From the Garden and My Girls

From the Garden is a great set from Stampin' Up!. It is currently a hostess set and since the new catalogue is coming out in August, it won't be around much longer! That means, I will be using a lot of it until then... after August, it is bound for my friend Tegan's house... she's had her eye on it for awhile...

Here is the card:

Stamps: From the Garden set, Warm Words set by Stampin Up!
Ink: Basic Black, Rose Red, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, and So Saffron by Stampin' Up!
Paper: Rose Red, Old Olive, So Saffron, Basic Black, and Whisper White card stock by Stampin' Up!; grey by Bazzill Basics
Other: Stickles, by Ranger; ribbon, unknown

I stamped the image first on white card stock and creatively cut around it, keeping a rectangle behind the image. I then watercolored the image starting with the light colors first and then adding the darker on top. When it was dry, I added stickles to the center and stamped the sentiment. I created the background by color blocking with different colored card stock. This involves a little math but isn't as hard as you would think.

I'll post this one, too, because it uses the same colorblocked background idea.

A Close Up:

Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks set and Warm Words set by Stampin' Up!
Ink: Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery, and Basic Black by Stampin' Up!
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery, and Cameo Coral by Stampin' Up!
Other: brads by American Crafts; ribbon, unknown

For this card, I stamped the image and matted it onto black card stock. I tied a ribbon around it and adhered it to my colorblocked background. Then I added brads and the sentiment before adhering it all to the card base. This one was incredibly simple! And, I love how it turned out!

OK. Last picture, this time of my sweet girls. I've been trying to put together a little mini book of them for Jeremy's birthday (yesterday) and needed a shot of the two of them together for the first page. I think I'll use this one, don't they look cute!

Thanks for stopping by!

-tessa