Hydrangea Birthday Card



I just received this hydrangea stamp in the mail and couldn't wait to start playing. I was inspired by Cowgirl's Sunday Challenge to make my own background, which I did using a script stamp. Additionally, it's impossible to see in the photo, but I folded the back-most background paper a couple of times to give the card some nice dimensio. It's very pretty in real life.

Another thing I did, which I didn't take a picture of, is I stamped the hydrangea on the inside of the card but did not color it. I saw that on someone's blog (I look at so many I can't keep them straight), and thought that was a great idea. (I'm sure most of you have already done this a million times--I'm still learning!)

This card came together very quickly, and I made myself stop to keep it from beoming too much. Best of all, it qualifies for the following challenges:

Everybody Art Challenge -- blue, green and brown

Tuesday Morning Sketches -- anything goes

Party Time Tuesdays -- birthday

Lexi's Creations -- birthday

Cowgirl's Sunday Challenge -- make your own background

Recipe:

Basic Grey "Phunky Phlorals" digital paper printed out

Inkadinkado hydrangea stamp

Inkadinkado script stamp

Martha Stewart border punch

SVG Cuts Swirlies file

Versamark

Stampendous pearlized blue embossing powder

Inkadinkado black dye ink

Distress Tea Dye ink

watercolors