a confession.....

OK, I'll admit it - I get distracted really easily in church. It's hard to pay attention for 2 hours, when we don't know all the songs, the kids are up and down, and the whole service is in a language we're still in the process of learning. So...yesterday as my mind wandered, I started looking at my skirt. Camel background, dark brown vine, with tan and burgundy flowers. You KNOW where my mind went then, don't you! *Hmmm...I can do that!*

All stamps used are by smARTworks. The flowers are from 2 different sets - Darling Duo and Daisy Trio. "Believe" is a "bonus rubber" stamp, one of the free stamps that may come with your order (smARTworks rocks!). I also used one more stamp on the horizontal panel - a background stamp from the Splatter set - that one gives kind of a mulberry paper effect - love it!

OK. I stamped some flowers in Adirondack Currant ink then a couple more in Versamagic Wheat. Then the pencils came out. I added some highlights and shading, then sketched in the vine. I love how it all came together. I'll have to play more with this. BTW, the Versamagic ink worked wonderfully for the technique where you stamp first in a light ink on a darker cardstock then color over.

That's gold embroidery floss bordering the flower panel - I put in 3 of the brads first, then stuck the thread through the remaining hole, wrapped it around the 3 brads, put it back through the first hole, then attached the final brad to hold it in place.