Thank You in Lavender and Green

This card started with the background piece. I sponged it with wilted violet distress ink and added droplets of water which gave it some white spots. After it dried, I stamped it with white craft ink using a SU! stitched background stamp. I wanted to add more, so I stenciled with some citron distress ink and a TH burlap stencil on 2 corners, and then sponged a little antique linen ink lightly over the stenciled corners. As a final touch, I embossed the panel with a WRMK next level gemstones ef. 

Next I stamped the SU! blended bloom flower twice, fussy cutting the center portion and popping it up with dimensionals over the lower portion of the flower. I colored the flower with Copics and gel pens. The leaves were done with a Hero Arts stamp on some granny apple green striped dsp from SU, fussy cut, and popped up on dimensionals after being curled around a glue stick. The white stems were done with a SU! bouquet Bunch framelits die and 2 dies from a set of dies by Precious Maricke called Leaves. The ladybugs were done with a Memory Box set of dies enhanced with a white gel pen, and the sentiment is by Lawn Fawn, embossed with white ep on black. For the final touch, I added some Nuvo clear sparkle drops to the leaves and placed this on a granny apple green cardstock base by SU!

This will be going into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - make your own background

Double D challenge Don't Bug Me - use bugs

Happy Little Stampers August 2018 Watercolor challenge - a/g - option to use flowers

JFF August 2018 challenge - stripes

Tuesday Throwdown #403 challenge - stenciling

Thanks so much for the visit, it's always great to welcome you! Do have yourself a fantastic Friday and an even better weekend as well!

Carol