Happy Tuesday and I hope you are all having a fabulous day.
I saw a great sketch across at Atlantic Hearts this week and realized it would be perfect for a new die set that just arrived in the post. I really don’t understand how these little packages keep arrivng 🙂
Cosmos flowers hold a very special place in my heart, and this die-set seemed to perfectly capture the light, airy feel of them. I remember seeing them by their thousands on the side of the road. Pink and white perfection, just waiting to be plucked and put into a vase. They were my flower of choice for dinner party table arrangements in March and April. The late summer evenings were just perfect for outdoor dinner parties! Anyway, I digress!
Here’s a sneak peek:
I began by creating an arched background using an arched die and some inks. I realized when I took the photo that I had just about covered it all up! You can just see it towards the botton of the arrangement!
Here’s the sketch for Atlantic Hearts:
I die-cut all of the elements for the flowers and colored them with my small blending brushes and inks. I added just a final tough of pink to the middle of the pink flowers with my Copic markers as I needed a little more intensity toward the middle.
I clustered them to the focal layer, that I had die-cut using my Textured Notes dies, and then popped up the flowers with different heights of foam dots.
I stamped and die-cut the sentiment from the Traditional Labels set from SU. I know it’s meant to be a Christmas sentiment, but I thought it was broad enough to fit birthdays and other celebrations, too.
Here’s my full card:
Ah…. a bouquet of Cosmos just seems to make the whole day brighter:-). I love that banner sentiment, too, and think it might be getting more outings!
I know the design team across at Atlantic Hearts would love it if you played along with their challenge and you have a few days left to do so 🙂
I’ll be back tomorrow with another card. In the meantime, warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight.
Card recipe:
- Dies: Garden Cosmos – Altenew
- Sentiment and die: Traditional Labels – Stampin’ Up!
- Frame Die: Textured Notes – Stampin’ Up!
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7 Responses
What a beautiful take on a flower I love too. These cosmos are gorgeous both in their textured details and colors. You can know for sure that you have made my day a little brighter! I think the sentiments and dies are perfect!
The flowers are beautiful, and i can see all the little details you put into this card. So glad you joined the sketch this week at Atlantic Hearts sketch challenge.
you did a wonderful job at coloring and creating this card to share with us at Atlantic Hearts Sketch
Oh, this is glorious! Love your colors, your pretty blue arched frame and then of course there’s that beautiful frame die — so wonderful, Jaydee. You keep this up and I’m going to have to find me a SU dealer – lol. On another note, your outdoor dinner parties sound pretty wonderful too
🌟 Wat een prachtige creatie! Leuk dat je meedoet aan onze challenge bij Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge—we hebben genoten van je inzending!
🎉 Ik heb nog een paar leuke challenges lopen—misschien is er wel iets voor jou bij! 🎨✨ 📌 Je vindt de links hieronder. Doe je mee? 😄
🌟 Wonderful creation! Thanks for joining our challenge at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge—we loved your entry!
🎉 I’ve got a few more fun challenges going on—maybe one’s just right for you! 🎨✨ 📌 You’ll find the links below. You in? 😄
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Challenge blogs:
<aGirlz Creative Christmas (XMAS) 🎄
<aGirlz makes Guyz Cards (GMGC)🚗
<aGirlz creative crafts (GCC) 🌸
<aCreative sketchy girls (CSG) ❤️
<aGirlz Rebel Challenge (GRC) 🎈
<aGirlz Creative Fun Art of Scrap (GCFAOS) 🦋
<aGirlz & The Art of Letters (G&TAOL) 🎉
<aGirlz Creative: Splash it with color! (GC:SiwC!) 🌈
Wow! Your card is beautiful and the flowers are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing with the AHSC
This is stunning, the dimension and colours are so perfect, beautiful! Thanks for playing along with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (AHSC).
Brandi R.
DT member AHSC
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