Seeds of Joy

 

Today I am posting my card for the newer The Encore Challenge!  This is a monthly challenge to be posted on the 25th with a group of friends, also from the April Retreat.  Some may post on their blog and I will note those with blogs at the end of this post.  And, some might post on other social media. Darlene came up with this challenge and these are her words:  Go and grab a stamp set, stencil or dies--your choice, that you have used once before and have always wanted to revisit it and use it again.  However, despite your best intentions, you have yet to use it!  Now's your chance! Go dig it out and have fun with it once again.  Create anything you like, a card, gift card holder, decorate a gift bag, make a refrigerator magnet...whatever lights up your creative juices! So--Encore Challenge! 

My plan is to pick a different company each month to highlight and maybe even a different product than the month before.  For March,  I picked a floral set that was a collerabation with Gina K Designs and Brutus Monroe called Seeds of Joy.  I believe it was from a virtual event the two did together a few years ago.  The set has a number of pretty floral images, a cute seed packet and a number of sentiments.

For my card, I stamped the image in Hero Arts Intense Black ink on a panel.  I colored the image with my Copic Sketch Markers.   I then die cut the panel with a die from My Favorite Things called Blueprints 20, which added the scallop and stitched edge. The sentiment is from my stash.  I added some Pinkfresh Studio Lavender Jewels around the image.

 

I am not sure who will post each month on their blog, but this is a list of the other ladies who do have blogs.  Jeanette, Carol, Terry, Darlene and Rebekah.  Be sure to come back on April 25th to see another fun card for The Encore Challenge!


Image/Sentiment: Gina K Designs & Brutus Monroe Seeds of Joy stamp set/Sentiment from my stash

Cardstock:  The Paper Cut 100# Cougar Opaque White

Ink: Hero Arts Intense Black

Accessories:  Pinkfresh Studio Lavender Jewels; My Favorite Things-MFT-Blueprints 20 die; Copic Sketch Markers