Caly Person

Hello!

Today we’re celebrating Day 2 of the Pretty Pink Posh September Product Release!  Welcome to my blog if it’s your first time here – I’m so glad you’ve joined me!

This release is full of fun fall inspiration.  I made two cards for the sneak peek posts on the Pretty Pink Posh blog earlier in the month and will share them on my personal blog soon.  So today, I thought I’d share a card using the new Anemones set!

I know anemones aren’t always white – but that’s the first color that popped into my head for these flowers and I tend to color realistically – so here’s my take on the white anemones.  First, let me share the photo I used for inspiration:

It’s gorgeous, right?  I’ll admit…I trashed the first flower I tried to color using only Copic markers.  The purple in the petals are so soft that there was no way I was going to achieve this look.  So I settled for coloring with grays and going back in to add some subtle purple with colored pencils.

I stamped the flowers using a Copic-friendly ink, then colored them using the following colors:  C00, C1, C3, YG07, G05, YG01, and V09.  Once done, I went through with a purple Faber-Castell Polychromos in Mauve (249) and added veins to the petals and then used Pine Green (267) to add depth to the leaves.  Then I die cut all the images and added white gel accents to the center of the flowers.

For the background, I used the Scallop Frame dies and used the smaller die to cut out a glitter gold frame.  I masked off the area and ink-blended with Wilted Violet Distress Oxide, then added some water splatters and white ink splatters before adhering the frame down using some 3M foam tape for added dimension.  The flowers were then arranged over the frame – so all of it is adhered to the card using 3M foam tape.  Finally, I completed the card using a sentiment from the new Simple Sayings: Kind stamp set – also from this release.

GIVEAWAY:

There will be 4 $25 dollar gift certificates (2 from each day of the blog hop).  Winners will be picked randomly from comments.  Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PDT on 9-18-2018.  Winners will be announced on the PPP blog.

DAY 2 BLOG HOP LIST:

Pretty Pink Posh blog
Yana Smakula
Alix Davis
Jeanne Jachna
Crystal Thompson
Mindy Eggen
Joni Andaya
Caly Person ← YOU ARE HERE
Melody Rupple
Lexa Levana
Thi Lam
Suzy Plantamura

Thanks so much for stopping today!  I really hope you enjoyed this card.  Be sure to continue to hop along and leave a comment for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate!  Have a wonderful day!

XOXO,

SUPPLIES:

*NOTE:  To view where these items can be purchased, click on the linked abbreviations below (SSS for Simon Says Stamp, EH for Ellen Hutson, PPP for Pretty Pink Posh, HMSB for HallmarkScrapbook, etc.).  Affiliate links may be used (at no additional cost to you) – thank you for your support!

PPP Anemones	PPP Anemones	PPP Simple Sayings – Kind	PPP Scallop Frame	Sizzix Big Shot Express SSS | SBC | AMZN
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink HMSB | EH | SSS | AMZN	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Set 1 EH | HMSB | SSS	MFT Gold Sparkle Card Stock	Neenah Solar White 80 lb HMSB | EH | SSS	Recollections 110 lb
Copic Sketch Markers EH | SSS | MERRIARTIST	Faber-Castell Polychromos SSS | AMZN	Sakura White Gelly Roll HMSB | AMZN	3M Scotch Foam Tape EH | SSS | AMZN	ATG Gun EH | SSS | AMZN
Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board EH | SSS	MSP Mini MISTI HMSB | EH | SSS | MSP	Teflon Bone Folder HMSB | EH | SSS