Two Cards One Post!

Happy Tuesday!  Popping in with two cards to share today!
For my first card I am playing along with Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday Challenge and Fusion Card Challenge.

The PTI Make It Monday Challenge is about Flowers in Reverse.  I chose to make the flowers a shade of soft green and the petals the colors.  I chose the soft pastel colors from the Fusion inspiration photo.

I started with PTI Botanical Bounty stamp set and Botanical Bounty die collection.  I used PTI select white card stock.   For the flowers, I used spring moss and prairie grass inks.  For the leaves I used sweet blush, lovely lady, lemon tart, harvest gold, lilac grace, and amethyst allure inks. 

To ground the floral arrangement, I stamped the Cover Up:  Hexagon stamp set in versamark and white embossed.  I softly sponged on some aqua mist ink. I added a few curly sprigs using Forest Floor:  Spring stamp set and Forest Floor die collection.  

For the sentiment I combined Never Enough:  Birthday stamp set and Ways to Say: Birthday Mini stamp set.  I stamped both of these using Smokey Shadow ink.  I added the panel to a weathervane card base.  I finished the card with a few clear sequins.

For my second card, I am playing along with The Card Concept Challenge and The Paper Players.  

I used some of the colors from The Card Concept inspiraton photo and created a clean and layered card.  I realized that I do not have an owl stamp.  At least not one that I know of or can find.  I chose to use a hummingbird instead.  

I started with a PTI select white card base.  I combined some DCWV pattern papers to mimic the colors from the inspiration photo.  I added the Shape Shifters Circle 2 die using select white card stock.  I die cut and stamped my hummingbird using Humming Along stamp set and Humming Along die collection. 

 For the sentiment panel I used prairie grass card stock and Forest Floor:  Spring stamp set and Forest Floor die collection.  I stamped the frame and the sentiment using versamark and white embossed.  I used Penned Elegance stamp set for the sentiment.   I used some foam tape on the images for added depth.  I added some loose thread behind the focal images for added effect.  I finished the card with a few clear sequins. 

As always thanks so much for stopping by!