Less is More 65

Last night I looked through my stamps thinking about what to do for this week's Less is More Sketch Challenge.  The window box image from the Close to My Heart Flower Pot set jumped out at me, and I thought the window might work for the square element on the sketch.  I picked up this set at a friend's rummage sale last summer and haven't used it because they are all outline images and the thought of coloring terrifies me! 

I decided to be brave and used my Prismacolor pencils to color it.  It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be! :)  I first made this as a one layer card, doing some masking to get the flowers "in" the window box.  It was just too flat, so I did it again and cut out both the window and the flowers.  I taped the window down, but gently popped up the outer edge of the shutters. I also popped the flowers up on dimensionals.  I really love it with the added dimension.  I added liquid pearls to the center of each flower.

I probably should have put it on a larger card base to have more white space around it, but the practical part of my nature wouldn't let me!  I made it 4.25 inches square so I could put it in a standard envelope with no extra postage and get two cards out of my sheet of PTI cardstock. 

Sketch: