Pink Inspiration with the Billow Flowers and Swirling Stitches by Jean Okimoto

Here's some pink challenge inspiration with the Large and Small Billow Flowers and the versatile Swirling Stitches...it's quick and easy!

Hi there, Jean Okimoto here with big congrats to the winners of our January Challenge! Looking forward to seeing your Tickled Pink Challenge entries too. Here are the directions for my Challenge inspiration card. The featured dies and greeting (inside the card) are from our fabulous January 2016 Release.

Paint watercolor paper with pink and peachy-pink Peerless Watercolors and let them dry. Cut them with the Small and Large Billow Flowers - save the little circles from the centers. Brush glue on the centers and sprinkle them with Lemon Drop Glitter from Martha Stewart Crafts.

Cut the leaves from green cardstock. Cut the Large and Small Billow Flower Backgrounds from textured white cardstock and attach them behind the watercolored flowers.

Diecut a (folded) side-folded A-2 card of textured white cardstock with Swirling Stitches. Using a stamp positioner, stamp the greeting - from the Springtime Bunnies Clear Stamp Set - with Memento Luxe Rose Bud. Emboss it with Imagine Crafts Iridescent Powder to add sparkly highlights

We usually run the unfolded card through the machine to accent just the front of the card - but I wanted to add some stitches to the inside too. The swirls create curvy little areas for your signature. Hope you like the idea - if not, simply unfold the card and run it through the machine, positioned so the inside of the card remains uncut.

Attach the flowers, leaves and clear pink sequins to the card - use foam dots for the small flower.

Big thanks to everyone who took the impromptu watercolored calendar class on Sunday. I loved seeing everyone add unique and beautiful backgrounds to each page with Kaleidacolors, Brilliance, and Peerless Watercolors. Thanks for suggesting the class Jacky C!

See you at another So Many Hearts class at Impress on Saturday February 6th. Good Luck with February's Tickled Pink Challenge!

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