Blooming birthday

I’m combining challenges again — this time it’s the new Time Out challenge (pick at least two from: pastel, earth, rain, hope, bloom, tree) and Die Cut Divas who are looking for birthday or anniversary cards this month (this is my second card). 

I chose pastel, bloom and rain from the Time Out list as my starting point. I did a light watercolour wash for the background, die cut the flower and ferns and coloured with a mix of chalks and Copics then assembled a little cluster. The daisy head has a couple of cardstock scraps behind it to give it a bit of "lift". I stamped a sentiment and finally added a fairly liberal scattering of Glossy Accents dots and a few tiny clear gems to represent a spring shower of rain. I don’t usually work well with pastels so this was a stretch, I’m sort of happy with it but still not quite convinced! Perhaps I should have gone with just bloom and rain and stuck with stronger colours.

Stamps: Say it All (Hero Arts, retired)

Paper: Watercolour

Ink: Memento by Tsukineko (Bamboo Leaves)

Other: 
Wildflower Stems 1 dies (Tim Holtz/Sizzix)
Fern Valley dies (Arden Creative Studios, Maker series)
Stitched rectangle dies A6 size (Paper Rose)
Copic markers 
Chalks
Watercolours (Winsor and Newton)
Glossy Accents by Ranger
Nail art gems

Thanks for stopping by! Links to the challenges if you’d like to join in: