Flower Forward

Ooh! What a gorgeous set of colours in Fab Friday's latest challenge: Pool Party, Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive. I used them to stamp, to sponge and to watercolour on this card. Retro Rubber's sketch challenge rrcb#81 provided both the shape and the opportunity to go back to a stamp set I've always struggled to use effectively: Falling Flowers (and the accompanying dies, May Flowers) - from the 2016-2017 Annual Catalogue. The sentiment was also a year old, as it was from last year's sale-a-bration.
The card:

Made using heaps of Stampin' Up products!:

Ink: Pool Party, Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry and Pool Party watercolour pencils 

Paper: Pool Party, Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry, Shimmery White

Stamps: Falling Flowers, Petal Palette, Designer Tee

Dies: Stitched Shapes, May Flowers, Bunch of Banners

Other products: Stazon Black ink, francheville pearls

Feather Flight

I've previously struggled to find an entry point for quotation/word themed challenges, but just loved Time Out's Challenge #92 sentence: "Paint The Flying Spirit Of The Birds Rather than its Feathers." I had just tried a new sponging and masking technique (thanks as always to Jan for the lesson!) and immediately thought it could be used to suggest the movement - flight - of a feather. I teamed this challenge with the colours from Just Add Ink's Challenge #377 (Lemon Lime Twist, Dapper Denim and Pool Party). I continue to be amazed with Lemon Lime Twist - it teams with so many different colour combinations - it's like an exciting neutral! 

Made Using:
Stampin' Up ink (Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party, Dapper Denim), paper (Dapper Denim, Pool Party)
Stamps: Rosie's 'spread your beautiful wings'
Other: francheville rhinestones, watercolour paper

Say it with flowers

I couldn't resist Colour Throwdown's Challenge #439, since I love bright colours and so their red, orange, purple and yellow combination sounded great. I combined it with Freshly Made Sketches' sketch challenge #284. 

I sponged and then water-marked (I mean literally marked with drops of water!) the vertical strip, then punched out two half pansy shapes. I used the holes as placement for two raised pansies.

Made using:
Ink: Stampin' Up's Daffodil Delight, Blackberry Bliss, Real Red and Tangelo Twist
Paper: Stampin' Up's Whisper White and Blackberry Bliss
Other: Stampin' Up's Enamel Bright Shapes, Bunch of Banners Framelits, Love and Affection and Thoughtful Banners Shapes and Pansy Punch.

Delicate Thank You

I had a number of false starts trying to use The Flower Challenge's Guest Designer, Therese's, beautiful card. I enjoyed her video, and learnt a lot from it.

My ideas didn't coalesce until I managed to combine some of her techniques with the sketch from Fusion's current challenge, 'Pretty in Pink'.

I've used elements from both the sketch and the image in this challenge, but haven't followed either exactly. I wanted to use Therese's ombre technique for the sentiment, but didn't have a die cut small enough for the stamp, so sponged card in an ombre style and then cut the banner from it (if you look closely, you can see a little bit of what I was trying for!).

Made Using:
Paper: Stampin' Up Whisper White, Rosie's Vellum and Foil pad (In Style)
Ink: Stampin' Up's Blackberry Bliss, Sweet Sugarplum and Blushing Bride
Other: Stampin' Up copper embossing powder, Banner punch, Thoughtful Banners stamps and Florish Thinlits, and Francheville Adhesive Rhinestones