Daisy Inspriation Card

Amber came up with some more wonderful foyer pictures this week as well as a great sketch.  I am still getting used to inspiration challenges, but after having done two, I must say they are growing on me :D  The sky is the limit on these and it is so much fun to see what everyone chooses to use for their inspiration piece.  Even more fun is seeing the same inspiration piece providing so many different cards that express everyone's personality and style.  That's what I just love about stamping.  Plus there is always room for learning more - just ask my one creative gene LOL!

I opted to go with the first foyer picture as there was a lot of white, and I love white space.  When deciding on what to use as inspiration, my eye kept going back to the wonderful daisy handbag in the bottom left corner. I think if you click on it you can get a larger picture so you can really see what a wonderful bag it is.  The colour combination on the bag was fun too, and since I love flowers, it was a slam dunk as my inspiration piece.  I used black for my main panel and then matted the white and magenta colours on top of it.  Next was the main image panel, and I was reeeeally wishing I had a big old Prima to put in the middle of it, but no such luck.  That meant I had to get creative.  I dug through my SU stamp sets and found a set I have always loved, Watercolour Garden.  It has a lovely daisy in it so I stamped it in magenta with a black center and was ready to go with it.  However, my "one creative gene" began to scream hysterically with a brilliant idea:  "Why not make your own daisies with your MS punch and mimic a portion of the hand bag!"  Oh my, I was giddy with delight as I punched, layered and made my own daisies like the ones on the bag.  All you ladies out there in blog land and on SCS are definitely rubbing off on me - thank you!!  I finished things off with some sheer black ribbon - for some reason I've been on a roll with it lately - and three black half pearls to balance things off.  I am applauding my one creative gene loudly this afternoon (especially after having to teach Sunday School to 65 Grade 1 - 4s this morning!) as I really like how this card turned out.

Thanks so much for stopping in today.  Enjoy the rest of your day, as much as you have left and have a fabulous week ahead.

Paper: Basic Black, Marvelous Magenta, Lovely Lilac, Pretty in Pink, White

Accessories:  Martha Stewart Daisy Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch,  5/8" Sheer Black Ribbon, Black Half Pearls, Dimensionals