Stampin! with Jaydee

 Hi Everyone.  Happy Tuesday.  

Once again, I find that its gone 10.30pm and I am only just getting to my blog.  It must be the time of year!  There is so much to do and so much going on, that I'm finding it difficult to fit everything in.  I bet most of you are all in the same situation.

So, I'm going to keep the post short tonight.  This card was made using more new goodies.  The stamp is from the new Peaceful Petals stamp set and, of course, I had to use the dots embossing folder again.  I just couldn't get a decent photo of it though!

The flower was inked in pale pink ink and stamped twice.  I then used my Copic Markers to color the images.  As the stamp wasn't inked in a dark ink, it looks more hand drawn.  It's actually really pretty and I love it against the Soft Sky card stock.   

This technique takes a little more time to color, because it's hard to see the pale pink stamped image, but I really think it is worth it to create this hand painted feel.  I had to put it onto an Oval... it just seemed right :-)

I used a Simon Says Stamp banner die for the sentiment and glued it to the base, but used dimensionals to keep the lift on the folded pieces of the banner.  I like the bold sentiment against the soft background.  

On a personal note:

We had more snow today.   It really is so gorgeous and the wetland looks amazing.  The birds continue to use the heated bird bath on the deck. I had never known that the woodpeckers drink so often until we put the bath here.  The doves also love it and bath at least once a day.  The cats are loving having the bird bath and they lounge about on the back of the couch, or can be found crouching in front of the deck door with their ears flat and tails wagging.  I think they enjoy it even more than we do!

As always, thank you for your visit and your comments/emails.  I really do appreciate them.  I'll be back on Thursday with another card.  In the meantime, warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight.  Especially at this time of year.

Hugs

Jaydee

Card recipe - all ingredients Stampin' Up! unless noted:

• Card stock:  Soft Sky, Whisper White

• Stamps:  Peaceful Petals

• Tools:  Copic Markers.  Simon Says Stamp Banner Die.  Dimensionals.