More Aqua!

I originally made two cards for Less is More's challenge 53 ...a color challenge to use AQUA.  I put one of the cards up earlier today, but then decided to tear the second card apart, use a couple things and ideas from it and give it a makeover.  Here's my card and then I'll tell you what I did:

The first card had the flowers on a panel layered on the card...looked kind of choppy.  This morning, I had the idea, as my hand drawn stems looked a little bare to add a picket fence.  Only thing is I only have the Martha Stewart picket fence punch...a pretty small fence.  I had the idea to see if I could EXTEND the fence, so here's what I did(takes a little practice, so try on scrap paper, first!).  I measured a 1 1/4" strip of white cardstock and used the same technique that I had used with some other MS border punches last year.  HERE, in this post, I show you how I use the border punches for a different look...well...it works with the fence punch, too!! It gave me just the length I needed for my garden of flowers.  The sentiment is Hero Arts, the flowers are Papertrey Ink(Beautiful Blooms) stamped in versamark on Pool Party paper and white embossed.  I hand drew the stems and added a leaf from some stamp set...not sure of which one just now.  Added stick on nailheads to flower's centers and used stick on dots for the flowers to the card.  I like it better than my first attempt:)!!
Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa