CAS(E) this sketch #211 To The Rescue

Here’s their newest sketch…

This sketch is perfect for so many beautiful floral stamps out there.  Because I just received my first Unity Stamp Company order, I was excited to use one of them.  I chose their Steps of Courage set for my floral image.

 

 

 

Here’s my card…

I started with a 4.25 x 5.5 inch piece of Bristol paper.  I white heat embossed my floral image on the bottom right corner.  I knew that I wanted a soft look, so I pulled out my Zig Clean Color markers and used a water brush to apply the color.  After coloring the flowers, leaves and stems, I applied a very light wash of light blue around the image.  I drew a rough square around the card making sure to leave a space where the flowers met the bottom.

It took me a while to decide on where to place my greeting.  I knew the sketch had the sentiment closer to the bottom, but I felt it detracted from the pretty flowers.  I decided to place it higher on the card.  I white heat embossed a greeting from Technique Tuesday’s Beautiful Bouquet stamp set on to black card stock.  I felt it was a little plain, so I added a slight lavender mat around the fishtail greeting.  I then adhered it with fun foam to add dimension.

For some final touches, I glued a few sequins (2 black and 1 iridescent) near the flowers.  To soften the brightness of the card, I sprayed some black watercolor over the whole thing to get those small black flecks.  I attached the card front to a top folding gray card base.

I hope you like it!  Thanks for stopping by 🙂

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Supplies Used: Unity Stamp Company “Steps of Courage” stamp set, Technique Tuesday Beautiful Bouquet stamp set, Recollections snow embossing powder, Versamark ink, Zig Clean Color markers, Craft Medley sequins, Bazzill Alpaca card stock, Bristol paper