Hi friend

Good morning!!  I was up a bit early so I thought I’d check out this week’s sketch challenge at Splitcoaststampers. 

When I first saw the Pick a Petal set, I really liked it.  I still do, but it isn’t “wowing” me like I expected.  Maybe it will grow on me.

I used Blue Bayou and Purely Pomegranate to stamp the petals.  I didn’t like how bold the Pomegranate was with the background textures so I inked the petal, stamped onto the retired Just Jeans background stamp, laid a strip of white cardstock over the inked areas and pressed with my fingers.  I tried stamping off onto the Jeans stamp and then onto paper but I didn’t get the denim pattern doing it that way.

I trimmed and assembled the petals by placing a bit of adhesive on the back of each point then used my “anywhere” punch to make the hole for the eyelet.  Unfortunately my Crop-a-dile wouldn’t reach into the center, so I had to bang the eyelet to set it.  (I’d LOVE a Crop-a-dile with a longer reach!) The flower panel is mounted to the card using dimensionals.  (I certainly use a lot of those!)

Thanks for looking!  Have a wonderful Wednesday!

     Cardstock:  Whisper White, Blue Bayou

     Stamps:  Pick a Petal, Just Jeans, Paisley, sentiment from Stampendous

     Ink:  Purely Pomegranate, Blue Bayou, Black

     Accessories:  Snap from We R Memory Keepers “inspiration” set, dimensionals, mat

     pack/needle, Signo white gel pen, anywhere hole punch, hammer