Well, all I can say is thank goodness for Freshly Made Sketches!! The beginning of the flying month held 8 out of 11 days gone from home so I can safely say that stamping was pretty much off the table. Then I came home to a house full of sick boys (big and little, alike!) and the last few days haven’t allowed much time to myself. Thankfully, I got to the stamp room for a few minutes yesterday and got to try my take at Kim‘s super fun sketch. I was feeling absolutely NO mojo when I walked in. Totally distracted and my brain racing will all the stuff I need to get done. But her sketch seemed so perfect when I looked around at my stamps.
I had this old retired set, Betsy’s Blossoms, sitting in my closet but it virtually jumped off the shelf for this one. I thought it might be fun to use it with updated colors and I fell in love with it all over again! I stamped the flower in Watermelon Wonder, added mask and then stamped the leaves using Momento Tuxedo Black ink. I cut a piece of Basic Black to look like a label and added the sentiment from Lil’ Inker Designs Fancy Feathers set. It was stamped in Versamark and embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I added a layer of black to make the white pop and put it on a Watermelon card base. Super simple but I really love how modern it looks!!
I’m hoping to get back to some more stamping today and tomorrow and I should be back for an early edition of Fancy Friday later this week. Until then, I hope you’ll go enjoy the inspiration from the team! See you soon!
Supplies (affiliate links may be included):
Stamps: Betsy’s Blossoms (SU ret); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black,Watermelon Wonder; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Basic Black, Watermelon Wonder; Accessories: Heat Tool, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Foam Tape
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Oh that bloom looks wonderful done in Watermelon! The black accents are perfect! Sure hope those guys are back to full strength!
simply gorgeous!! hope everyone is better soon and you get more stamping time!
I still love this stamp! And I love how you’ve used it here. The little touches of black make everything look so crisp and clean. Pretty card, Jennifer!
Gorgeous card Jen! That stamp set works perfectly here! Love the colours and that super fun little label you created! Fabulous!
That older stamp set is absolutely fresh and fabulous in the watermelon and black colors scheme that you used! I hope everybody is feeling better and fingers crossed, it skipped you!
That’s a great take on the sketch and the white on black sentiment really pops against that gorgeous flower.
Wow this is a wonderful image for this challenge!! I really like the colors you selected too!
Patti
Oh, I do love a big blossom and this one is extra pretty. Kudos to you for your perfect mask that allowed you to stamp those leaves perfectly against the flower. What a wonderful card!
This is gorgeous! You’ve used THE perfect stamp set for this sketch and I love the addition of the black sentiment – it really is striking!