Bluebonnet Birthday

I made this for my granddaughter, who lives overseas; wanted to send a greeting from Texas.
So thought these Bluebonnets were perfect since they are the state flower.
This is a new stamp Melanie Muenchinger from STTV, Fabulous Frames, I made templates
for the design, as her videos suggest; such a versital frame image for so many occasions.
I also used her State Flower #1 stamp for the images. They were colored with Intense Ink pencils.
then I used distress inks to blend the background. then colored the surrounding frame,
a one layer card that looks several layers. Neat, good for postage, an time.
Card stock is PTI white, and the ink an colors did not fad through.
think I will enjoy this image, now that I have made the templates for design and challenge.
Hope you enjoy, I love how it turned out.

IO challlenge, colors of summer

This tag is full of summer fun and summer colors. Tags are fun as is summer.
I used leftovers but was pleased how it came out. Hope you enjoy it.  and thanks so much
for looking.  Notice the hot dogs on the balloon. summer goodies.

supplies;
PTI card stock tropical, scraps
PTI stamp and die, Flipping out and Sky the Limit
Sizzix die, Troqueles, Memory Box Grill, kites,
Spellbinders lattice expandability 
Gems stash,
Ribbon, Really Reasonable Ribbon,
Ink: Memento Tux Blk