KLSNS Challenge #25

This past week flew by with the kids home from school, but I love having them home and will really miss them when they go back on Monday!  Most of this week was pretty cold and rainy, so we did a lot of indoor things, but yesterday it got a bit warmer and the sun came out so we took the kids to the zoo and met my parents there as well.  What a nice way to spend the day!  

This week the KLSNS challenge was from Kathy and her challenge to us was to use some type of Organic Material.  I started out using grape hyacinths under a clear dome sticker.  I flattened the flowers, attached them to the stickers and then trimmed then to fit.  The looked really pretty, so I thought I was set.  Since they were still a bit wet, I thought I would let them sit and dry overnight before attempting to attach them to a card......well, you will not be seeing those embellishments as the flowers shrunk up a lot and looked really bad since I had trimmed the edges  (if I wouldn't have trimmed them, I'm sure they would have been usable ~ lesson learned here, either attache the flowers and let them dry overnight trimming, if necessary, the following day, or, dry the flowers flat first and then adhere to the sticker).  So instead, I went for another walk through my yard and ended up making two of these embellishments using some dried flowers from an ornamental tree along with some dried ornamental grass.  I think they are actually quite pretty.

And here is the card in it's entirety:

I used this adorable High Hopes Bubble Love image for my card.  I colored the image with copics and then I added some Stickles to her bow, pony tail holder and heart patch as well as the butterflies.  I then added some Crystal Effects to the bubbles to give them a wet look as well as her shoes.  The patterned papers are from Basic Grey's Green at Heart stack (I am really loving these papers!). 
  
Stop on over at the KL Stamping N Scrappin blog for all the challenge details and to see some wonderful eye candy from the rest of the Design Team.  We would love to have you join in our challenge this week and see what organic materials you can find and incorporate in your project!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Mojo Monday - sketch
Pile It On - Easel Card
Stamptacular - Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
Stamp With Us - Color Challenge - inspiration photo
Pollycraft - Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant - Nature
IncyWincy Designs - Fancy Folds
Quixotic Challenge - "The Joys of Spring"
Simon Says Stamp - Make a card for a child
Moving Along with the Times - Easel Card
Paper Play - "Shiny Happy People" 
Raise the Bar - "Let's Spring for It"
Stamp Scrap and Doodle - Birthday Card
Totally Gorjuss - Texture


Enjoy your weekend :)


Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:  Bubble Love (High Hopes); Sentiment (SU)
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics (E00, E01, E11, R20, will add rest later)
Paper:  Pink Pirouette, Old Olive; Gina K Pure Luxury White;  DP - Basic Grey (Green at Heart) 
Embellishments:  Pink Pirouette Striped Ribbon; Dome Stickers (unknown); Stickles (Stardust); Crystal Effects 
Tools:  Martha Stewart Border Punch; Nesties