Inspired by Kathy

Today on Kathy's post, she showed us a card she made to please herself.  I liked that idea;  I think when our mojo is lagging it's a good idea to just play for no other reason than to create something that pleases us.  Kathy is known for her white dots and they do add a wonderful extra to her creations, example being the flowers in her post today.  So I decided to find a flower that I could minimally color, just to highlight it a bit, and add some white dots just like she did.  You should know by now that I love color, and particularly pastel color, so I chose the lightest shades of a few Hero Arts layering paper packs (and the lavender one from Penny Black) to stamp my flower on:

supplies: white and camel card stock, the lightest shades of each Hero Hues layering papers packs in Sea, Sunshine, Blush, and from Penny Black, Purple Mountain, and grass from the Foliage layering papers, flower from Hero Arts CL443 Good Thoughts, and sentiment from an old Archiver's/Hero set AR130 Handwritten Sentiments, Memento markers in Sea, Sunshine, Blush and Floral, and a white Sakura Gelly Roll pen, assorted buttons and thread, Sizzix Tim HOltz Caged Bird and Branch with Leaves dies, twine


Since Hero Arts makes so many coordinating items, I used their Hero Hues Memento markers to add a bit of shading on each flower, then Kathy's white dots, and centered each one with a coordinating button.    I am finally starting to get some dies; I used my most recent purchases, the Tim Holtz Caged Bird and the Sizzix Branch with Leaves to fill out my card.  Here's a detail, showing the flowers a little closer.

Dare I enter this into the Moxie Fab World's "Fanatical about Botanical" challenge?  Cath will probably say "please don't!" ........I already entered 9 other cards!  

This card will be going to Canada, to thank Nat for a package that I received from her today, as a winner in her 90-minute scramble a few weeks ago.