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Friday, July 5, 2019

floral cards...

Hello!  Hope everyone in the USA had a wonderful and safe 4th of July!  I'm popping in with a couple of cards that I made over the last few days.  First up is a card that I made for the Color Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketches challenges.  Back in May I won a gift certificate from Pinkfresh Studios and purchased the beautiful Hanging Florals stamp set and matching Hanging Florals dies.  I die cut the main image from Canson watercolor paper and then stamped the die cut with images in VersaMark Onyx Black ink and then watercolored with Distress Crayons in Festive Berries, Fired Brick, Crushed Olive and Peeled Paint.   I die cut some white cardstock with the largest Stitched Dot rectangle from Jillian Vance Design and then adhered the image to the panel with foam dots.   The sentiment was embossed on vellum with WOW! Embossing powder in black and then trimmed down to fit the card front.  I used Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive and medium Zots that I rolled up to adhere the vellum to the image.   The panel was adhered to a light gray cardstock base and then I added some tiny Pretty Pink Posh jewels in white, silver and clear to the image for a tiny bit of sparkle. (Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no cost to you.)


The second card I'm going to send off to this month's Flower challenge to use pastels.  I colored up the Missing You Peony from Colorado Craft Company's Big & Bold line with my ZIG Clean Color Real Brush markers after stamping the image with VersaFine CLAIR Morning Mist on smooth Bristol cardstock.   After die cutting my panel I adhered it to a cardstock base and then embossed the sentiment from the set on vellum using Hero Arts white embossing powder, trimmed out the sentiment and adhered it with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.  Added a few sequins and I was done!  I must admit that it took me several days to color this image because of its size, but boy was it worth it!  (Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no cost to you.)




Thanks for stopping by today!


10 comments:

Greta said...

Such a gorgeous PF set & colored so beautifully, Rosemary! Love the big, pink peony!

Viv said...

Oh wow Rosie, what gorgeous cards you made again. I love that pretty stamp on the first one and how you designed it. Love the second one too, my fav colour and such a delicate paste' ;) hugs Viv DT xx

Jacquie Southas said...

I love your beautifully colored hanging florals! Thanks for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Kim S said...

Such beautiful flowers! Soft and delicate on the hanging florals and so bold on the second card. I love your use of the sketch with the sentiment across the hanging florals. Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.

Susie Moore said...

What beautiful cards! Your work is so precise and gorgeous! I'm so glad you shared this on The Color Throwdown Challenge.

Lisa Elton said...

These are GORGEOUS!! I love visiting your blog, I always get inspired!!

TK said...

Two beautiful cards, they're both so fresh and gorgeous!

Anita in France said...

That big, bold peony makes such a gorgeous statement, Rosemary ... and the hanging florals are just so delicate and pretty, perfect with the vellum sentiment strip! Hugs, Anita :)

Cara said...

This is just gorgeous, that large bloom makes a wonderful statement. Thanks for joining us this month at The Flower Challenge, hope to see you next month too. Cara DT x

Greta said...

Hurrah for the HM at The Flower Challenge!