Greetings Friends! I hope you enjoyed the Pals Blog Hop yesterday…there were so many lovely inspirations! I’m back today with a lovely sketch challenge from the Pals Paper Arts design team:

Isn’t it fun! There’s lots of open space to take advantage of! And did I ever! I inked up the new Painted Petals stamp set and created my own garden!

I had a bit of fun with this, adding green stems every which way until I had the card front covered. I alternated between Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz for the flower stems to add some depth, although I honestly can not see the difference!

Then I just inked up some of the blooms in Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry and Pool Party. I didn’t worry about each flower having it’s own stem and focused more on the overall effect. Did you see the butterflies I added? Every garden needs butterflies, right?!?

I added a bit of the Sale-A-Bration ribbon in Crushed Curry and topped it off with the Gold Baker’s Twine. The sentiment is also from the Painted Blooms stamp set and was perfect for the sketch! I backed it up with some Rich Razzleberry card stock and then covered the card front in Rich Razzleberry as well. I rounded the corners off to show off a bit of the beautiful Rich Razzleberry. It’s the perfect backdrop for my ‘painting’!

Did I stop there? Nope, not today! I continued the theme right on into the inside of the card as well:

And I used a bit of the new Painted Blooms DSP to line my envelope. I think the beautiful blue sets the card off so nicely!

Please hop on over to the Pals Paper Arts Challenge Blog to see the wonderful inspiration from the rest of the design team!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Wishing you joy and blessings always,

Products Used:

Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: Painted Blooms DSP by Stampin’ Up!

Ink:  Rose Red, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:  Painted Petals by Stampin’ Up!

Dies: Beautiful Wings Embosslits and Envelope Liners Framelits by Stampin’ Up!

Tools:  None

Embellishments: Rhinestone Basic Jewels