
Greetings friends. It is time for the new Summer Meadow release! We hope you will stop by often to see the new products.
For my first card with the new release, I made a Mother's Day card with my own mom in mind. Therefore, all the colors were chosen using her favorites. Sometimes having a person in mind makes coloring choices that much easier.
To make the card, I first stamped my flower onto XPress It cardstock using black Memento ink:

I then used the following Copic colors to color my image-
Flower- V12, V15, and V17
Leaves- G12, G7 and G17
Center of flower- Y32, Y35, and Y38
I decided that I didn't want my flower surrounded by white cardstock. I could have sponged around the flower, but I didn't feel like doing any masking. I decided instead to color around the image with my BG01 Copic marker. Normally when I do this, I choose a small image with a small surrounding area to color. However, this card is for my mom, so I didn't mind the extra work. My tip to you if you do this technique is to trim around your image as much as possible to make the area you have to color that much smaller.

This is what my flower looked like after coloring the background. I wanted a bit more color around the edges, so I sponged a little Tumbled Glass Distress ink around the edges. It was far enough away from my flower that I didn't have to do any masking:

Next, I layered my flower piece onto one of the new Heritage Rectangle Frames. I love the detail at the edges of the frame. It adds a bit of interest to the frame without detracting from the focal image.

One thing you can notice from the close up is that I stamped two of the leaves onto a separate piece of cardstock, colored them, cut them out and glued them onto the card. I wanted to have them hanging over the frame a bit.
I also cut out one of the new dragonflies from the Garden Beauties die set. I used the same Copic colors as I did for the center of the flower, but I also added some YG13 for a a touch of green and used E79 for the body of the dragonfly.
To finish the outside of the card, I added a touch of glitter glue to the center of the flower and the dragonfly wings.
I added a message to the inside of the card instead of the outside. The words are from the new Sunshine and Wildflowers clear set. I had to cover part of the inside of the card because I wrote a sappy message to my mom before I remembered to take a picture:

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you are as excited about the new release as I am!

Supplies
cl5291 With Sympathy Clear Stamp Set
94883 Heritage Rectangle Frames
94893 Garden Beauties
cl5290 Sunshine And Wildflowers Clear Stamp Set
sh44013 Lavender Bloom Paper Pack