Hello, Sunshine

So, Esther asked me to be a guest designer on the CropStop blog and of course, I said yes!  So, here I am with a card for your inspiration:

I started out with some white co'ordinations card stock (which of course, I cut using my Fiskars paper trimmer!) for my base and scored it with my scor-pal as a top folding card.  For my next layer, I used the Darice Woodgrain embossing folder to emboss another piece of co'ordinations card.  Then I used my Ranger mini ink blending tool to ink the edges of the embossed panel with Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress ink.  I use Spectrum Noir markers to color my image twice, so I could cut out the two larger sunflowers and pop them up with some foam tape.  Then I used Ranger Cinnamon Stickles to dot the center of the flowers.  I love the sparkle it adds.  I matted the image panel with some My Favorite Things brown card stock and then layered that on some My Favorite Things patterned paper.  I heat embossed my sentiment with white embossing powder on a scrap of the same MFT card stock and added 3 tiny rhinestones.  For adhering things together, I use my Tombow permanent adhesive runner for most things.  I used it to adhere the image panel and the mats together.  But whenever I adhere embossed panels, I like to use scor-tape as I feel it gives a stronger hold.  In the picture below, you can see more of the sparkle from the stickles.

Thanks for having me again, Esther!

Supplies:

Stamps: River City Rubber Works "Sunflowers lg." digi; Verve "Joyful Blooms" sentiment

Darice Wood grain embossing folder

Challenges:
Craft Dee Bow-Z--anything goes with handmade bow
Crafty Calendar--totally girly
Creative Inspirations--all tied up
Creates and Makes #22--anything goes
Creative Fingers #150--anything goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #86--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday--add a little sparkle (the stickles on the flower centers and the little rhinestones)
Die Cuttin' Divas #378--lots of layers
Crafty Sentiments--add a sentiment
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Crafter's Cafe #200--lots of layers
MFT #394--sketch


Penny's Challenge #389--anything goes