Sunday, July 5, 2015

Distressed Sunflower Card - STAMPlorations sketch challenge

As I laid in the grass gazing up at the sky bursting with fireworks last night, I was so grateful for my country and my family who'd come to visit. It was a quintessential summertime moment. I decided to capture that summery feeling on card stock with another quintessential summertime emblem - the sunflower.

 Here in the midwest, those hot summer days make for big ol' sunflower blooms. I used the gorgeous sketchy sunflowers from The Birds and the Blooms STAMPlorations set and embossed them in white before filling them in with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. (GB3, GB7, EB8, BGR4, TB6, TB5, TB4). 

There's a new sketch in town over at STAMPlorations, 
so I squared up to make a card today. 

Isn't it a beauty?! Sometimes I don't know what to do with a sketch, but this one gave me all sorts of ideas! 

To create the grunge background, I stamped a bunch of grungy stamps from the Mixed Media Grunge set. (Seriously makes mixed media soooooo easy). and then I used a stencil (Brackets ARTplorations stencil) and embossing paste to create texture. 


I used some Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo Distress Inks to sponge around the edges and a little over the top of the embossing paste. Then I stamped a sentiment from the Bloom Sketches set and, after a little gluing, had a completed card!  

I'm also going to join the fun over at:
Crafty Gals Corner - Rays of Sunshine
Simon Says Stamp Monday - Summer
Mixed Media Monthly - Summer Days

Inkspirational - Grunge


 As for you all - You should definitely go play along with the sketch at STAMPlorations and check out what the rest of the designers made! 
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46 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 5, 2015 at 8:56 AM

    This is gorgeous! So much lovely texture and color! Thank you for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog! - Ashli :)

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  2. conilJuly 5, 2015 at 9:28 AM

    Hot dog! Another incredible entry for the sketch. You nailed it! Yellow and blue, so fabulous together and all the detail you added. This is gorgeous.

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  3. conilJuly 5, 2015 at 9:28 AM

    Hot dog! Another incredible entry for the sketch. You nailed it! Yellow and blue, so fabulous together and all the detail you added. This is gorgeous.

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  4. BettyJuly 5, 2015 at 9:29 AM

    beautiful colors and great design, Becca - love those ND sunflowers!!

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  5. VanessaBJuly 5, 2015 at 10:03 AM

    sunflowers are my favorite! that's an amazing card- gorgeous!

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  6. SD poojaJuly 5, 2015 at 10:45 AM

    What a beautiful card..the distressed edges look fab n I loved the slight vintage look too :)

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  7. BirgitJuly 5, 2015 at 11:32 AM

    Great card and very summery. Love the background going with the pretty sunflowers

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  8. Carole ZJuly 5, 2015 at 11:52 AM

    Fab card Becca, I love sunflowers...glad you had a good time on 4th July, hugs Carole Z X

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  9. LinJuly 5, 2015 at 11:58 AM

    Love that bright blue with your sunflowers, Becca! Beautiful design!

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  10. PamelliaJuly 5, 2015 at 12:15 PM

    Gorgeous Becca!! Love your sunflowers and that pop of blue in the background just makes the whole image jump off the page!! What a wonderful shabby piece! hugs :)

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  11. Cat CraigJuly 5, 2015 at 2:51 PM

    Oh this is gorgeous Becca, I love sunflowers, this just fabulous...all the distressing and the details...<3

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  12. Becca YahrlingJuly 5, 2015 at 2:56 PM

    Gorgeous card, Becca. Love how it looks like birds flying thru the sunflowers.

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  13. Lizzy HillJuly 5, 2015 at 5:23 PM

    Waaaay cute....love the touch of print in there, too.....sounds like a near-perfect July 4th time....glad :):)

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  14. Lisa EltonJuly 5, 2015 at 5:51 PM

    You did a great job on your sunflowers Becca! I like the rustic look your tattered edges give the card!

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  15. Nora NollJuly 5, 2015 at 7:10 PM

    These are adorable Becca!! I love the fun embossing paste background and your tattered edges. The blue background behind the flowers also makes it POP. Stunning design!!

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  16. Judy VJuly 5, 2015 at 11:34 PM

    Beautiful card Becca! Love the sunflowers and distressing! So glad to see you at Crafty Gals Corner!

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  17. kiwimeskreationsJuly 5, 2015 at 11:40 PM

    What a wonderful stamped and grungy card Becca - love the vibrant colours of the sunflowers and the wonderful texture.
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  18. GretaJuly 5, 2015 at 11:50 PM

    Wonderful layers--fabulous creation, Becca!

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  19. SuchiJuly 6, 2015 at 12:37 AM

    Becca...this card is so grungy and pretty! Those sunflowers look so striking in the blue colored background! Love the way you created the texture and what a fun sketch! :)
    Suchi xx

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  20. Tenia NelsonJuly 6, 2015 at 8:39 AM

    Awesome!!!!

