Saturday 25 July 2015

'Orange' You Glad?


'Orange' you glad it's the weekend. 
'Orange' you surprised I didn't make a blue card?
 I sure am happy as I have time to play along with the challenge at Splitcoast this morning.  Here is the photo that inspired my card from the Beach House Pinterest board:


I have had this Impression Obsession stamp for ages and pulled it out the other day so I would be inspired to use it on a card.  Well, today was the day.
I stamped the flowers using Memento black ink and embossed with clear powder.  I used Brushos on my acrylic block to watercolour the flowers.  
When the flowers were dry, I stamped the sentiment and then drew in the border line to pull the whole design together.

Adding my card to these challenges:

CAS-ual Fridays- EMBOSSING
(my flowers are heat embossed) 

CASology- LINE

Seize the Birthday- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to Stamps- CLEAN and SIMPLE CREATIONS 



Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.
Have a great weekend.

Supplies:  stamps- Impression Obsession, Rubbernecker/ fine line bl marker/ Memento bl ink/ clear eb powder/ paint brush/ acrylic block/

23 comments:

Hannelie said...

Absolutely amazing Karen! You always wow me with your fabulous skills!
Love the orange... love the design (that fine line has a huge impact!)... love everything about this!
Thanks for joining Casology and Seize the birthday!

Craftychris said...

Wow! This really has impact. Love the orange and your colouring is fabulous! xxx

CherylQuilts said...

Oh, Karen, I'm so glad you got to play in today's challenge too! This is gorgeous and so perfect for the pin that inspired you! Wow, it's gorgeous, and what a wonderful stamp! I just love the color variation...amazing card, my friend! Hugs!

Nancy said...

Another gorgeous card Karen! The black lined frame really draws your eyes in. As always, thanks for playing along with us over at Seize the Birthday!

Verna Angerhofer said...

I am glad I saw this beauty! My internet has been in and out all morning so I was frustrated to say the least but seeing this and being able to tell you how much I like it is very uplifting. Great take on the photo too!

Dotty Jo said...

Fabulous! There should be more orange cards... Especially if they look this good, Jo x

Sharyn Polesel said...

Wow! Those flowers are stunning! Love the orange! Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday.

Unknown said...

Beautiful card, it never ceases to amaze me all the different ways you use your Brushos. Karen x

Deepti said...

Breathtaking :)

Bobby said...

Flowers are your 'thing', Karen. You do them all so beautifully.

Sarn said...

AWESOME card. LOVE the bright orange colour scheme - so cheerful. Great idea to add the border too.

Hugs, Sarn xxx

Anjas-Artefaktotum said...

WOW that card is really an amazing art work, I am fascinated by your brightly colored flower.
Hugs Anja

Jodene said...

Just beautiful, I love the use of that vivid orange! Thanks for playing along with us at Seize The Birthday :)

Gabi MeWi said...

I´m in love with this orchids.

Claire said...

There's so many adjectives I could use to describe this Karen...stunning, beautiful etc Love it! You've used one of my favourite colour combos too! Thanks for playing along at CAS-ual Fridays!

Lilian said...

Wow! This is fabulous!
Thank you for joining us at ATSM!
Lilian
The Leaf Studio

Anonymous said...

Hey Karen!! Beautiful card!! I love the orange!! Thank you so much for playing us this week at CASology.

Shona Chambers said...

Talk about gorgeous!!! Those flower stamps are beautiful and just love the tiny little dot details they have on them, have never seen that before. Your watercolouring is amazing and such a cool idea to drawn in the black frame. Stunning card and I'm so excited to see you at CAS-ual Fridays!!!!

Robyn Oliver said...

Gorgeous card

shirley-bee said...

Beautiful colouring, mf!

Anet's Crafting said...

Gorgeous card Karen. Thank you for playing along with our Challenge at Chocolate, Coffee & Cards. We would love to see you again ... Anet DT x

Shelly said...

This is beautiful! Thanks for joining us at CAS-ual Fridays!

Unknown said...

Fantastic! Love the CAS aspect with the splash of orange color! So glad you picked the orange...WOW