FRESH START

I decided to do something a little ourside the box for me on this card. I wanted to have my card front to be sort of divided -- half white, half colored. 

To achieve that, I stamped the larger of the sunflowers from the Celebrate Sunflowers set (page 13, Annual Catalog) in the lower left corner with part of the image falling away off the edge. I followed that by adding the smaller sunflower in two spaces, bookending the large flower, with the smaller ones also partially missing off the card. 

I had stamped the flowrs in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, then colored them in with Stampin' Blends in Light and Dark Granny Apple Green, Light and Dark Soft Suede, Light Pumpkin Pie and Dark Daffodil Delight. 

The next step was to surround the flower images with Light Granny Apple Green with the Stampin' Blend, followed by dots of color in both the Light and Dark Granny Apple Green, extending the hint of green to the upper left corner and a bit above the lower right flower. It was fun to do this pointillist technique. 

I added the wonderful sentiment near the flowers, 

but encroaching into the blank white space. 

The addition of a handful of the Gold Metallic Pearls 

contributes a bit of shiny metal.

I mounted this onto a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Soft Suede cardstock, then onto a Granny Apple Green card base, thus completing my card.

And, all is good.

Fresh

Smiles.