STAMPIN' UP! SUNNY SENTIMENTS THINKING OF YOU CARD

The card I am sharing today is one I made for this week's Crushed Curry Colour Creations blog hop.  When I put it together, I was wholly dissatisfied with it, so didn't use it for last night's share.  However, I know that even the cards I make, that I don't particularly like, can appeal to someone else, so I will bite the bullet and post it!

I think the reason I dislike this card the most (well, aside from the fact that Crushed Curry is not one of my favourite colours!) is that I stuck a panel on upside down, from my original plan.  The black spotty piece is supposed to be on the right hand side, and the coloured-in flowers on the left hand side.  

I do like the top part of the card.  That background paper, from the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper pack, is gorgeous - and I love the floral die cut.  The lovely sentiment also looks very cheery in bold yellow.

Here's where, to my mind, the design went downhill!  I have used two other patterned papers from the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper pack.  On the piece with line images of flowers, I went to work with my Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 and a blender pen.  After colouring the flowers with the Crushed Curry Watercolor Pencil, and blending the colour out, I added "shading" with my Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker.  The ink from the marker is quite a dark mustard, so I then went back over the flowers with the Watercolor Pencil, to try to tone it down a bit.  Not sure that worked! 😂

To the black spotty paper, I adhered some tiny flowers cut from Crushed Curry card, using a Hydrangea Die.  I added Matte Black Dots to some of the flower centres, and Crushed Curry resin dots to the others.  A Crushed Curry scalloped border die cut (created with a Penned Flowers Die), delineates the two panels of patterned paper.

Even though this card didn't turn out quite as I'd hoped it would, I think it will still brighten someone's day.

I have listed below all the products I used to make it.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Sunny Sentiments Cling Stamp Set (English) [155034] $35.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry [131288] $15.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Pattern Party 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper [155426] $31.00	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $13.00	Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 [149014] $21.75	Blender Pens [102845] $21.00
Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $52.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00	Artistic Dies [155371] $61.00	Hydrangea Dies [154326] $56.00
Penned Flowers Dies [155557] $52.00	Matte Black Dots [154284] $12.25	Playing With Patterns Resin Dots [152467] $14.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00