Thinking of You in Delft Blue

This is another card that I made for my Merry Go Round swap. I am also submitting it for this week's Banana Split Sunday challenge at 2 Red Bananas, which is May Flowers (using flowers on a card). I have never done the Banana Split challenge, so I wasn't sure if I had to use products from 2 Red Bananas shop or not. I couldn't find anything that said I did, so I am going to go ahead and submit it. I'm sure someone will let me know if I messed up. :)

When I received this image for the swap, the first thing I thought of was the beautiful blue and white Delftware from the Netherlands. I thought it would have been pretty embossed in blue on white paper. But since it didn't come that way, I decided to try to simulate the look with my Prismas. I used just one shade of blue to color the image, leaving most of the open areas white. I did not blend the pencil with this one because I wanted the blue to be crisp against the white like the Delftware. I trimmed the image to 3" square, then cut it into 9, 1" squares to simulate tile. I chose to use only blue and white on the card to stay with the Delftware look.

I'm really happy with how this turned out. I hope the person who sent me the image likes it too.

Supplies
Stamps: Netherlands (Stampin Up! - I think); Sentiment (Hero Arts)
Paper: White cardstock (Georgia Pacific); Blue cardstock (scraps)
Embellishments: Flowers (Prima); ribbon (unknown); button (unknown); scalloped border punch (Fiskars)
Technique: Prismacolor pencils
Finished card size: A2 (4 1/4" x 5 1/2")