Stems of Daffodils

Hello.  I hope you've had a good weekend and had some time to craft.

I've been working on this little card for a few days here and there
between preparing for a class and spending time with Jack.

I had been eyeing this Technique Tuesday stamp set for quite a while and bought it

when they had a fantastic sale just before Christmas.  I was helping Santa do his shopping (wink).

It was calling to me and I just had to take some time out to ink it up.

Since it always made me think of daffodils, I inked the flowers with a 

yellow Distress marker and stamped, Moved the ink with a damp waterbrush and

re-stamped until I was happy with it.  Then I inked the stems using the same technique.

I stamped the flowers on a snippet of watercolor paper again and when dry,

cut them with the coordinating die.  I used a shaping tool to get some

curl to the petals.  You can see this technique here.

For the centers of the flowers, I swiped the marker on my palette, picked up

color with the waterbrush and painted it on some of that snippet.  When it was dry, I

used a little scalloped circle punch to punch out my circles. I ran the marker around 

the edges and shaped it into a cup.

I added the shaped flowers over the original stamped ones.

Since this stamp was new to me, I'm taking my card over to

The Flower Challenge #29

and I'll add this to the gallery at

CAS Mix Up

Unfortunately Technique Tuesday has retired this stamp and die, but I think

you may still be able to find it at some of the stamp stores.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Stems (Technique Tuesday), Cosmos (TT

Ink:   Distress Markers (Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint)

Paper:   Watercolor (TH), Daffodil Delight (SU)

Other:  Stems Die (TT), Foam Sheet, MISTI, Waterbrush, Shaping Tool (Sizzix)