PDCC #120 ~ Thinking of You!

The colors this week from the Play Date Cafe inspiration photo sing sweet songs of summer to me. The melodies of clear blue skies and fresh wispy green grasses meeting at the horizon to serenade the soft whispers of the setting orange sun. 

I brought the sky and grass together in my card along with a few sweet witnesses to the beauty of it all. My eyes were immediately drawn to the sparkly bottles in the photo. I bought this stamp from Inkadinkado last summer and this is the first time I've inked it up (sad, but true!). We've all been there... saving a stamp for the right moment. This was just that moment for me!

I have a little cloud template I made years ago. I place it on my card, hold it in place with my finger then swirl chalk around it to create the sky. I move it about as I go. Next I swirled on some green chalk then stamped my wispy grass by Impress over it making the hill. I stamped the bottle a few times and fussy cut it along with the poppies. Then I stamped it once on the card. Using my water pen and ink to color the bottle I then mounted it with foam tape. The snippet of doily was added to ground the bottle. The blooms were colored with layers of colored pencils markers, a blending pen and also mounted with foam tape. I added a touch of glitter pen to their centers. The bumble bees from PSX were stamped then coated with a gel pen for their glossy wings and a glitter pen for their sparkly bodies. My sentiment from Savvy Stamps has me longing for and thinking of those blissful sights and sounds of summer days! Trust me...if you really listen you can hear the earth sing.

Blessings to you my sweet visitors ~Lisa