Sending you sunshine - Freshly Made Skethes

Hello!  I found a challenge blog recently that is new to me.  Freshly Made Sketches #48.  They've got some great sketches, so I decided that it's time to join in :)

Here's my interpretation...

This card is going out to someone who has been dealing with some major health issues.  So, I wanted the colors to be soft and sunny.  And those sunflower stamps are fitting for this time of year, when summer is winding down.  After stamping the border of flowers, I swiped some frost white ink around the edges of the card base.  I also inked the edges of the brown card stock and my sentiment panel. If you click on a photo, for a larger image you can see that I also stamped the sunflowers in white on the sentiment panel.
The only embellishments are the 3 tiny pearls in the lower right corner.

Thanks for spending a little time here.  I hope you'll leave a comment...I love reading them :)

Supplies ~

card stock: barely banana, close to cocoa (SU)

ink: peach parfait, tangerine tango, close to cocoa, early espresso (SU), frost white (Color Box)

stamps: simple sunflowers (PTI)

other: stampin dimensionals, craft sponges (SU), brown half pearls (Michaels)

Sunflowers for a Happy Birthday!

Hi!  Just a very short post today to share I card I made recently.  No challenges.  Just a card :)

This one was just fun to make :)  This was the first time I had inked up these cute sunflower stamps, and I loved working with them.  Sunflowers always make me think of warm weather and sunshine.  Hmm...I guess that's a no-brainer.  SUNflower is the name, after all.  Anyway.  Here are a few pics.

The base of the card was die cut with a Spellbinders die (both the front and back panels).  I added some machine stitching to the orange panel.  The sunflowers were die-cut then stamped...then I used some foam tape to pop them up on the card.  I'm thinking I might make a couple more of these sunny cards.

Thanks for taking a look today!

Edited to add:  This card is listed in my Etsy shop.