Rhubarb and His Sunflower

     I love all the Rhubarb digis at Sweet n Sassy but this Rhubarb Sunflower just called out to me today.  Over on their Crazy 4 Cocoa challenge this week, it's "Anything Goes."  I haven't played there for a while and decided it was definitely time to get something made.  My supply of 'Thank You' cards is desperately low so I took the opportunity to make this one a thank you card.  Pile It On, one of my favorite challenge places -- where they always want us to pile on as many challenges into one project as possible -- has "Thanks" as their theme.

Sketch came from my always-favorite-place to find a sketch on Thursdays, Eat, Sleep Stamp.

     For colors, I started out looking at both the "Tone on Tone" challenge at Challenge Up Your Life and the recipe at Creative Belli, which called for 3 colors (plus 1 ribbon, 2 dp, and 4 bling -- the pearls.)   My tone-on-tone is all in the neutrals, ranging from very pale beige clear over into caramel and creamy gold.  But for the three colors, I guess they'd have to be brown (in all the various tones), gold, and the green in the sunflower stem.

     The image is colored with Copic markers, then cut with a Spellbinders scalloped oval die and matted on a larger oval.  The 2 bits of dp have been in my stash for a while as have all the embellishments I used (ribbon, flower and the pearls.)  I used a kraft card base, also from my stash, made with the fold at the top.  The sentiment was printed using a computer script font and adhered directly onto the dp.  Last thing I did was add the faux stitching to the outside border of the card front.

     Challenges:
Allsorts -- Free & Easy
Crafty Creations -- Warm and cuddly teddy bears
Crafty Pad - Letter "B" -- bear, brown, beige
Cupcake Inspirations -- photo of bears on the cupcakes and neutral colors
Digital Tuesday -- Use your stash
Hybrid Chicks Card Caravan -- Use ribbon
Incy Wincy -- 3 embellishments (flower, ribbon, pearls), 2 papers, 1 image
Just Some Lines -- Fairy tale or nursery rhyme -- 3 Bears (this is Baby Bear)
One Stitch at a Time -- Anything goes
Paper Creations Ink -- 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments (flower, ribbon, pearls)
Robyn's Fetish -- Square cards
Stamps R Us -- Anything goes
Truly Scrumptious -- All Creatures Great & Small

     This is going to be a long, busy day for me at work, and I plan to sleep in tomorrow morning so I may not have another post until the weekend.  Enjoy your day and find something wonderful and creative in it.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie