Thinking of You

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is a Designer's Choice Challenge and Laurie has chosen a beautiful inspiration photo:

Isn't it beautiful!!??  There are so many things to be inspired by: that fabulous door, the wreath, the colors, the word "hello", flowers, etc.  Just pick something and go for it!

And here is the card I created:

So, the first thing that caught my eye was that glass jar of white puffy flowers in the foreground.  That was my starting point.  I took the "Jar" image  and made it smaller so it would fit better in my card designs.  I inked up only the top and stamped it and then inked the bottom and used my stamp-a-ma-jig to line them up.  I didn't cut off a lot, but it made a big difference.  I was trying to figure out how to make those puffy flowers when I came across this "Lily of the Valley" stamp and knew it would be perfect.  I was also inspired by the color of the front door and the polka dots on the little white bag hanging on the lower rack--they inspired my patterned paper choice.  I added some navy dotted ribbon, 'cause I loved the pop of dark blue in the photo from the denim jacket hanging on the top rack.  (shhhh . . . don't tell anyone, but it also covers up the spot where I joined the too pieces of jar together and they didn't quite line up perfectly.)

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Jar", "Lily of the Valley" and "Thinking of You"

Challenges:

Creative Moments #207--anything goes

Cardz TV #133--anything goes

Sketch Saturday #645--sketch

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Crafts Galore #84--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper