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Stripes and Florals

Aren’t I lucky as I seem to be on a roll and managed another twofer before stopping for the day. The Paper Players is a PP783 – A Sketch Challenge from Stef and Sunday Stamps is SSC384 Pastel Portraits and I combined the two.

My Crafters Companion set (from a kit) seems to live on my desk lately and I’ve not used all the stamps in the set as yet. So I took the largest floral stamp and using the colours from the challenge stamped 3 flowers and heat set them clear. After trimming this layer down a bit I looked for some PP that would fit down the side as per the sketch. Then I stamped the butterfly, from the set, in Worn Lipstick and heat set it before fussy cutting. I’m not sure why the butterfly looks more red than pink in the photo. This was then added using foam tape. Somehow I managed to smudge a section in the main layer with yellow, which I didn’t see until after I glued everything to the card front. To hide the error I stamped the sentiment, also from the set, fussy cut around it, after I had heat set this clear as well.

It is nice to get another card done, considering that I’m still not feeling as creative as I know I can be. Sometimes just getting one or two done seems to kick start the creative flow, at least it does for me.

I’m off to get ready to go to dinner, which I’m looking forward to. We haven’t seen these friends recently as they’ve been away so we’ll have a good catch up I’m sure. Many thanks for stopping by, you are appreciated more than you know.

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  4. Your flowers are so pretty. I have a similar one and this gives me inspiration for my breast cancer cards. The butterfly is a perfect touch.

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  7. So pretty!! Thanks for joining the fun and playing along with our color challenge over at Sunday Stamps. Your floral trio was a great way to showcase our Pastel Portraits color palette. Deb Horst, DT #SSC384

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  8. Johanna, those flowers are so beautiful, no wonder that kit has not left your desk! I love the pastel look of both the flowers and the butterfly. Great strategy to cover the inky smudge with the sentiment. Lovely card! Thank you so much for playing along with my sketch challenge this week at the Paper Players!

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  10. Attractive card with the placement of the three flowers and effective stripes down the side. Ingenious idea of placing your sentiment over the smudge. No one who have known about the smudge. Raised butterfly is lovely too. Well done Johanna. You are certainly on a roll!! Must be your mild sunny days which is always uplifting plus you and hubby getting together with friends for dinner out. Enjoy!!

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