Friend, Thinking of You

Hi friends!  Today I'm sharing a bit about my card I made featuring Picket Fence Studios gorgeous stamp called A Peony of Contrast.  This is one of the new products in the release that just became available!!

After I stamped the Peony of Contrast with Versamark onto Distress watercolor cardstock, I added gold embossing powder and heat set it.

Then I used a few drops of Picked Raspberry Distress re-inker to watercolor this beautiful flower.  If you'd like to see this in action, I have a reel posted over on my Instagram.  Just click the image in the left sidebar of my blog.

Next I used my scissors to cut around the embossed lines of the flower.

I used the new Beyond Basics: A2 Rectangle and Cover Plate Dies set to create the background layers.  This set has five rectangle shaped dies and three different cover plate dies, including the heart one I used here.

I used my paper trimmer to cut down the peony to fit the card front and adhered it with some foam tape.

The "friend" sentiment is from the Cheers My Friend word die set and is die cut three times.  I used a Paper Pouncer to color the die cuts and then glued them together.  I stamped the other sentiment from the Graceful Magnolias stamp set with Picked Raspberry Distress ink and trimmed it into a strip.  There is a coordinating die set, that I totally spaced on using, with a die to cut out the sentiment (eye-roll to me, haha).

Simple watercoloring is so relaxing and also easy!  I sure appreciate you stopping by for a bit today.  I hope you have a great one!

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