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  21. Julie BJuly 6, 2015 at 9:23 AM

    You do distressed so well Becca, another stunner. :)

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  22. Kara LynneJuly 6, 2015 at 9:27 AM

    Gorgeous sunflowers! I love how you used that sketch, and thanks for sharing how you grunged it up!

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  23. DeeptiJuly 6, 2015 at 10:16 AM

    Sooooooooo very pretty !

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  24. Rae AnnJuly 6, 2015 at 11:11 AM

    Love the grungy, mixed media background! The distressing finishes the image perfectly for the background. The blue really pops against all the neutral tones.

    Thank you for joining us at Crafty Gals Corner for our Shades of Yellow challenge.

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  25. LisaJuly 6, 2015 at 1:07 PM

    What a gorgeous card!! I love the texture and those beautiful sunflowers!! They look amazing!! Grungy and fabulous!! I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend!! Have a great day :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  26. Pink UnicornJuly 6, 2015 at 2:12 PM

    Wow wow wow this is so gorgeous! This is not a card, this is a piece of art!

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  27. AnonymousJuly 6, 2015 at 2:16 PM

    I just love this Becca , awesome
    Colours & style x

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  28. Samantha A.July 6, 2015 at 11:48 PM

    I LOVE your take on the sketch. Those bright yellow flowers are very summery! Lovely!
    Thanks for joining us this week at Crafty Gals Corner!
    - Samantha

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  29. Jeanie Ellis - ScrapbookingmamawJuly 7, 2015 at 12:43 AM

    You did a great job with this card! The colors are great with the yellow! Thank you for joining us at Crafty Gals Corner this week! -Jeanie, DT

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  30. Lisa MensingJuly 7, 2015 at 7:50 AM

    Gorgeous! Love the sunflowers and the layers.

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  31. chanya13July 7, 2015 at 7:58 AM

    Hi Becca ;) gorgous card!!! love background and sunflowers :) hugs. Agnieszka

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  32. Mari K.July 7, 2015 at 9:08 AM

    This is such a great card! I love sunflowers too. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Gals Corner this week!
    -Mari K.
    Crafty Gals DT

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  33. UnknownJuly 8, 2015 at 8:40 AM

    Love this card!! Amazing! The sunflowers are beautiful and the brackets look so amazing in the embossing paste - thank you so much for the inspiration! Thank you so much for playing with us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog!

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  34. Monika ReeckJuly 8, 2015 at 1:17 PM

    the sketch is difficult to do I guess
    and you did it so well
    love that blue behind the sunflowers and love that BG you made
    and the sentiment with woodgrain is adorable add
    great card Becca
    hugs, Monika (see you around dear, miss you)

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  35. JerrieJuly 8, 2015 at 1:27 PM

    Love it!!

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  36. Happy DanceJuly 8, 2015 at 4:36 PM

    Those sunflowers are simply stunning. What a gorgeous card.So much texture, so much color, so much fun. Great card! Bev

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  37. cmJuly 9, 2015 at 8:59 AM

    Becca, this is absolutely rock-star stunning! Your sunflowers are gorgeous, and that texture...oh my! Work of art, my friend! And grunge-grand in every way. Love this! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing creativity in the Ink gallery!
    hugs~c

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  38. alexandra s.m.July 9, 2015 at 9:49 AM

    Gorgeous card and fantastic texture!
    Love your card Becca!
    Thank You~

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  39. AnnJuly 10, 2015 at 4:43 PM

    Beautiful card, love the blue with the sunflowers.

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  40. Jessi FoganJuly 15, 2015 at 7:02 AM

    Sunflowers! They are just so very SUMMER!

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  41. UnknownJuly 15, 2015 at 10:35 AM

    Hello Sunshine right back atcha!! :) :) I Love Sunflowers and this card is stunning, Becca!! You're a girl after my own heart :) :) XOXO-Shari

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  42. Petra SwartJuly 20, 2015 at 4:48 AM

    What a great sketch - think I should join in!!!!! Your sunflowers are beautiful and I like the bright blue to really have them pop!!! Love all the distressing!!!! Beautiful!!!!

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  43. Donna B.July 20, 2015 at 12:44 PM

    Gorgeous card! I love the bright sunflowers. Thanks so much for playing at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

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  44. Astrid MacleanJuly 20, 2015 at 4:12 PM

    Fabulous project, just perfect for our theme at Mixed Media Monthly! Thanks so much for adding it to our challenge!

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  45. Lynn KJuly 30, 2015 at 11:46 AM

    Beautiful card! I'm so lovin' those sunflowers! Love all the distressing too! Thanks for joining us in this month's Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!
    www.lynnkopas.blogspot.com

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  46. MelanieJuly 30, 2015 at 8:02 PM

    Beautiful card. I LOVE sunflowers. Thanks for playing along at the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog!

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