Hi, crafty friends. It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Pei’s illustrations for Purple Onion Designs, and today’s card features Tofu floating in a pool. Tofu’s Flamingo Floatie is one of the images from last year’s Spring is in the air collection from Pei.

I stamped and colored my image with Copics on X-Press It blending card, before using a die in the A2 Double Stitched Rectangle STAX die set from My Favorite Things to create faux stitching around the perimeter of my panel.

I masked off my image, before using Powder, Harbor and Sea Glass inks from Concord & 9th to ink blend the background through the Perfect Pool Water stencil from My Favorite Things. I flipped and rotated the stencil to create my pool water.

While I still had my mask in place, I stamped a sentiment from the Good Libations stamp set from Purple Onion using Oceanside ink from Concord & 9th. With the masking, you can still read the sentiment perfectly, but it looks like it’s behind Tofu’s tail, which I think adds a fun detail on what is really a simple card.

I adhered my panel to a card base I created from Oceanside cardstock from Concord & 9th, added a layer of Glossy Accents to Tofu’s glasses and finished off with a mix of sequins and gems from the Ice Water embellishment mix from Little Things from Lucy’s Cards.

Very limited color palette for this one.