Papertrey February Blog Hop Challenge

This is a first for me to play along with a Papertrey Ink blog hop, but couldn't resist when I got an early sneak peek at this month's gorgeous inspiration photo! I was primarily inspired by the colors, the florals and the textures.  Here is what I came up with...

I watercolored the background using Picked Raspberry and Peeled Paint distress inks.  I wanted to use the largest Circle Scribbles die to give the illusion of a wreath that was topped off by some Bitty Bouquets.   The sentiment - also from Bitty Bouquets stamp set - was black embossed on a vellum die cut flag.  

Tiny Tip:  I used a yellow marker to add some highlights to the tulips and leaves. When I first began my stamping journey many, many years ago, my first SU demonstrator pointed out that real life flowers and leaves often have a hint of yellow in their coloring and recommended we add yellow highlights to our stamped images.