The Paper Players #440 friends and Mojo Monday Sketch #515: Miss You

Hey, Friends!

I sure wish I could be a consistent blogger, but that just doesn't seem to happen.  I guess I keep this blog as a visual diary of some of my cards.  I do Pinterest, but not with my own cards.  I save ideas mostly on Pinterest.  Anyway, on with my card for today.  I am using two challenges to inspire me today for this card.  One is The Paper Players #440 "Life is better with friends..." theme.  You can find the challenge HERE.  The other challenge is a sketch challenge called (Mojo) Monday #515.  HERE is the link to that challenge.  The sketch looks like this:  

To make my card I pretty much followed the sketch.  All of my supplies are from CTMH unless otherwise noted.  The paper is from the new "Sweet Girl" paper and the cardstock is from the Coordinating Cardstock pack that goes with it.  I used the Stitched Rectangle Frames dies to cut the green paper pieces.  I stamped the image with Intense Black ink from the April Stamp of the Month called "To My Bestie".  I colored the ladies and the flowers with my Shinhan markers.  I added a touch of Clear Shimmer Brush to the flowers for a little sparkle.  I used my Exacto knive to cut slits on each side of the lady's hand so I could slip the flowers through to look like she is holding them.  I put a little adhesive behind the flowers to keep them in place.  I layered all the pieces flat except for the sentiment banner (banner die is retired, too, sorry!) which is popped up with pop dots.   The "miss you" greeting stamped with Sapphire ink is from the January SOTM set called "Card Captions" which is sadly retired.  I am making this card for a dear friend that I miss SO much.  I added some Gold Glitter gems as accents.  And there you have it.

Thanks for stopping by,

Janet