Showers of Love.....

I finally had time to attempt a Sketch Challenge from SCS today! YAY!

ETA: For goodness sakes, this is also the challenge on Allison's blog Stampin' When I Can!!

I started by printing off the sketch and measuring up the layers, because I "intended" to make the measurements exactly as the sketch.

However, as things go that didn't quite happen, but I came pretty close!

My card base is Memory Box sugarplum and have I said how much I love it!!

It is great for a base because it is coloured on one side and white on the other - so you don't have to worry about gluing white paper on the inside! Fantastic!

The DP is Memory Box 6 x 6 cardstock called "Sugar" and when you purchase it from Ellen's store, as I did, it is so great, because she tells you which colours of cardstock will coordinate with the designer paper! So no thinking involved!!

I LOVE it when I don't have to think! - ummmm.......that didn't come out right..... well, I'm sure you know what I mean.......

I used My Favorite Things stamp set called"Shower Time" for the main image and coloured it with copics.

I paper pieced the umbrella with the Sugar designer paper and then added clear Glossy accents overtop of it to make it look wet.

After it was dry I went over it again and added little blobs to look like raindrops!

I adhered all pieces as per the sketch challenge and then did some faux stitching around the edges with my white gel pen. You can barely see it on the yellow paper.

I had some foam hearts that I coloured with copics and added a teeny Making Memories Garden Party velvet flower brad and then some pretty green Verve Visual bling on top of the flower!

I stamped "Showers of Love" from Papertrey Ink stamp set Favor it Weddings (a fabulous little $5 set) on a piece of paper and made a little tab to add to the image.

All in all, I think it turned out kind of cute!!