Hello there and Happy Friday, my peeps!! It’s been raining here again in Southern California and the perfect reason to pull out some darling paper and an even more darling-er (if that’s possible) stamp image!!

Measurements:

• Purple Posy Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
• White Card Stock Layer 3 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
• DSP Layer 1 3/4″ x 5 1/2″

Details:

• I recently acquired this stamp set, The Nicest Things, secondhand. It’s vintage Stampin’ Up! and so, so sweet. Those little girls – oh, I just can’t even!
• Tons of coloring today so let me break it down for you
  • The dress on the right is Light & Dark Purple Posy with a Light Mint Macaron Apron with Light Pretty Peacock detailing on the apron. The base for her hair is Dark Daffodil Delight with additions of Light & Dark Crumb Cake and Bronze
  • The dress on the left is Light & Dark Mint Macaron with Light & Dark Daffodil Delight for the trim and the blouse. The base for her hair is Light So Saffron with additions of Dark So Saffron and Light & Dark Daffodil Delight
  • The basket is Light & Dark Crumb Cake
  • The grass is Light & Dark Old Olive
  • Three of the flowers are Light & Dark Lovely Lipstick; the fourth flower is Light Mint Macaron and Light & Dark Pretty Peacock
  • The girls’ skin tone is Light & Dark Petal Pink.

• To keep with the inspiration sketch, I added three Basic Rhinestones Jewels and colored them with Pretty Peacock and Blackberry Bliss.
• The intricate detail cut to the left of the focal image was achieved by using the Delicate Lace Dies. I have been itching to try them out, I love it! What do you think? Yay or Nay?
• I used two different patterns from the Best Dressed DSP line and incorporated the colors from that DSP when coloring my little darlings.

• The inside sentiment is from the Beautiful Friendship stamp set and pairs so well with the saying on the front. I can’t wait to send this out!

Two different challenges inspired today’s project, the first was the CAS (Clean and Simple) Flowers challenge over at The Paper Players (and I’m sneaking in just under the wire!) and the sketch challenge over at the TGIF Challenge. Thank you to both design teams for the awesome inspiration!!! XX

 Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Mint Macaron and Purple Posy;  Neenah Solar White Classic Crest Cover 80#

DSP: Best Dressed

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: The Nicest Things and Beautiful Friendship

Alcohol Markers: Purple Posy, Mint Macaron, Pretty Peacock, daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Sa Saffron, Lovely Lipstick, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Ivory and Bronze

Dies: Delicate Lace

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Trimmer (both retired)

Embellishments: Rhinestone Basic Jewels; Wink of Stella 

Other: Whisper White Envelope