Sun

One of the first stamp companies I came across was Papertrey Ink, but being in Europe it's difficult to get hold of these lovely stamps. A friend kindly gave these to me & I love them. It's my first time using solid stamps, so I didn't have any specialist ink to hand. The distress inks don't give the sharp edges & even coverage I usually like, but I hope I've achieved a more natural weather beaten sunflower, like the one I grew & photographed in October.

A Passion for Papertrey's Challenge this fortnight  is 'Whatever the Weather!'. We've been having a mix of hail, sleet & bright sunshine, but I wanted happy weather so that means sun, sun, sun! What's more sunny than sunflowers? Thankfully I was able to photograph this outside in between showers.

DYSU has challenged you to 'Use a Flower' & I've taken up their gauntlet. I've fussy cut the sunflowers & leaves, then layered them to create this Mother's Day Bouquet. I stamped the flower centres directly onto the sunflowers, but you could fussy cut these as well for extra dimension.

TheYoung Crafters Unite Challenge is 'No Colouring'. This makes quite a change not having to colour- just stamp, cut & stick! I really enjoyed trying this & must get some rainbow inks to do more no colour stamping. (I still love my distress inks though!)

Supplies

Stamps: PTI Simple Sunflower, Lawn Fawn Sally's ABCs, Chevron Backdrops

Paper:  Bazzill Kraft cardstock, white card from stash

Highlights: White Gel Pen
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Mustard Seed, Walnut, Peeled Paint

Challenges:
A Passion for Papertrey Challenge: Whatever the Weather using PTI Simple Sunflower
DYSU Challenge #71: Use a Flower
Young Crafters Unite Challenge #9: No Colouring

Hope you enjoyed your visit & see you again soon!