One Sketch, Two Birthdays!

Happy Monday! I have two cards for you today!

I needed to make some birthday cards and liked the freedom from this sketch on Inspire.Create.Challenges.

First I made this bright card. I had seen this Forever Lovely used as poppies from fellow demonstrator, Nicole Chevallier, (no idea how to link from facebook. Help!) but I hadn't tried it out yet. All it takes is making it a more solid flower by coloring your stamped image in with a blender pen. So easy! I went with pink because I used the color challenge from TGIF Challenges.

Supplies:
Stamps: Forever Lovely, Very Versailles
Ink: Melon Mambo, Pool Party, Smoky Slate Marker, Dark Basic Black Stampin' Blend
Paper: Melon Mambo, Pool Party, Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: Blender Pen

Then I made this softer card. I used the inspiration challenge from Just Add Ink for a beachy sunset. It's not my favorite "sunset" because I used a blender pen. It would be smoother with an Aquapainter, or sponges, but it works just fine for this card.

Supplies:
Stamps: Friend Like You
Ink: Memento Black, Blushing Bride, Rococo Rose
Paper: Rococo Rose, Basic Black, Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: Blender Pen

If I hadn't used a blender pen on both cards, these would totally qualify for #simplestamping. And I like that, because sometimes there just isn't a lot of crafty time! haha...