Happy Day

Today’s card began in my mind as a clean and simple look. It does look that way but it ended with a bit longer than simple in the different techniques used. The Playing In The Rain is great for a simple card however.

Stamp set

The Playing In The Rain stamp set contains such fun images. All have happy expressions and are thrilled with the rain around them. I used the sweet turtle that is holding a flower for someone. At least that is my thought. I had to google turtles to get a close up view of a turtle for my coloring. The photos are mostly aquatic turtles and I wanted a more country turtles. But I made him my own with Stampin’ Blends.

Background

To create the background all it took was a Blending Brush and Pool Party Ink. I added the Pool Party fairly lightly and then stamped the turtle using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. The blending brushes are a little of a learning process. I find I have better first touch if I ink the brush and then use a paper towel to do my first several strokes. This takes off the darkest part.

Colors and Bling

The clean and simple look goes along with the papers. There is no DSP and only Basic White and Pool Party card stock. The mix of colors on the turtle are Pebbled Path, Gray Granite, Wild Wheat and a trim of Granny Apple Green. And the flower is Petunia Pop with a center of Wild Wheat. All of these are Stampin’ Blends. To complete the card I added a trio of 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems and used one each of three colors to tie in with the turtle colors.

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Jackie