PageMaps and Flourishes

What a fun day for a great partnership!  Every quarter, Becky Fleck of PageMaps dishes out 10 fabulous sketches to get those creative juices flowing with her CardMaps. Well, this month some of the lovely ladies from Flourishes did the honors and took her sketches to bring CardMaps to life with beautiful and creative samples for each and every sketch. To check out CardMaps for September, click here and then click on the CardMaps link on the left.  HERE is the direct link.  

I had a really fun sketch that was 6 x 6, which is a very unusual size for me, but there's so much space then to be creative!   Here's the direction I went with the sketch. 

I love how rich these Sunflowers can look, but I wanted to challenge myself and give them a lighter touch using instead the Daffodil Copic Collection from Flourishes for the  coloring.  I did a little pointillism in the center of the Sunflower to mimic the wonderful texture of sunflower seeds.  All of this was cut out and popped up on the pinked circles which was also run through the dotted embossing folder.  

I've used two pretty ribbons as well, Ivory silk and deep olive crochet trim, then some lovely Kaiser pearl accents surrounding the circle, and around the SUNFLOWER words to match up with the sketch. 

The rest of these great ladies from Flourishes are also showing samples with Becky's Sketches so be sure to see their fantastic inspiration!  

Stacy Morgan

Cindy Lawrence

Leslie Miller

Julie Koerber

Danielle Kennedy

Betty Wright

Dawn Burnworth

Maki Jones

Barbara Anders

Recipe:  Stamps:  Flourishes - Sunflower;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Bamboo Leaves;  Paper:  So Saffron, Always Artichoke, Flourishes Classic White, SU DSP;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Pinked Circles Nestabilities, Corner Rounder, Polka-dotted Embossing Folder, Copic Markers (Daffodil and Evergreen Collections), Kaiser Pearls, Silk Ribbon, Crochet Trim