SPOTLIGHT AMARYLLIS.

  Hi friends!

Playing along with this JUST US GIRLS Challenge

(ends 4/15).

Floral collage image was stamped in Memento gray ink on white card stock. The tag was stamped over this and colored in as shown with alcohol markers; I used a blender with a dark blue maker inside the tag and around the stem, and a gray marker on two outside edges to give the tag a shadow. I used a SU distressing wheel to rough up the edges of the panel and backed it with fun foam before mounting to light gray card base. The sentiment strip is slightly raised by a strip of scrap heavy weight card stock. 

I had originally intended to place the tag stamp about half an inch higher to encompass more bloom. But I was using older wood mounted stamps with the Stampa-ma-jig, and my plastic placement guide sheet must’ve slipped a bit. Do you ever find you are so close to your projects that you don’t notice things like this til you get the color down?! 🤭

SUPPLIES

flower with text stamp - Penny Black Floral Story  #4210K

tag stamp - Dawn Houser for Inkadinkado #305 

 inks - Memento London Fog & Tuxedo Black

alcohol markers

preprinted sentiment strip

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TECHNIQUES

basic stamping  (flowers, spots, You are the Best sentiment) 

alcohol markers  (green stems)

preprinted  (2 sentiment strips)

flat back gems

SUPPLIES

floral grouping stamp  -  Stampin' Up! Pleasant Poppies

You are the Best sentiment stamp  -  Altenew Best Sentiments mini clear set

gradient circles  -  Altenew Halftone Circles clear set

solid circles  -  Stampin' Up! Simply Circles set

inks  -  Distress Barn Door, Worn Lipstick and Spun Sugar

preprinted sentiment  -  Paper Rose 

flat back gems  -  Park Lane

Sharing this one-layer card above with the following Challenges:

Less is More  #471  (ends 8/26)

Inkspirational #271  (ends 8/17)

Sharing this card above with the following Challenges:

Gem of a Challenge

Wk 17  (ends 8/26)

Sharing this Friend card above with the following Challenge:

The Paper Players

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'Less Is More' Challenge Card

STAMPS:  flowers - PSX, words - Paper Artsy (Petals Plate), tag - Inkadinkadoo

TECHNIQUES:  Clean and Simple, One Layer Only, Spotlight, colored pencils

INKS:  StazOn Jet Black, Stampin' Up! Going Gray
CHALLENGE:  Less Is More One Layer Only featuring Frames 

Not sure if this is 'less' enough - I tried to follow the guidelines at the Less Is More blog as I understood them ie. lots of white, one layer only, clean and simple, including a frame of some sort, little to no embellishments

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