Helloooo Friends!!! How are YOU!! How was your weekend? I am popping in today because I miss you all and it’s an Inspire Me Monday post on The Power Poppy Blog.
Seeing double? Double sunflowers? I love the sunflower in the stamp set called “In Praise of Sunflowers” so I decided to spend a little extra time doing a little masking & stamping to create a new larger, taller sunflower for some impact on my card.
In my video I show you how I lengthened the stem on the sunflower and added another bloom. Click here to watch the video in HD.
A bright white water color paper is always my choice and it’s on sale right now. (Use the code RGTW7 for 20% off on all things Ranger … woo hoo) The ink used was Versa Fine black ink. The “Zig Clean Color” brush tip markers worked beautifully to watercolor my card.
The sunflower was stamped again, cut and popped for more dimension. The sentiment is from the “Prairie Cheer Stamp” and that sweet little bee is from the same stamp set. The butterflies from Avery Elle were the perfect size to buzz around my sunflowers.
You all know I love my trusty white gel pen … after adding my white dots in the flowers center I added black on top of the white. Double dippin’ dots lol. When my card was completely finished I decided to add a splash of the watered down distress ink that was sitting on my table. Slightly risky but, whew it worked.
I hope to get back to my regularly scheduled posts… and I hope to explain soon. Thanks for hanging with me and for your emails …. I am so grateful and blessed.
Have a great start to your week. Hugs, Kathy
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Amazing, Kathy! I love how you added to the Sunflower. And as always I love your coloring and background!
Stunning as always Kathy!
Such a beautiful card Kathy and I love how you “altered” the stamp, I NEVER think to do that! Beautifully done!
Gorgeous sunflowers, Kathy! Just love how you extended and masked them – your coloring amazes, as always!!
Beautiful coloring as always Kathy! Welcome back, we’ve all missed your lovely videos!
Oh my! Sunflowers are my favorite flower next to poinsettias and these are gorgeous! Love your coloring and am adding this set to my wish list! TFS!
A fabulous card Kathy as always! so inspiring!
xoxo Olga
Beautiful!
its gorgeous!
Hi Kathy ~ So glad to see you pop up in my feed!! Your sunflowers (my favorite!!) brought a smile to my heart on this dreary, rainy day. I adore sunflowers and love the way you’ve colored them. I say to pop this in a frame and call it a day!!! You always seem to be able to create magic with your white gel pen and today’s card is no different. Thanks for always inspiring so many of us. Hope all is well. ~HUGS~
#kindnessmatters
A little extra work but stunning results Kathy. Glad you’re back. Looking forward to hearing more….
I love how you always keep the sweet spot,it’s why your you and so unique in your creativity.Thanks for teaching KATHY
My absolute love! Thank you for sharing!
Hey we miss you too! Love your card and enjoyed watching it come together in your video! Hugs!
Gorgeous card. And your coloring is awesome. Have a nice day.
Beautiful Kathy, I love the background it’s so rich and the flowers and added a second one looks like it was the original stamp set. Love the white dots and highlights and the black pen. Always fun to watch and learn from your videos.
Gorgeous card, Kathy. Love how you’ve altered the stamp and made it go an extra mile. 🙂
These cards are so bright and colorful–just love the video you created to show me how it’s done. Thanks for sharing this on the blog hop!
WOW! WOW! WOW! Thank you for sharing!!!!! I enjoy your talent!!!!