Hi Everyone. Happy Sunday.
I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend and keeping warm :-)
It's my turn to host the Paper Players challenge this week and I have a sketch for you:
I knew that I wanted to use the new Lotus Blossom stamp (free from SU with any order over $50!) and pair it with one of my favorites from the Occasions catalog - Painted Petals.
I am still on my new year resolution to use colors and items that I don't show much love, and this card is no exception as I pulled out So Saffron card stock. It's a color I very, very, very rarely use and I;m not entirely sure why! It's such a soft yellow and I think I might have fallen just a little bit in love with it after making this card. It pairs really well with Hello Honey, too and I used that on the Lotus Blossom flower.
I paired the rarely used So Saffron with colors such as Calypso Coral - another color I never use! I used the Painted Petals components to make the horizontal layer and the sentiment from the set was overlaid on the Lotus Blossom flower.
Here's my card:
I do hope you will play along with us this week, but if you are looking for a little inspiration, check out the fabulous cards our design team made for you:
Claire Broadwater
Jaydee
Joanne James
Laurie Schmidt
Nance Leedy
Sandy Mathis
Debbie Mageed
Karren Johnson
Shannon Jaramillo
- Card stock: Whisper White. So Saffron
- Stamps: Painted Petals; Lotus Blossom
- Inks: So Saffron; Pear Pizzazz; Calypso Coral; Memento Black
- Tools: Lil Inkers Stitched Circles and Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangles
Apologies for my late commenting this week Jaydee - a great sketch and I love your take on it! The pretty background flower border looks great behind that lotus flower and your chosen sentiment makes this a beautiful card.
Posted by: Joanne James | 01 February 2015 at 11:18 AM
First of all, thank you for an awesome sketch this week! I had a lot of fun with it. Your card is so soft and pretty. The colors are beautiful and I love the detail arounds the edges. Very pretty!
Posted by: Anne Marie HIle | 30 January 2015 at 02:49 PM
Jaydee, this is just gorgeous! I love the So Saffron on this card. It is a color a rarely use, but I need to rethink that after seeing this beauty! The Lotus flower is perfect and the sentiment is one of my new favorites! XX
Posted by: Claire Broadwater | 30 January 2015 at 01:21 PM
Beautiful card, Jaydee, and I am in love with your sketch!!!
Posted by: LeAnne | 27 January 2015 at 04:09 PM
Jaydee, you have used several of my most favorite colors! Your card is so simple and clean, I just love it!!
Posted by: Shannon J | 27 January 2015 at 12:42 PM
I love your stamping, what pretty flowers! That's such a great set.
I had lots of fun with your challenge this week!
Posted by: laurie | 27 January 2015 at 09:08 AM
Such a beautiful card, and it has such a soothing element to it.
Posted by: Flo | 25 January 2015 at 09:59 PM
So soft and beautiful, with great colors, Jaydee! I love So Saffron. What a great sketch!
Posted by: Ann Schach | 25 January 2015 at 05:59 PM
Hi Jaydee :) First of all I love this classic sketch and have already used it twice. Your use of it is so soft and beautiful. I love So Saffron too, and it works so well with the two stamp sets you selected. The piercing ties everything together so well. Hugs!
Posted by: Sandy M | 25 January 2015 at 05:23 PM
So Saffron is such a beautiful, soft color and it looks amazing here with that gorgeous lotus blossom. Fabulous card and a fantastic sketch!
Posted by: KarrenJ | 25 January 2015 at 11:58 AM
Such a sweet card, Jaydee. I love Lotus Blossom inked up in the soft yellows and the background paper you stamped is fabulous. A great sketch too--it's a keeper!
Posted by: Nance Leedy | 25 January 2015 at 11:41 AM
This is such a beautiful card! You used both stamp sets to great advantage. It looks exactly like April!!
Posted by: Dona Stallworth | 25 January 2015 at 11:28 AM
You used my one of my most favorite color palettes in this card! I am so happy to hear that you fell in love with So Saffron because it really is a beautiful color. I think you have convinced me to get the stitched dies! They really make a perfect border. Pretty card!!
Posted by: Debbie Mageed | 25 January 2015 at 09:28 AM
Beautiful card and such a lovely sentiment
Enjoy your wonderful weather and a great day
Posted by: ColleenB. | 25 January 2015 at 06:31 AM