CAS Floral Cards...

Like most card makers

I am always falling in love with new stamps...

building a wish list...

ordering things on my wish lists...

and enjoying creating card with new-to-me stamps.

But..

I also still have a genuine love for lots of stamps 

that I have had for a long time.

Every so often, I go through my stamp drawers...

and pull out stamps that have caught my eye...
Sometimes, they're new sets...
and sometimes...they;re stamp sets that I've enjoyed using in the past.
I pull out sets that make me feel excited to ink up...and...

I keep them on the studio worktable...

so that I'll remember to  create a few cards with them...again.

This time...I went browsing through the "Floral" drawer
and a whole bunch of stamp sets caught my eye
and now...they're waiting to be the start of some creativity and card making!
(Which is how today's cards came to be)

I have a few CAS (Clean And Simple) floral cards to share with you...

created with one of the images from 

Penny Black's BOTANICAL GARDEN.
I colored the images with Copic Markers and Prismacolor pencils.

When the coloring as complete...I went over the blooms with Clear Wink of Stella.

I chose sentiments from PTI and Impression Obsession...

and assortment of prints for layering.
I matted the image pieces and prints...

added metallic thread to each card

and positioned the matted image pieces with fun foam for added dimension.

and...

This is what I wound up with.

The sentiment on this card is by PTI
I really enjoy the process of choosing prints that work well with the colored images.
This print, I think...is a good match for this rose colored image.
I used silver metallic thread to finish this card.

This card focuses more on orange and yellow tones.

I used the same PTI sentiment set...

but switched it up a bit.
I finished this card with gold metallic thread.

For this third card...

I chose to have the image in the lower right of the card front...

with an Impression Obsession sentiment stamped in the upper left.
I did some dark outlining on the bloom to make it "pop" a bit.

Gold metallic thread was used to finish this card.

You can see the subtle shimmer of the Clear Wink of Stella

in this photo.

I enjoyed creating this short stack of cards 

with this favorite Penny Black stamp set

and am glad that I opted to go with white backgrounds.

I love inking and blending ink for backgrounds...

but lately..I've been feeling like a crisp clean white background is the way to go.
I'm glad that I pulled this stamp set out (again)....

I actually have my eye on another image from this set...

and will, most likely, create a few cards with that stamp very soon.

(Another favorite that I have created cards with many many times in the past)

Thanks for visiting today, my crafty and creative friends...

Wishing you a wonderful day!

Michelle.