A while back I was asked to be a part of the GDP Challenge Blog. I haven't been stamping much lately so it was just the thing I needed to kick start my creativity. Can I just tell you that we have some of the most amazingly talented Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the globe on our team. Seriously! I have to admit that this first card was definitely a challenge...normally you don't see me using pastels on my cards...especially in this color combo.
I knew if I was going to pull this one off I was going to have to fall back one of my favorite stamp sets, Remarkable You (#139894). I was inspired by this amazing card by Vicki Burdick. I love how she fussy cut the flowers and popped them up with dimensionals, so that is what I did here.
I also wanted to find an easy way to color the images, so I stamped the flowers with Jet Black StazOn ink on Whisper White cardstock and used sponge daubers to apply the ink. I started at the base and worked my way out. This helped give the appearance of depth to the images and it was much easier than a lot of other coloring methods I have used. I thought that if I were going to spend all that time cutting the flowers, I needed to save time on other areas. I also cheated a little by using a pre-designed card base from the Watercolor Wishes Card Kit.
I hope you will visit us over at the Global Design Project Challenge Blog and play along. We will post a new challenge each Monday so be sure to check it out often.
