Starting another 6x6 Paper Pad Challenge

Hello, Sunshine!

What a beautiful day it was today!  It was so wonderful to have some sunshine and a break from the rain.

Today I broke out a 6x6 paper pad to start another paper pad challenge.  I found this fun paper pad by K&Company called Chalk It Now.  It has super fun colors and I love the black backgrounds; they can produce such a neat look.

I chose the blue floral sheet with the polka dots on the back to use for Sunday Stamps' current sketch challenge.  Be sure to check out their post, they have some beautiful examples.  Here is the starting sketch they are using:

I came up with my own measurements based upon the sketch.  I started with two sheets of cardstock from Recollections - one from Paper Flowers and the other from their Earth pack.  I used these sheets to create a double mat as the backing for the front of the card.  Next I attached a piece of the Chalk It Now paper with the lovely blue flowers.  For the vertical piece I cut the same type of paper, but used the blue polka dot side.

For the sentiment I chose the Foliage Framelits and Floral Frames stamps from Stampin' Up.  I liked how their flowers mimicked those of the paper.  I used the Foliage Framelits to cut the frame from another piece of cardstock from the Earth collection and then cut the differing leaf pieces from Always Artichoke and Chocolate Chip.  Next I stamped the flowers in Memento Tuxedo Black using Floral Frames and cut them using the matching dies from the Foliage Framelits.  I used my water brush to paint the flowers with Coastal Cabana and Pool Party to give the flowers a watercolor look.   Finally, I inked the sentiment with a mix of those inks to create a multi-tonal look, and punched the sentiment out with a 2" circle punch.  

I added some crumb cake thread and swirled it through the leaves and made a few leaf definitions with a gold Wink of Stella.  Since I love my sparkle, I added some varying blue gems from Jolee's All that Bling as centers of the flowers.  I popped the flowers up with some foam dots to give it even more dimension.

I had such a great time mixing the different products together.  I've already got thoughts brewing of how I'll combine the paper pack with a few other items I've been wanting to use.  Well, that finishes off my first card design from the pack.  

Chalk It Now, Card #1 - Hello

Check out the weekly challenge at Sunday Stamps:

Supplies:
Designer Paper:  K&Company - Chalk It Now Cardstock:  Recollections - Earth, Paper Flowers;
Stampin' Up - Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip
Stamps: Stampin' Up - Floral Frames
Ink: Stampin' Up - Pool Party, Coastal Cabana
Dies and Punches: Stampin' Up - Foliage Framelits, 2" circle punch
Embellishments: Stampin' Up - Crumb Cake Thread, Jolee's All that Bling - Blue Gems
Wink of Stella, Water Brush

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