Forever Blossoms and Lovely You for AAA #164

Hi there.  Happy Monday.

I made a card with my Stampin' Up! Forever Blossoms set for the new challenge across at AAA.  This really is one of my favorite sets.  I just love the versality of it.  I paired it with a sneak peek from the upcoming Lovely You set for the sentiment.

The challenge across at AAA was clean and simple - using just a third of the card and with a twist!

With the twist, I decided to add an additional stamp from the main image in the set.  That took a little masking and playing around to make sure that I got it to look as though it was one continuous flower, but I think it worked out well.

I stamped the image in London Fog and then colored it with my Copics and pencils.  I added detail to make the petals more distinct and some white dots for the anthem on the stamen.  Here's a closeup:

Sorry it's a little out of focus!

I then colored the area around the flowers with my copic bg70 marker and added the sentiment from the new SU set Lovely You, which will be available on June 2nd.  I put together three of the sentiments to read as one.

Here's my card:

I stamped the image again on the inside and added the main sentiment from the Lovely You set - Always.  The lighting was really bad yesterday so it was pretty hard to get any decent photos.

On a personal note:

It's officially freezing here... well, below freezing actually!  It's been down in the high 20s as a low and we have had to cover the herbs that we bought and planted last weekend!  It also snowed.  It's a little brighter today - the sun is shining - but it's still pretty cold.  Our summer visitors got a little shocked with the cold polar air, I think!

The Rosebreasted Grosbeaks arrived at the same time as the Orioles.  We have seen both the male and the female.  The male has visited all of our feeding stations - from the jelly to the seeds to the suet.  So, we are hoping they will be staying around and nesting with us!

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:

• Stamps:  Forever Blossoms - florals.  Lovely You - sentiment.  Both Stampin' Up!  Lovely You available June 2
• Inks:  Copic markers, Luminance pencils

Comments

[Åsa Johansson]

Such a beautiful card! Love the soft feeling with the grey and pink! Thanks for joining AAA Cards! Hugs Åsa

[jaydee]

Thanks, Joy. I enjoyed playing along with the challenge
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[jaydee]

Thanks, Hilda. The grosbeaks really are gorgeous and I love their song, too! It's fascinating that the males are so different to the females.
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[jaydee]

Thanks, Jane. I really enjoyed finding a way to use only 1/3rd of the card!
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[jaydee]

Thanks, Nancy. I enjoyed the challenge.
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[Nancy]

I love that floral border! Thanks for playing along with us at AAACards!!

[Jane Taylor]

Gorgeous! Loving how you've use only one third for your beautiful blooms, looks so pretty. Thanks for playing at AAA Cards, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!

[Hilda Burton]

Lovely card today. Your coloring is awesome. Great photo of the beautiful bird. We don't have those here. Enjoy your day!

[Joy Dsouza]

Fabulous card! I love your colouring. Thank you for joining the AAA Cards Challenge.
- Joy Dsouza