Wednesday 11 May 2016

Celebrating Friendship

Morning
Meet today's card.  A simple card I made using stamps from Penny Black and a piercing tool.

Penny Black has come out with some fabulous floral images that I love to colour with my markers to get a watercolour look.  This one is called Passionate.  
So I began by cutting a circle mask with a Spellbinder die and my trusty Cuttlebug.  Next, I positioned my stamp inside my MISTI, coloured with markers, sprayed with water and stamped.  I repeated that process, adding darker shades of the purples.  Leaving the mask in place, I sponged on some Distress inks to define the stamped area. 
The sentiment was stamped using Memento black ink and is from the great Sentiment Collection set.
Lastly, I pierced around the outline of the circle.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- COLOURING

Creative Card Crew- ANYTHING GOES

Cuttlebug Mania- MAY FLOWERS

Everybody Art- FLOWERS

Thanks so very much for all the times you come to visit.  I do truly appreciate all you comments and emails.  I do try my best to get back to all of you but please know that if I don't get back to you right away, it is due to lack of time.  I am a home daycare provider with a house filled with little people and much activity.  I am often knee deep in crafts, planning, meals or just going through my busy days caring for all my little ones.  It really keeps me hopping!

Supplies:  stamps- Penny Black/ MISTI/ Cuttlebug/ Spellbinder die/ Memento markers/ Mini mister/ piercing tool/ applicator tool

15 comments:

Hannelie said...

So beautiful Karen!

CherylQuilts said...

Karen, this is gorgeous, and the soft colors of your flowers are amazing! I love the design and really LOVE your piercing! Hugs!

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Verna Angerhofer said...

Really stunning. Gorgeous colors too! And, what a great sentiment again. Just love everything about this card.

Anke said...

So wonderful, Karen.

coldwaters2 said...

Beautiful card Karen the image is exquisite I love the sentiment and the pin dots, brilliant creation
hugs
Lorraine x

Colleen said...

Beautiful card, love the design, the flowers really pop with all the white space. Thank you for joining us at Seize the Birthday!

Jeanne H said...

What a lovely card. Love the purples today. Love to follow your blog!

Donna Ellis said...

Karen, when am I going to be able to create CAS like you do? This looks like framed artwork. Lovely and serene - and the flowers get all their due attention. Beautiful! hugs, de

Di said...

Wonderful card Karen! And your design and colouring are just fabulous.

I like that you used a die cut as a mask to qualify for our challenge :)

Thank you for joining in with Cuttlebug Mania.

Hugs

Di xx

Bonnie said...

Beautiful flowers, wonderful design!

Lisa Lara said...

Such a gorgeous creation Karen. I love your light effect with your sponging.

Glenda J said...

Fabulous masking and gorgeous colouring. Well done Karen. Thanks for playing along with Seize the Birthday.

Carole said...

Thank you for your visit to my blog.....on viewing your wonderful creations I have to say this leapt at me, love the design and colours and especially how you have stamped the sentiment, partly over the image...it works so well.

Princess Judy Palmer said...

Gorgeous! I'm really liking these florals from PB and you sure do show them off so well.