Share Happy Thoughts with the Brilliant Sunflower by Jean Okimoto

Sunflowers are happy flowers...and a glittered beautifully-detailed Brilliant Sunflower sparkles on a watercolored background. Add a color-matched greeting from the Rose Bouquet Clear Stamps Set - and brighten someone's day.

Hello and Happy Friday - Jean Okimoto here with some August Challenge inspiration. The new Challenge theme is "Some Like It Hot" - featuring warm reds, oranges and/or yellows on your entry.

Spritz a 5" square of watercolor paper with a light mist of water. Roll a 4" soft rubber brayer over a Melon Melody Kaleidacolor inkpad to ink it completely - lift and roll it about 15-20 times for good coverage. Spritz the inked brayer with water, then roll the colors onto the moist watercolor paper. Set it aside to air-dry for a few minutes.

Spritz it again to create some ink variations. Dry it with a heat-tool. Cut it with the 3-¼" Circle Basics die.

Cut Brilliant Sunflower and two leaves from green cardstock. Attach Scor-Tape to yellow cardstock. Cut it - with the tape on the top - with the solid sunflower die.

Attach the adhesive-topped yellow sunflower behind the detailed green sunflower. Brush iridescent glitter over the exposed adhesive. I like to use Impress Sparkle Glitter - it makes everything look pretty.

Cut three ¾" circles from scraps of the watercolored paper.

Stamp the greeting - from the Rose Bouquet Clear Stamp Set - on smooth white cardstock with VersaMark. Emboss it with detail clear powder. Here's a tip I've shared in classes - start the embossing process by heating the backside of the cardstock for a few seconds, then finish it from the front for a nice glossy finish. Set it aside to cool.

Sponge it with the 2nd green ink of the Melon Melody inkpad. Gently buff the excess ink from the embossing with a soft tissue. Trim it to resemble a label-maker greeting.

Attach everything to a side-folded white textured A-2 card - use foam dots for the greeting. Attach yellow gem stickers.

Enjoy the sun...but save some time to make a few summer-y cards with the flowers and butterflies from Memory Box. They play well together...and the details are amazing!

Thanks for visiting...see you again on Saturday!