Fishtail Flags: Stitched Archives

It’s time for another challenge over at Sunday Stamps! There were lots of amazing entries with the last challenge, beautiful combinations of the challenge colors so I can’t wait to see everyone’s interpretations of this challenge…a sketch!

I love sketches! Sometimes I take the focal image and build from there, sometimes I pick papers and let them dictate the focal image.

This time I knew I wanted to use the Plentiful Petals Die-namics by MFT Stamps so I started with that and then searched for a pretty paper. This one jumped out at me because it had so many bright and pretty colors in it. I knew that it would be able to handle the bold color Pure Poppy by Papertrey Ink. Isn’t it wonderful?

I had so much fun deciding the arrangements of colors in the layers and I just love the font of the sentiment I used. So pretty!

I couldn’t let the inside be neglected so I used the negative of my flower die cuts and added a few sweet details:

I’m excited to see your creations for this challenge! Before you head off to your craft area, I hope you will stop by the Sunday Stamps blog for more inspiration from the rest of the team!!

Have a wonderful long weekend for my fellow crafters in the States, for the rest of you, here’s hoping that the work week starts smoothly!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Harvest Gold, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Sunny by My Mind’s Eye

Ink: Tuxedo Black by Memento Ink

Stamps: Inside & Out: Thank You by Papertrey Ink

Dies: Stitched Mats: Rectangles by Lil ‘Inker; Fishtail Flags: Stitched and Plentiful Petals by MFT Stamps; Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Linen Thread by Stampin’ Up! and Button by Making Memories

Hello there, my stamping friends! Today I have a quick card to share with you as my crafty time was limited last night. I had limited time but I REALLY wanted to play along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week…

What do you think about the tilt-y layer? Do you like those or not?? Apparently there are many folks who would rather not work with a tilt-y angle, I personally do not mind it, it can add an interesting detail to a card.

This pattern paper is from the same pad I used in my last card and it has been calling to me. I just LOVE the vivid yellow combined with the delicate pattern! I paired white and black with it for my neutrals and decided to pull out the green in the pattern with a pop of green across my card front.

Isn’t the pretty edge detail lovely? It’s from a border die set I recently acquired from a small company called Pretty Pink Posh. If you’ve not heard of this company before, you might want to pop over and browse a bit. It’s a one-woman shop and she has lots of pretties to purchase and also has a blog, her creations are darling.

I added a button to my card even though it’s not in the sketch (I hope they don’t kick me out) because I knew I wanted the second part of the sentiment to go across the green strip, but I didn’t have anything long enough to cover the entire card front so I improvised! I adore this Thank You sentiment set from Clearly Besotted Stamps.

No stamping for me tonight…I’m off to my son’s Spring Concert tonight. He is a first-year high school band director and I’m so proud to see him conduct his band that I could just pop!!

Take care and please let me know what you think of my color combination today…it’s a bit bold for me!! Stepping out of that box again!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White and New Leaf by Papertrey Ink; Vellum

Pattern Paper: Simple Life by Echo Park

Ink: Black Staz-On and Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Stamps: Thank You by Clearly Besotted Stamps

Dies: Stitched Mats: Rounded Rectangles by Lil ‘Inker; Stitched Borders 2 by Pretty Pink Posh; Fishtail Flags: Stitched by MFT STamps and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Button by Making Memories (from my very old stash); Jute Twine by May Arts

Fishtail Flags: Stitched

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