Flowers ATC

When creating this Flowers Artist Trading Card ATC I thought it would be cool if I had a sentiment that was "Bloom where you're planted" and found that I did have a stamp with that sentiment in the My Craft Spot Tiny Tags 2 set that I won last yr.

Using the Basic Grey flower stem stamp I stamped 3 flower stems.

Using the Spellbinder/Hampton Art die/stamp set I first stamped the flowers on white cardstock, cut out with the die, sponged the edges & used foam dots to pop them up; placing them on top of the stamped flower stems.

Used a yellow Sharpie to make the orange gems a little less orange and more yellow. Put the gems in center of the flowers.

Stamped the My Craft Spot sentiment and then used a Martha Stewart  punch and this is my Sun.

gems: 3 orange - colored with a yellow Sharpie to subdue the orange colors & give it more a yellow color <-- my bling & old
ink: Memento - Cottage Ivy - green, Paris Dusk - purple, Tuxedo Black <-- all 3 are my old
Martha Stewart: punch - to resemble the Sun <-- my old
paper: cardstock - Kraft base, green, white, yellow <-- scraps, my old
Spellbinder/Hampton Art: Flower dies/stamps <-- my new
stamps: My Craft Spot Tiny Tags 2,

   Basic Grey - flower stem

Entering this into the following challenges:

3/10 Craftin Desert Divas Craft It Up & Link It Up unlim 3/4
3/10 Kaboodle Doodle Ch161 Anything but a Card lim3 2nd 3/4
3/10 Simon Says Stamp & Show Ch: By the Numbers unlim mine has odd # of flowers as in 3 flowers 3/4


3/11 Paper Take Wkly Anything Goes Opt Extra Spec Female unlim 3/5
3/12 Simon Says Stamp A Bit O' Green lim5 2nd 3/6

3/13  A Blog Named Hero Ch21 Just Make Your Own! unlim used orange gems & a yellow Sharpie to give gem flower centers more a yellow look 3/1
3/13 Moving Along With The Times The Birds & The Bees Animals, Plants, New Baby Card lim3 3rd 3/7

3/14 Allsorts Ch197 Springtime lim3 2nd 3/9

3/14 Totally Papercrafts Ch157 Punch It lim3 3rd 3/8
3/14 QKR Stampede Ch29 Show Us the Green/St Patty's Day lim3 1st 3/8 

3/15 Catch the Bug Theme Green Thumb 3E(#2) 3/9 
3/15 Glitter & Sparkle Ch23 St Pat's/Use some green unlim 3/10
3/15  Hiding In My Craft Room HIMCR88 Super Scraps Sat lim3 3/9 1st 3/9

3/16 Sentimental Sun Ch145 3 Embellishments That Start w/ "B" lim3 1st 3 bling/gems 3/10

3/17 Crafty Boots Old, New, Borrowed or Blue unlim 3/4-17 12noon 
3/17 Paper Playtime Ch5 Anything Goes unlim 3/4-17
3/17  Victorine Originals Ch54 Anything Goes unlim 3/4-17

3/19 Paper Crafting Journey Anything But a Card lim3 2nd 3/7-19

3/21  Cardztv It's So You CTV Stamps DT Ch26 Use Your Fav Colors unlim my fav colors purple & yellow 3/8-21 noon EST

3/22 ATC's with Attitude - Theme: Flowers 3E 3/8
3/22 Basic Grey Ch89 Spring Is In The Air lim3 1st 3/9-22

3/23 Creative Insp Paint Go Green unlim 3/10
3/23 Gingerloft GL The Color Green unlim 3/10


3/25 Crafting for All Seasons Ch47 Spring into Spring lim3 3rd 3/6-25


3/31 Crafters Cafe Ch14 Green and/or St. Pat Day lim3 2nd 3/6-31
3/31 DLART Thankful Thurs Mar Linky Party unlim 3/7-31
3/31 Pin & Tack Spark Your Creativity Now! Ch7 Anything Goes unlim 3/1-31

4/12 Word Play Sat Ch - March "Springtime" lim4 2nd 3/9-4/12