Hello...More Grocery Store Inspiration

Hi...back again with another grocery store inspiration.  Amazing what a simple bin of brussel

sprouts can inspire!

Looks good enough to eat...right?  So many different shades of green!  My interpretation of these Brussel sprouts started with some Copic Sketch markers and a stamp from Purple Onion Designs called Garden Bushes.

Add in a rectangle of Watercolor Wash paper layered on Calm and Cozy Chevron paper from MFT and the word Hello cut out from an Essentials by Ellen Hello die and the result is pure LOVE💖💘💗!  I absolutely adore the way this turned out. I will definitely be recreating this to send off to friends just to say HELLO!!

In the end I decided I like the sentiment better in black and layered all the components on a white A2 note card adding a strip of black and white striped washi tape under the stamped image as a finishing touch.  I hope you too are inspired by the everyday things around you to create something extraordinary!!

Grocery Store Inspiration

Inspiration can come from anywhere!  Recently, on a trip to the grocery store, I was inspired by the color combination in this bouquet.  Something about it just spoke to me...the green, purple and lavender just seemed to sing💖.  I thought it would make a great color combo for a card... and so this photo inspired my latest project and more to come I'm sure.

I used the Cherish stamp and die set from Honey Bee Stamps and stamped two large flowers using Shaded Lilac Distress Ink.  When they were completely dry I added the layering stamp using Ranger Soft Granite ink. (I also used soft granite to stamp the sentiment)  I stamped the leaves in Ranger Electric Lime ink.  After I finished stamping all of the components I used an mini ink blending tool to make a soft blended background with shaded lilac and electric lime inks.  I used this background to fill the circle I cut out in the card front and to cut out a second cherish sentiment.  

I pulled all my components together on a piece of green dotted cardstock which I layered on top of a white A2 notecard.  I stacked the soft granite cherish on top of the lavender cherish (slightly offset).

In the picture it appears more like a shadow because I popped it up with foam tape.  In the end I decided to use one flower and a few of the leaves.  A few small enameled dots in the corners and my grocery store inspiration is complete.  The finished project is a bit more muted than the original because I was working with ink colors I already had in my stash...but I think you can still see a nod to the grocery store photo.  I can't wait to see what my next trip to the store inspires me to create!  How about you?