Painted Petals and Lotus Blossom for Paper Players #229

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:

 

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile
Claire Broadwater
 Jaydee
Joanne James
Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy
Sandy Mathis 
Debbie Mageed
Karren Johnson
Shannon Jaramillo

 

 On a personal note:

 

I got a little time in my craft room today, but I found myself drawn to the outdoors as it got to 40 degrees here today.  Now, that might not seem a particularly high temperature but, here in Minnesota, this temperature is more associated with April!  It was wonderful to stand in my craft room looking out at the view and listening to the chickadees :-)  I think it might be just a little cooler tomorrow and I will be less distracted :-)

 

Lou and I have seen 4 amazing movies in the last couple of weeks.   In fact, we have seen more movies in the last two weeks than we have in the last year!  It started with the Imitation Game and the story of Alan Turing and Bletchley.  Then we went to see the story of Stephen Hawking and "The Theory of Everything".  We backended that with .... oh.... my childhood love... "Paddington" and, yesterday, we went to see "Strange Magic".  Apart from the fact that it is the most amazing soundtrack, the visuals are absolutely beautiful and, I promise you, you will never look at butterflies the same way again!

 

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.

 

Hugs

Jaydee

 

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

• 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

Comments

[Joanne James]

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.

[Anne Marie HIle]

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!

[Claire Broadwater]

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

[LeAnne]

Beautiful card, Jaydee, and I am in love with your sketch!!!

[Shannon J]

Jaydee, you have used several of my most favorite colors! Your card is so simple and clean, I just love it!!

[laurie]

I love your stamping, what pretty flowers! That's such a great set.

I had lots of fun with your challenge this week!

[Flo]

Such a beautiful card, and it has such a soothing element to it.

[Ann Schach]

So soft and beautiful, with great colors, Jaydee! I love So Saffron. What a great sketch!

[Sandy M]

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!

[KarrenJ]

So Saffron is such a beautiful, soft color and it looks amazing here with that gorgeous lotus blossom. Fabulous card and a fantastic sketch!

[Nance Leedy]

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!

[Dona Stallworth]

This is such a beautiful card! You used both stamp sets to great advantage. It looks exactly like April!!

[Debbie Mageed]

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!!

[ColleenB.]

Beautiful card and such a lovely sentiment
Enjoy your wonderful weather and a great day