Paper Smooches SPARKS-Love You

*** Scroll down to the post below or click HERE to see my card for this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge! ***

This week's Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge is an anything goes challenge.  With Mother's Day coming up, I thought I'd put something together with that in mind.

The beautiful flowers from the Lovely Thoughts set were perfect for a Mother's Day design.  Here, I watercolored a piece of watercolor paper in shades of pink.  After the paint dried, I stamped the flowers on the paper in gray pigment ink, then heat embossed them and cut them out.  I used the same technique for the leaves.

I arranged the flowers and leaves on a pale pink cardstock panel over a white paper doily and a strip of satin ribbon.  Once they were in place, I tucked the end of a crystal flourish underneath the flowers and stamped the "love you" sentiment above them.  The finished panel was set on a pale gray card base.

Don’t miss what the rest of the SPARKS team has created this week. Here’s where to find them:

Katie
Larissa
Lori--you're here!
Lynn
Savannah

Materials Used:
Lovely Thoughts stamp set (Paper Smooches); Memento Luxe Gray Flannel ink (IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko); Sweet Blush cardstock (Papertrey Ink); white satin ribbon, clear embossing powder watercolors, watercolor paper (Michaels); crystal flourish (Prima); white paper doily; foam tape