I’m bringing you two for one today. I made the two cards featured today with sisters in mind. I understand the close bond of siblings as I have that kind of closeness with my big brother.

Both cards feature floral images. The first card was made with the Sweet Gardenia digital image from Alex Syberia. I colored it with Copic Markers and it took me a while to get it colored. WOW! It was difficult to color and at first, I didn’t like my coloring job at all. So, I let it sit for a couple of days and then when I went back to look it again, it wasn’t as bad as I initially thought. Coloring this flower was the first time I used my Shock Pink (RV04) copic marker. After much debate I decided I wanted the flower’s background to have some personality and possibly ink it with Distress Ink. Then I decided instead of masking the image I would fussy cut the image out, spray it with Iridescent Glitter Dust and place it on top of a stamped and embossed background.

So, I first stamped the You Matter, Simon Says Stamp background stamp onto a piece of white cardstock using Moonlight White , Brillance Ink and then embossed that background with Judi-kins, Clear Detail embossing powder. Next, using the Blueprint Sketch, Distress Oxide Ink I colored the entire background applying the ink with a Spellbinders Blending Brush. I mounted the Sweet Gardenia to the You Matter background and matted it with a piece of glossy black cardstock and then Fairway , Stardeam Metallic 81lb Text cardstock.