Pink Magolia

I recently won a very generous gift card at Pinkfresh Studios. I’ve been saving the lovely gift certificate I received for Christmas, but I had no trouble spending the money I won! Most of the order were for things that had been on my wish list for quite some time, but I also purchased the stamp and die, Magnificent Magolia, from a recent release. Once I was done making valentines, I was anxious to get it out for a play date. 

The first step was to emboss the image in gold. Then I chose a group of three pink Copic markers and two green markers. I considered two different dies for the background, but settled on the Notched Corner Frames which I die cut in white after die cutting the magnolias. Both were added to a pink card base.

The sentiment came from another, older, Pinkfresh floral set, Nothing But the Best. I had forgotten this lovely birthday sentiment which also included a die. It, too, was gold embossed, and I added three Clear Drops in Blush from Pinkfresh.

Looking out my window it’s hard to imagine that magnolias will be blooming in a few months. We’ve gotten several inches of snow every day for the last several days. Around noon today, the sun came out, but the wind is so cold it feels like -7°. Our snowblower “died” yesterday, so Tracy has had to shovel our long and steep driveway. We cancelled a meeting scheduled meeting here to night, as there is no easy parking on our street if the snow is piled up. Fortunately, if all goes well, we’ll be headed toward warmer climes this coming weekend. 

Pinkfresh has changed their monthly challenge so “anything goes,” I always think I’ll get an entry in, and I should, since I have a very large selection of Pinkfresh products. So this is off to the Pinkfresh February challenge.

I chose pink for the magnolias since The Flower Challenge is looking for pink, and a birthday sentiment so I could play along with Seize the Birthday, without the topping this round. It’s also off to Darnell’s NBUS, and follows along with her I.D.E.A.S. which this week is embossing.