October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the colour pink.
This month there are many challenges at Splitcoast to 'embrace the pink'. The CAS challenge this week was to use orange and pink together. Now normally, I would never think to put orange and pink together! I decided to challenge myself and give it a try and was pleasantly surprised by the results.
I was also inspired by my most talented friend Jill Foster and the fabulous array of watercolour cards she created for Penny Black. This girl is ubber talented!
I began by using 110lb. watercolour paper and wet it with water. I pressed my Distress ink pads onto my acrylic block and picked up the colours to add to my paper. When it was totally dry, I stamped the
Etched Branches from Penny Black with black Stazon ink. I mounted that with pop dots over a black frame. Quite a dramatic card but great for sending a birthday note to a special friend.
Also adding my card to these challenges:
Seize the Birthday- ANYTHING GOES
Simon Says Monday- ANYTHING GOES
Simply Create Too- HALLOWEEN or ORANGE
Addicted to Stamps- MAKE YOUR MARK
Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.
Supplies: stamp- Penny Black/ Stazon ink/ Distress ink-Ripe Persimmon, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry/ pop dots/ paint brushes
Wow Karen , I really , really like your colours!!!Great image n simply the best!!!
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Maria
This came out great! I love the black silhouetted branches in the sunset!
ReplyDeleteThis is a real stunner Karen. The colours look perfect against the black. Love the rich feel of this card x
ReplyDeleteLove orange and pink together! The black stamping looks great against the background. Thank you for joining us at ATSM!
ReplyDeleteLove those colors together.
ReplyDeleteJust love your card, must have a go at that technique. Karen x
ReplyDeleteAnother gorgeous card, Karen! I love how you created your background and the silhouette of the branches are so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for playing along with us again at ATSM!
Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing with ATSM!
ReplyDeleteThis came out uber gorgeous! Just so stunning.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous background scene you have created Karen...thanks for sharing your card with us at Seize the Birthday!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous watercolouring Karen. Pink and orange is my favourite colour combo ... LOVE IT! And you've used it perfectly together here .. this is amazing. It looks like a piece of art that should be hung on the wall. Loll xx
ReplyDeleteA lovely combination of colours serving as a canvas for the oh-so-pretty image. Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing at ATSM!
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Karen this is gorgeous. (And its your card that has made me play in my first Splitcoast challenge)
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely stunning, I love the wonderful colours and the gorgeous silhouette stamping!
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous, Jo x
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous Karen, I love the distress ink background!!
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Beautiful card. The pink and orange made a pretty background perfect for your stamped image. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Seize the Birthday.
ReplyDeleteI just love this explosion of vivid color! Beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteOh, this is so pretty! I love the beautiful color of the background!
ReplyDeletePretty watercolor card!! Thanks for joining us at Simply Create Too! Angie-DT
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Such a beautiful card! Love the background. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!!
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