Birthday Flowers

Good morning. Back to share a card that has been received. Quiet day yesterday, but somehow I managed to stay busy (and I didn't sit down and read either!!!) That can usually be one of my excuses for not getting anything done. Didn't have to leave the house today either. Oh, one thing that took up my time: Cleaning an old turntable my Yankee friend found for me at an estate sale. I'd seen a youtube where this lady was doing dirty pours using a sink strainer, and she had it on what looked to be a surface that turned. Mr. said "I bet an old record player would do that", so I asked my friend to keep an eye out. Yesterday morning when I went out to water the porch plants, there's this big box sitting by the door. He sends us New England apples fresh from an orchard about this time, so I just thought "what a heavy box of apples". Mr. came in, said he'd had a phone call  -- that our friend had sent my record player. It was old, very grubby and had to be cleaned (and I'll need to clean it again) so that took some time. Then I had some phone calls to make, blah, blah.

EDIT: Forgot to give a welcome shout out to a lovely new follower: Doreen of Doreen's Dream. Thanks for becoming a follower Doreen, and I hope all my old friends will hop over to visit my new friend, and enjoy her beautiful work. She has some recent pan pastel cards that are stunning! 

Here's the card:

- Penny Black First Blush (colored with copics and some white gel pen)

- Altenew Pinstripe (clear)

Stamped the floral image on Xpress c/s, colored. Then used Avery Self-Adhesive Labels to restamp the image and use the just the flowers as a mask (saw this trick on a Jennifer McGuire video). Cut inside the inked lines of the flowers so that I didn't get a halo, but in some places I still did. After placing the mask, stamped in one direction with the pinstripe image...(since it's clear, it makes it easier to see placement). Re-inked the stamp and turned the opposite way to create a crosshatch pattern. Added some white highlights with a gel pin. Die cut with a stitched die. Used a linen look DP for another stitched mat, punched a label from that same paper to do the sentiment. Added some red pearls! That's it!

Today is exercise day for us, so we'll be out of the house today, and it's hot. Got some other errands to run as well. So ya'll stay cool, if it's still hot where you are, and have a super great day. Thanks for visiting, come back when you can! Hugs