CAS317 and PP237 -- Field of Tulips

My card today ended up being for two challenges. First I printed off a copy of the sketch challenge for this week at The Paper Players. As I was looking at it and thinking about the CAS challenge to use "flowers from bulbs", this idea came to me. I have always loved seeing pictures of the fields of tulips in Holland. About sixteen years ago when I really got into flower gardening, I planted lots of bulbs. After all these years many are still coming up every spring. I wanted to try an create an image that looked like a field of tulips. I then used the sketch challenge as a guide to finishing my card.

 

The flowers were created using the Stampin' Up set called "Painted Petals".  The stems were stamped using three inks -- Memento New Sprout and Bamboo Leaves and Stampin' Up's Pear Pizzazz. For the flowers, I used SU Primrose Petals and So Saffron. I tried to stamp two or three times before reinking. I sponged a little tumbled glass distress ink at the top and a little Memento Bamboo Leaves over the stems. The sentiment is from SU's Petite Pairs stamped in Primrose Petals, layered with Primrose Petals and Certainly Celery card stock. The banners were made from bits of paper I found in my scrap box.

 

March 29, 2015 -- This card was in the weekly favorites at Splitcoast Stampers and "A Cut Above" at The paper Players.