Inspired by Stamping Design Team

It is with great pleasure that I announce my selection for the Inspired by Stamping Design Team. I consider it  an honor to work with such talented ladies and I look forward to creating with Inspired by Stamping's beautiful designs.

Here's the card I submitted with my application.

I multi-stamped, cut and layered the flowers for a 3D effect. Stamps were colored with colored pencil.

As I mentioned in an earlier post on how I color most of my stamped images, color pencils are great for a soft, transparent kind of color, but they're not good for detail. To get the little detail on the flower petals, I took a tiny tipped paint brush, inked it with Distress and with quick, light strokes added the detail.

Doesn't this stick pin look like marble? I thought it worked nicely with the color scheme. It was a tad too long though, I cut it back a bit.

This lovely photo was our inspiration:

Be sure and check out the other Design Team member's blogs and cards, pure eye candy!

Inspired by Stamping Design Team members:

Cindy Coutts 
Colleen Dietrich
Deb Hickman
Gloria Stengel
Grace Tolman
Irit Shalom
Joanna Munster - Owner
Kendra Sand
Leah Cornelius
Liz Weber
Nazeema Bastian
Pam Bray
Shani Thomas (yours truly)
Vicki Dutcher

Material

Paper—MME Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks Lucky Tapestry, G.Lalo cardstock, brown cardstock
Stamps—Verve Because of You stamps
Ink—Distress ink Walnut Stain
Dies—Die-namics rectangles and corner
Embellishments—Avec Colors Unlimited cord, Toga pearls, stick pin

Cards