Rainbow Hugs Birthday

 Howdy, peeps and I hope your Sunday is going well. Our weather has been great today, very Springy. The sun is out and you definitely need shades, maybe for looking at my card, too! 😂 

This one began with trying to use the Gecko Galz March Image of the Month I'd printed on 3-1 and never got to. I looked at Inspiration Station's photo and my imagination went into gear. I thought of this lady in her spring garden with her parasol, when a sudden gentle shower came down. When she noticed all the flowers were colored like the rainbow, she turned to see rainbow rays shining down and enveloping her like a big hug. HA! Yup, I know, but that's kinda how I roll and I went with it! 😁

I took this photo of materials I used but forgot to include a few things, sorry. 

Here's the complete list:

DCWV 5.75" green card base

Avery Elle Everyday collection patterned papers

Green scraps for the grasses and misc. scraps for inside card

Springhill Digital and green heavyweight copy paper to print image and cut the dies

Hero Arts small sentiment stamps

Martha Stewart butterflies punch

Memory Box Butterfly die 

Kat Scrappiness Rainbow Hugs sentiment die

Impression Obsession tall grass die

Sweet n Sassy short grass die

HOTP flower dies

Spellbinders Art Deco Fairmont Labels dies for inside card

Funky Fossil 6x6 Rainfall stencil

Promarkers to color the Rainbow Hugs, flowers and butterflies

Viva Decor Ice White Pearl Pen for the white dots

Versamark to stencil

clear embossing powder

Versafine Clair Verdant ink for small sentiment

Versafine Onyx ink for inside stamped Crafty Secrets sentiments

We Are 3 digital inside sentiment

white photo corners from my stash

  

Gosh, it was tough trying to capture the stenciled rain in a photo so I had to zoom in on sections. Here's the best four. The whole paper layer is stenciled and thank goodness it shows up fine in real life.

So, I stenciled the patterned paper with the rain drops stencil and Versamark, then clear heat-embossed. I cut my grasses, flowers, butterflies, big sentiment and colored them with Promarkers. I stamped the small sentiment and trimmed the card. I colored a border around the woman image and added photo corners. Then I arranged it all, glued it down and added the white pearl pen drops.

 

On the inside, I used some precut very old mats I found (SEI paper, I think) and green copy paper to die cut after stamping on the left and printing on the right. On back, more of the Avery Elle paper and a Technique Tuesday and Sweet Stamp Shop siggie I colored.

And a final view. I know it's bright...and I love it! Color is my art oxygen, after all. 😊

Have a great evening and thanks for visiting! XOX

MY CHALLENGE PLAYLIST:

Imagination Station Challenge #26: Rainbow 

The photo definitely inspired my colors and design. I used a lot of yellow and green in addition to the other roygbv colors.

Colorful Options Challenge April 2022: RAINBOW

I went with Rainbow this time

Gecko Galz April Blog Challenge: Garden Child

I used the GG March Image of the Month

Gecko Galz April Facebook Challenge: April Showers and Raindrops

LeighSBDesigns April Challenge #4: Celebrations (HB, LSBD!)

Try It On Tuesday Challenge: Say It With Flowers

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #169: Spring Flowers

Double D Challenge: Something with Handles

Umbrella/parasol

613 Avenue Create April Challenge #202204-April Showers (Rain related)

The Four Seasons April Challenge: Anything Spring

Stamplorations April Stencil Challenge: AG