Sparkle and Shine Challenge #6

Hello there!  It's the 15th of the month, and that means that there is a new Sparkle and Shine Challenge to play along with!!  We are using this beautiful photo as inspiration for this challenge!

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The challenge this week is sponsored by our friends at Winnie and Walter!!

For my card today, I dug into my Paper Smooches stash, and pulled out my Pretty Momma stamp set.  I can't even tell you how many times I have used the rose image from that set... one of my favorites!  It's so fun to color!!  I started my card by diecutting a cross-stitched frame from the Mama Elephant Sew Fancy die set.  I stamped the center flower first, and then masked it off and stamped the top and bottom flowers.  I also stamped the flower on a separate piece of card stock, because I wanted to fussy cut it and pop it up on top of that center flower to add a bit of dimension.  After I colored the flower and leaves, I added some blue around the edges to help them pop of the panel.  I started with a dark blue copic, just tracing the flower outlines.  Then I blended that out with a medium blue, followed by a lighter blue, and then to really soften out the edges, I used BG000 and my colorless blender.  That combo really defused the edges out nicely.  I layered a second flower over the center rose using foam tape and to finish things off, I added a sentiment from the Chit Chat stamp set, and a scattering of silver sequins.

Be sure to stop by the blog to see lots more inspiration from the design team, and to get all of the challenge details!  I hope you'll play along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches Pretty Momma, Chit Chat

Dies: Mama Elephant Sew Fance

Other: Copic Markers, Foam Tape, Sequins