Brushstroke Flowers 2 Ways

Hi my friends! I've created 2 cards based on this week's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, Tic Tac Toe Challenge and combining with NBUS Challenge (Never Before Used Schtuff!) because I have never used this die set before.

I went from corner to corner with coloring, embossing and die cut:

I started with this Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies called Brushstroke Flowers 2:

I wanted to watercolor all the die cuts, so I ran all the dies through my Sizzix Big Shot with Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Paper.  The Sympathy Card I watercolored with my watercolor paints in my stash: Holbein & Winsor & Newton. For the Birthday Card I used my pan favorite, The Stamp Market 24 Pan Color Crush Watercolor Palette:

I love the bright colors!

For the Birthday Card I used a square of white cardstock to mimic the sketch and ran it through a Taylored Expressions' Embossing Folder, called Dotted Lattice. Here is a of it picture so you can see the delicate dots:

To put the flowers together I used Bearly Art Glue and some pop dots. 

One card is bright and cheery and one card has more of a vintage feel:

If you look closely large center flower on The Sympathy Card you can see I stamped it with the Romantic Script Background from MFT Stamps with The Stamp Market mini Navy Ink Cube.

Here is the Romantic Script Background stamp which if you read it - it's from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen!

I am partial to bright and colorful cards, but I do give vintage a try from time to time. Which do you prefer?

Thanks for joining me today and I would also like to submit to the following challenges:

1) Happy Little Stampers

2) Watercooler Wednesday WWC333:

3) 613 Avenue Creates Challenge:

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