Yesterday I took some pictures of my sunflowers. At this time of year, we can expect a killing frost soon, though our garden is well-protected and tends to get frost later than many of those nearby. Since I was taking pictures of sunflowers, I had yellow flowers on the brain when I started stamping. How about some older SU sets? I used Bud Basics for the main flowers and leaves, the swirl-vine stamp from Baroque Motifs, Fine Lace, and that French Swirl background that came out in a mini catalog last year.
Flowers are stamped in Summer Sun, with the edges rolled in So Saffron. Leaves and most of the background stamping are in River Rock, with the PaperTrey Faux Ribbon sentiment being stamped in Always Artichoke. I used my ticket corner, photo corner, and 1/8" hole punches. Main image is stamped on Poison Ivory, the ivory version of Shimmery White. (That's Sharon Harnist's and Trudee Sauer's fault. They tempted me to order it! BTW, thanks, ladies--I love it!) The grosgrain is SU's stitched River Rock, and the beads on the stick pin are from SU's Pretties kit. I used my Copic Airbrush system to spray some yellow marker on the clear crystal to make it coordinate with the flowers a bit better. I have to confess that while I adore these stick pins on everybody else's cards, this is the first time that I've been able to make myself use one. Why? I'm not sure. . . It seems like many people who use them well have a talent for making them look artfully casual. But when I try them, they just look odd. Go figure. The Robin's Eggs are some neat little acrylic baubles that Ellen Hutson sent me to try. They come in several colors, and I think that she is going to be carrying them in her store soon. Background mat is River Rock, and the focal image's mat is Always Artichoke.
I'd love to share my sun- flowers with you. See in the sky past the sunflowers on the outer left? That's one of our maple trees adorned in its Fall finery! In the second sunflower picture, you can see a bumble bee if you look closely. In picture three, I liked the way that the sun was filtering through the flower petals.
I included picture four simply because I loved the unique color of this particular variety of sunflower. It makes me smile to look out my windows and see these happy giants every day.
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