I enjoy stamping challenges.  I often don’t have the time to take part in the ones offered at Splitcoaststampers or Lizzie Anne Designs, but I like playing with them when I do have the chance.  Using only a certain few colors, or a certain layout sketch, or a limited choice of embellishments is always a good way to get my creative juices flowing.

My friend Victoria (from Eat Stamp Sleep Repeat) posed a challenge among our group of friends few days ago.  She posted the link to this set of dishes to be used as inspiration for creating something.  I have to confess that when I clicked on the link, my first reaction was “Say WHAT?!?!?”  I had no idea what I was going to do. 

But that just helped push me even harder to try to figure out something.  I toyed with the idea of doing something floral against a dark background, but I wasn’t liking the mental pictures I was coming up with for that idea. 

Finally I decided to take the colors in the dishes and use them in my creation.  I’ve had the Stampin’ Up! “Season of Friendship” set since last fall, but hadn’t even assembled the stamps yet (oops!) , so I decided to put that to use.  I did the rock-n-roll technique on the leaves to get the varied shades of green.  The grass is just a narrow strip of cardstock that I cut into many, many times with my Cutterbee scissors.  The flowers and the bird were stamped onto a separate piece of cardstock, cut out, and glued into place on the tree.

So there you have it.  Even though I couldn’t decide on a sentiment to put on this card, I’m pleased with the end result. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Season of Friendship (Stampin’ Up!)
Cardstock: Gable Green, Chocolate Chip, Ballet Blue, Groovy Guava, Very Vanilla (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Gable Green, Garden Green, Ballet Blue, Groovy Guava (Stampin’ Up!)
Other: Cutterbee scissors