks. The sentiment is from Pink and Main's "Special Day." This card is already in an envelope waiting to be mailed to a friend whose birthday is next week.
I'm linking this up to three challenges: The Flower Challenge: Pretty Pastels, The Paper Players where the challenge is Spring Flowers, and Time Out with a quote about April and getting out in the garden. April's a little early in the northeast for these flowers, but the daffodils are up, and we've planted pansies in our front yard which has given me hope for an early spring!
