Pretty in Pink

The pretty pink geraniums on today’s card were created for a blogging friend, but I wanted to be sure she received the card before I posted it. She’s a huge fan of pink so there was no choice about what color these geraniums would be. Luckily, the photo inspiration for AAA Birthday also features pink flowers.

When The Greetery introduced this most recent BotaniCut, I knew I would have lots of opportunities to use it. Geraniums come in so many colors, and they are a favorite of mine.

I added a soft ink blended background to one of The Greetery’s “Postal Frames” that matches the blue pot in the photograph, but my blue pot and the card base are a much brighter hue. I grounded the pot on some ink blended “Shiplap Builder” dies, also from The Greetery.

The geraniums and the “Pretty Pot” die were all cut from Bristol Smooth cardstock and colored with Distress Oxide Inks. I added some details to the dies with Polychromos pencils. The cute sentiment and label is from an earlier set by The Greetery, “Market Baskets.” Betsy Veldman definitely excels in designing the most beautiful floral dies and containers. 

I always hope I’ll get some crafting done while we’re away. I managed to do a little watercoloring one morning, but it’s a bigger piece so I don’t think it will get finished until we get home. I do have a couple pieces I colored for the current 30 Day Coloring Challenge before I left, so hopefully I’ll get those posted in the next couple of days. Thanks for visiting!