Hello! Back from my trip to Yellowstone and trying to get back into a crafting groove. So I created a card based on the current sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch. I used a stamp and die set from Stampin Up! along with several different Ranger distress oxide inks. For my background I used broken china and salty ocean distress oxides. For the bottom layer of the leaf I used dried marigold, abandoned coral and wild honey distress inks. After die cutting the inked up cardstock using a leaf from the die set I die cut the skeleton leaf from some bright green cardstock and then adhered the two together. The branch was die cut from kraft cardstock and then I arranged everything on the cardstock inked with the broken china and salty ocean distress inks so I could determine where to stamp the sentiment. The sentiment was then stamped in Versafine CLAIR Nocturne and then I adhered the branch and leaf. I finished with a little twine bow. Since this is pretty clean and simple I will add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge. 
Hello everyone! Popping in with a card for a couple of challenges: Color Throwdown and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge. I absolutely love the colors in this week's CTD challenge! They are so bright and fun! I have wanted to color up the Essentials by Ellen Mondo Wildflower stamp set for ages now and this was the perfect opportunity. I recently tried my hand at no line watercoloring with pretty good results (I will be sharing that card soon!) so decided to give it a go with the Mondo Wildflower, but unfortunately I need more practice. Since no line was a no go I went with my tried and true coloring with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush markers on smooth bristol cardstock and got much better results. After I finished coloring I die cut the image with the matching die. I die cut some Simon Says Stamp fog cardstock with a Jillian Vance Design stitched dot rectangle, stamped the sentiment in VersaFine Onyx Black (I used the same ink for the image) and then adhered the die cut image with foam dimensionals. The panel was then adhered to a fog cardstock base. I really like the way the fog cardstock makes the bright colors pop! 
