PDCC 108 & SSD 102

I've had the gorgeous, rich colors from the current PlayDate Cafe Challenge in my head for the last few days.  I knew I wanted to use them but wasn't sure what I wanted to do.

On Sunday my kids dragged out a tub of artificial flowers that we have on hand for craft projects.  With the flowers, some vases, a play cash register, play money, and signs, they turned our living room into a flower shop and were at it for several hours.  While "shopping" I noticed a baggie of beautiful, velvety maroon and copper colored flowers that had been taken apart.  A year or so ago I had purchased a few stems from the craft store and made flower hair clips for the girls.  These were the leftovers, and they were the perfect colors for the PDC Challenge.

I used them along with the fabulous sketch at Skipping Stones Design, which I flipped upside down, to make this card:

I used my glue gun to put a few of the flowers together and added buttons and embroidery floss.  Then I took a scrap of vintage cream cardstock and sponged color around the edges.  This was my first time EVER using distress ink.  I have one ink pad (tea dye) that I had purchased to make pirate treasure maps with the kids.  I received some very helpful tips about distress inks from some fellow bloggers on yesterday's post, and I'm eager to get more and really start experimenting!

After sponging the edges, I stamped a Recollections musical background  and added a Hero Arts sentiment in the top corner.  Then I simply stuck on the flowers and was done.  I think this is very different from the cards I usually make, but I sure enjoyed myself and it came together surprisingly quickly. 

Beautiful Inspiration:

Supplies:

Paper: PTI scarlet jewel, vintage cream

Ink: tea dye distress ink, ColorBox chestnut roan chalk ink

Stamps: Recollections musical background, Hero Arts sentiment