Plaid Sunflower Card with Doodling

Hello friends. My last order from Scrapbook.com included a free Sunflower die/emboss set and yes, I may have placed an order to get the free die, haha! I absolutely love sunflowers. My grandmother in upstate New York used to grow them on her farm. I also stumbled on a beautiful sunflower farm awhile back, here in Alabama, and got inspired all over again. They're one of God's beautiful creations!

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I started by ink blending my A2 card panel with a variety of Ranger distress oxide inks along with my Simon Hurley Rectangle stencil. I actually masked a portion of the space with my mint tape so it was more of a squared area for ink blending. 

The sunflower die set includes 4 pieces and I used 3 of the dies, using papers from the Scrapbookcom Cozy paper pad, and the yellow paper from the Playful paper pad.

I recently made a card that featured a sentiment from the Scrapbookcom Gratitude stamp set, and I wanted to use another sentiment from that set. I used my Scrapbookcom hybrid ink in black and Autumn Leaves to stamp with my Misti stamp positioner.

I did something unexpected on this card; a little doodling for my flower stem. Don't ask me why, but I think it's a fun little surprise and adds a little bit of whimsy. What can I say, my brain has a mind of it's own, haha. I just drew a line with a green marker then outlined it with my Ranger fineliner Letter It black pen, and edged both sides of my stem with tiny little "prickly" lines. I also dotted my stem with a white gel pen.

The polka dot paper under my card panel was from the Cozy paper pad and is also the same paper I used for the small die cut center of my flower. I embellished my center with a white gel pen and Pops of Color in Creamsicle. I trimmed my card panel and patterned paper backing just a bit, to fit my A2 sized card.

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Terri

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Birthday Doodles with So Suzy Stamps

I've got a fun birthday doodle card today, featuring stamps from So Suzy Stamps.  April 20th is the official, bonafide birthday of So Suzy Stamps and there have been celebratory events happening all month long.  Scroll through Suzy's blog to see what you've missed, including free shipping offers, product discounts and giveaways.

Let me briefly share how I made this fun card and how you can re-create it as well.

For this 4" x 5" card you will need: 

black cardstock 

white cardstock

So Suzy Stamps Present and Happy Birthday stamps

Tombow dual brush pen *optional

white gel pen

white dye or pigment ink

adhesive

trimmer

watercolor paper *optional

1.  Cut 3 pieces of black cardstock, two as a base layer (inside and outside) and a smaller piece as your top layer.   

2.  Cut 2 pieces of white cardstock, one 4" x 10" (scored in half) and a smaller section to layer in the middle. 

3.  Draw doodle lines on one piece of your larger black cardstock, using a white gel pen.  It doesn't have to be perfect.  Freehand doodling has a charm all it's own!  You do however, want to avoid smudging, so take care not to rub your hand against where you drew.  You may wish to use a heat tool to quickly zap/dry.

4.  Stamp your present stamp with white ink (I used a white dye ink) and fill in the ribbon and circles with a white gel pen.  Allow to dry, then reapply another layer.  Use a light touch the second time around, so you don't dig into the first coat with your pen.

5.  Mask your sentiment and stamp the word "Happy" underneath your present image.  Use a white gel pen to enhance the letters. 

6.  Mask your sentiment and stamp "birthday" on your other large piece of black cardstock, writing over it with the white gel pen.  Adhere to the inside of your card.

7.  Originally, I was going to use a black/white theme, however I really thought a pop of color would be nice.  You can go two ways with this; color or paper piece.  I chose to watercolor the ribbon and fussycut/piece it onto my stamped image.  The watercolor offers a nice contract to the rest of the doodling theme.  I used my Tombow marker and a waterbrush, blotting with a paper towel to get this effect, on Strathmore water color paper.

What do you think?  Do you like the contrast?  I noticed that the ribbon on top pops even more because I colored in the white first.  Let's call that an added bonus, shall we?

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Here are a few noteworthy birthday happenings that you'll want to take note of:

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