Saturday 4 February 2017

Time to Case- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning.

It's time for another new challenge at  
The Flower Challenge.
This month we are casing a gorgeous card made by Therese Calvird.



I began by stamping the flowers using a set from Stampin Up onto a piece of leftover inky paper.
I fussy cut them out and set them aside.

I die-cut the 'Blessed' sentiment from Penny Black and inked just the bottom using Cracked Pistachio and Peacock Feathers Distress ink.
I wanted to add my flowers to a textured background so I scored lined using my ScorPal and my ScorBug.  I cut the piece to make a split panel then placed my sentiment overlapping both parts.
I mounted the flowers over the panel then added a black gem to the flower centers.




Adding my card to these challenges:

Fussy and Fancy- CHALLENGE #180

Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES

Time Out- INSPIRED BY WORDS

Crafty Creations- ANYTHING GOES


Please check out the challenge and come play with us!

Supplies:  stamps- SU/ ink- Distress, Memento/ ScorBug/ ScorPal/ Cuttlebug/ die- PB/ black gems

30 comments:

Viv said...

Another gorgeous card Karen! love the colour of those fabulous flowers, all the embossing and that pretty ombre sentiment too ;) hugs Viv xx

Susan said...

Love that beautiful blend of colours in the flowers! And a great way to do the sentiment.

Verna Angerhofer said...

This is so gorgeous! I love all the texture and the flowers are so well colored. And, I love the way you did the sentiment too!

Christine Alexander said...

gorgeous colours, and love the sentiment it's a focal point on it's own :)

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

How GORGEOUS, love the blending on the sentiment and the flowers, so beautiful. Great embossing too.
Faith
x

Nora Noll said...

This is stunning!! I LOVE the blending of the sentiment and the pretty colors that you used!!

Craftychris said...

Love those gorgeous flowers on the fabulous embossed background! xxx

lostinpaper said...

Those flowers are incredible Karen... actually, your whole card is!

Bonnie said...

Beautiful, beautiful flowers, Karen! That was the perfect piece of watercolor to stamp them on! Love the scored and split background! The partial coloring on the sentiment is a perfect complement to the bright flowers! An awesome card, my friend!

nancy littrell said...

Gorgeous split panel scored background Karen for your beautiful watercolored, fussy cut and shaped flowers. Love your die cut and partially inked sentiment too. TFS your beauty my friend. Hugs...

Loll said...

LOVE those flowers ... they are gorgeous. The colour mix is so pretty. And I love the texture from your scored background. You sent me a scor-bug a long time ago, but I've never been able to make a straight line with it ... will try using it with my scor-pal. Thanks!! What jumped out as so unique is the die-cut sentiment. Have the split panel with the sentiment overlapping each and colouring just the bottom is so unique and creative, my friend. xx

Barbara Bruder said...

WOW your card is stunning. Gorgeous colors. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Creations Challenges for our latest challenge. We look forward to seeing more of your beautiful work. Hugs, Barbara { Crafty Creations Challenges }

Nstiz said...

What amazes me most about your work, Karen it the imaginative ways you do things. I struggle with that! The flowers are amazing on your inked paper as well as the unique and creative background. Love that back panel and the two toned "Blessed" die cut!

sandie said...

This is stunning Karen, I love the texture of the background. The colours and such a rich colour and love how you followed this through with the sentiment-great to see you at Time Out

Mac Mable said...

Wow fabulous colouring blending on the stunning flower x

TaeEun said...

The color of those flowers is so dreamy, Karen! And the scored lines and the split design balance so nicely together!

Aileen said...

Karen, this is stunning, love the flowers you used and the colours. Beautiful

Ina G said...

What an amazing result you got here with the colours of that beautiful flower. Love the background and how you finished your sentiment.

Donna said...

Beautiful. Love your scored background, Karen. X

Ruth said...

It's gorgeous in blue!! That is a neat idea to change the colour but take inspiration from the rest. I'm so impressed with your scored background too. Just perfection in a card! xx

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Karen, I love the Fabulous Flourettes by Stampin' Up! and you created an amazing card with it, the shades of blue and green look incredible and pop beautifully against your embossed background. Your CASE of Theresa's card looks gorgeous in blue, you made her inspiration, your own.
Hugs,
Maria.

Susi said...

Did you say "leftover" inky paper? Such a wonderful kaleidoscope of colour! Love how you split the embossed layer to draw attention to the fabulous half-coloured word sentiment diecut.

Karren said...

Wow, this is gorgeous, Karen and such a great take on Therese's card. The blues and greens are so vivid in your flowers!

Marlies said...

A beautiful card. A lovely embossed background and lovely colours. I like the blending on the sentiment too. Very elegant! Thanks for joining our challenge at Fussy and Fancy. Marlies

Gina's Cards said...

This is such a beautiful card. The flowers are beuaitufl, I love the colours they look so striking against the embossed background. Thank you for sharing with us at Fussy and Fancy, good luck and I hope you will join us again.
Hugs
Gina xx

maria's knutselplezier said...

A real beauty , I really love your colour combination!!
Greetings
Maria

Bobby said...

The inky scrap was perfect for those flowers, Karen. I can't imagine scoring all those lines. Do you need someone to send you an embossing folder? ;)

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

Very beautiful flowers, the colors are perfect. I like how you did the sentiment the same style as Therese too. Lovely CASE. I am still thinking on this challenge.

Anita in France said...

Wow, Karen, those inky blooms are just stunning ... there's such fantastic depth to them! They're gorgeous against the texture-y background and perfect with the ombré sentiment! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Time Out! Hugs, Anita :)

Princess Judy Palmer said...

What a gorgeous card. That greeting is the best! I like how there is a gap in the embossed panel--just a hint of something different and it really adds to your card.