Joy...

I chose to go with a clean and simple approach for the sketch over at CardPatterns this week. I also chose a softer, more Americana style for the card. Thank you to everyone at cardpatterns for the great inspiration, as always!  http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/2011/04/sketch-111.html Take the time to take a peek over at their blog! They're always great‼

 And here is my card. Thank goodness for the glorious sunshine today, which helped to shine a little extra joy on my photo‼ I used red, white and blue papers on a kraft base. I used my Farmers Market patterned floral paper for my whole inspiration! From there I chose the red trim and red polka dot patterned paper. I punched six flowers from either red polka dot, white, or dusty blue paper, then layered them together and topped them with alternating red and blue buttons. I stamped a crackle background onto a small tag and used pop-up dots for the stamped word Joy (which was stamped twice, once in red, once in blue for the alternating colors) then I tied it onto the red trim piece.

 Up close, you can see the two rows of small red stitches and the stamped sentiment on the tag. I love the dimension of my flowers‼

Thank you so much for peeking at my card..I would love to have followers! Any feedback is good feedback..so please, leave a comment! Have a sunny day ☺