Thursday 15 February 2018

Happy Smiles- The Flower Challenge





Good Morning.
Time for another card for
The Flower Challenge.
Our theme this month is Paper Piecing.



So onto my card.
I began by inking my white cardstock with Distress inks and a sponging tool.  
I then stamped the flower stalk to get my positioning right and using my Misti, stamped the sentiment as well.  Then I went onto adding all the details to my background.
I used some drywall tape to stencil, white heat embossed a script and stamped some Mixed Media elements around the empty areas of my card.
I set that aside and stamped the flowers with Versamark ink onto a leftover inked paper found in my stash, then fussy cut out the flowers and pop-dot mounted the flowers over the stems.



On another note...here are some of my cards from The Flower Challenge during 2017.



Hope you get a chance to come and play along with us!
Thanks for the visit.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Little Red Wagon- LUURVE
CRAFT Challenge- MOTHER'S DAY/FEMALE
The Crafty Addict- ALL LOVED UP
Crafty Sentiments- ADD FLOWERS

Supplies
Stamps- SU Fabulous Florets; Blue Bay (Kaisercraft); Mixed Media Elements (STAMPlorations); 
Friendship Message (HA)
Inks- Versamark; Tuxedo Black Memento; Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean
Distress (TH)
Paper- heavy white (local store)
Accessories and Tools- drywall tape; white eb powder; heat gun; Misti

26 comments:

Dortesjs said...

Such inspiring cards again

Verna Angerhofer said...

All are so very lovely but I must say this one is my favorite and I think it is because of the popped flowers. More dimension and of course, the colors are gorgeous too!

nancy littrell said...

Love your sponged and stenciled blue background for your beautiful stamped and paper pieced flower using one of your gorgeous inked backgrounds. A really stunning flower design, my friend. Hugs...

KarinsArtScrap said...

this is gorgeous Karen

gr karin

Marina said...

Flower cards really are your forte. This is another beautiful creation.

Barb said...

Your card is stunning Karen! Barbxx

Anonymous said...

Beautiful cards Karen ,well done my friend xx

Annie said...

Pretty card! I love these many layers of blue tones. Enjoyed reading your artistic process.

Mac Mable said...

What a glorious card. The colours of the blue are fabulous. Great paper piecing and such a special card. Great collage of amazing cards that Viv did for you too x

Pat said...

Such a beautiful blue background and the added stamping and stencilling is just perfect, and the paper pieced flowers in a darker blue tone with the white heat embossing stand out really well against the black silhouette stem and leaves. Gorgeous! x

Susan said...

Positively beautiful flower in a wonderful shade of blue! Love the background too.

papierelle said...

So beautiful, the background and your design and the color of the flowers are shining properly.

@d_e_crafts said...

A beautiful stunning card, thank you for joining the CRAFT challenge this week.

Grudniowe Handmade said...

This is a stunning card!
Thank you for joinning us at CRAFT Challenge :)

Jackie T said...

Hi this is a gorgeous card those flowers are so pretty. Thank you for joining us at CRAFT Challenge blog for challenge 455 the theme is Mother’s Day/ Female and the sponsor is Sweet’n’Sassy. Hugs Jackie (GDT)

Rose Curtis said...

So beautiful!!!

Bonnie said...

The white embossing makes the blue of these flowers even more vibrant! Love the interesting background too!

Bobby said...

The flowers look so light and airy, Karen. You always such great background to show them off.

JanR said...

Beautiful! I love all the blue and your stamping is fantastic, as always. Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon.

Cara said...

This is so striking, love it x

Marja said...

Such an adorable card. Thanks for sharing over at crafty Sentiments Designs.
Marja DT.

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

SO MANY WOWs absolutely beautiful cards.
Faith
x

Viv said...

Loved looking back at all your cards Karen, so many beauties to see.Love this amazing creation too,such pretty flowers and loving that amazing colour too of course ;) hugs Viv xx

TaeEun said...

Another gorgeous blue card, Karen!!! Swooning over the beautiful background again...!!!

Loll said...

Gorgeous card Karen. Love your mixed media background ... perfect mix of elements. And your flowers are gorgeous. Beautifully designed, my friend! xx

Robyn Oliver said...

Lovely card Karen