Sunday, February 21, 2021

Been working on this for a couple days...

 ...and I finally finished it!

Hello friends, glad that you stopped by. Here's the

card I'm talking about:

 and the inside:

I just bought this new-to-me stamp set a couple 

months ago, and it's the first time using it. (NBUS!)

When I finished coloring the first flower, I really wasn't happy about

how it came out. I looked at images of colored flowers and tried just

flicking the four colors I used, leaving bits of white space here and

there. It came out so much better that way, so I stamped the top

flower and colored it again:

Once everything was colored and fussy cut, I also fussy cut

the lone flower, going around the edge with a black marker,

then gluing it on top of the original image. You'd never know

unless you ran your finger over the image!

On the main panel, I wanted a bit of color behind the flowers, so I did

a light wash using Scattered Straw Distress Ink. When that dried, I used

a burlap stencil and randomly went over the colored parts with the

same ink. Of course, I wound up covering up most of the 

stenciled bits. LOL! I gave the berries and the centers of the

yellow flowers a coating of Wink of Stella before adhering to the 

card base. The sentiment is heat embossed on a little banner.

Another sentiment finishes the inside.

Now that I've figured out how to color flowers better, perhaps I'll

start using them more! 😁

That's it for now. I hope that you have a wonderful rest of

your weekend. Thanks for visiting!


I'd like to enter this at:

The Flower Challenge #53 - new stamps/dies

NBUS Challenge #23 

Addicted to Stamps and More #399 - any occasion



Spectrum Noir markers used:

roses: AP1,AP2, AP3, AP4, PP1

yellow flowers: CT1, CT4, BO3

berries: TB3, TB5

leaves: CG2, AG3, JG5

stems: MB4, EB8

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee stamps - Everything Wonderful; Recollections - Happy Mother's Day

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Scattered Straw; Versamark

CS: Spectrum Noir; Strathmore mixed media paper; Taylored Expressions; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; GC; Sunny Studio - Frilly Frames Polka Dots die; water and paint brush; Tim Holtz - burlap stencil; Stampendous - detail white EP; heat gun; PFS - blending brush; Recollections - rhinestones

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

7 comments:

  1. Fabulous card, Chris!! Spotted this beauty at NBUS and was enthralled by your coloring and the colors you combined - stunning floral spray!! Light burlap stenciling behind adds the perfect touch!!

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  2. Gorgeous card!! Flowers, well, I still struggle, but maybe your tip will help me as well!! This card stuck out to me at NBUS so I had to come check it out! Hugs, Christi

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  3. That is an absolutely PERFECT save! Although I'm not seeing anything particularly wrong with the first flower, either. ;) Gorgeous card. And thank you for joining us at Addicted to Stamps and More!

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  4. This is a stunner, Chrispy! I like your flick technique with the colors and the lovely look it created, so thanks for that tip! I love the lightly stenciled background and layering, too, and I think it was a great idea to replace the single flower rather than start all over! Thank you for sharing with everyone at NBUS! Take care! Hugs, Darnell

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  5. Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful card over at 'The Flower Challenge';) Viv DT xx

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  6. Beautiful card and I love your coloring! Gorgeous job and thank you for playong along with us at The Flower Challenge!

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  7. Hello Chris: I apologize for my late comment on your beautiful card, I love the design and your coloring is absolutely gorgeous.
    I slipped on the ice last week and hurt my right elbow, ughhh!! It was hard to type, still is but I have this elbow on a pillow and that makes it better.
    Anyway, thank you so much for sharing your card with us at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, I hope you will play along again next time.
    XO
    Maria.

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