Inspired by...Joan Bardee!

Hi everyone! This week I am very thrilled to announce that our featured stamper is the UBER talented Joan Bardee.  Joan's art has caught my eye for some time now and I feel truly honored to share some of it here.  You will DEFINITELY want to head over to Joan's BLOG and check it out.  If you're like me, you will spend LOADS of time oogling all of her precious cards.  Here's today's inspiration by Joan:

And I'm sure you'll all agree with me that Joan's coloring is simply divine.  Plus that strip of vellum for the sentiment is genius!

Here's my take:

All this week, using Joan's work as inspiration, I am also working on creating some sets of cards which can be given as gifts for Christmas.  So here's this card with it's entire set:

I began by stamping the flowers (Penny Black) repeatedly to cover each background and then and coloring with Copic markers.  The background was inked with Broken China and Evergreen Bough Distress Ink.  Next I inked Penny Black Paisley Background with Evergreen Bough Distress Ink.  Before stamping I removed some ink with a baby wipe.  The sentiment banners were inked with Antique Linen Distress Ink. All sentiments by Penny Black.

Thanks so much for stopping by, my stamping friends. :)

See ya tomorrow with another BEAUTY from Joan!