Kind Thanks - FTL 92

This weekend I am playing along with the May VSN (Virtual Stamp Night) at Splitcoaststampers. The theme of the projects is all about flowers. I will be sharing some of those projects with  you next week. Right now, though, I wanted to share another "Fall-To Layout" (FTL) featured at the Clean & Simple Stamping blog. I am really liking these layout challenges. Not only is the layout design work already done, but the layouts force me to try something new and different. The layout for today's project can be found here. And here is my card for the challenge:

This is the layout:

My card was created using stamps from the Touch of Nature and Thank You Kindly stamp sets by Stampin' Up! The images were colored using Prisma watercolor pencils and blended with a blender pen. I think this would be a perfect Thank You card for any man or nature lover in your life. Thanks for stopping by today and having a look! Have a wonderful day!!

Unique

My card today is based on the Card Patterns Sketch 65, which is another clean and simple card layout with a lot of possibilities. I chose the word "Unique" and stamped flowers since flowers are unique -- no two being exactly the same. Here is my card:

And here is the sketch:

The background paper I used is a retired Designer Series Paper by Stampin' Up! called Maine Blueberry. I also used the Define Your Life, Defining Alphabet, and Heartfelt Thanks stamp sets by Stampin' Up! The flower from the Heartfelt Thanks stamp set was colored with Old Olive and Bashful Blue markers, then Night of Navy was added to the flower using the marker tapping technique. The stamp was then spritzed with a fine mist sprayer, allowing the water droplets to fall onto the stamp, then stamped twice. Thanks for stopping by today! Have a GREAT day!!