Wednesday 15 July 2020

'Orange' You Glad it's Summer- The Flower Challenge


Good Morning.
You have a few more days left to play along with us at
The Flower Challenge




Our Guest Designer this month is Mac Mable from thesweetestofpeas. Do check out her blog if you have a minute as she makes such fabulous cards.

I chose summer for the theme of my card and here is what I did.

1.  Using a piece of heavy white cardstock, I brayered some orange, yellow and red acrylic paint onto a large piece of cardstock, blending the colours and covering the whole piece.
2.  When the brayered piece was completely dry, I cut the main panel to fit the card base as the background.
3.  I placed the leftover painted piece into my Misti and stamped the Lotus flower twice using some Versafine Clair ink, then I clear heat embossed them.
4.  Using my white Posca pen, I added some white details to the flowers and splattered them as well.
5.  While the flowers dried, I die-cut the white panel with a stitched die and stamped the sentiment.
6.  I fussy cut out the flowers then I assembled the card, pop dotted the flowers in place and added 3 black gems for interest.



Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies
Stamps- Lotus Flower (Altenew); Treasure the Moments (Impression Obsession)
Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; acrylic paint
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); brayer (Speedball); black gems; Posca white pen;
pop dots; clear embossing powder; heat tool; stitched die (Memory Box)

11 comments:

Pat said...

This is a great idea to colour a large piece of card and use it for the background and the flowers Karen, and the shades of orange and red are so summery, and the white stitched rectangle works beautifully in between the background and the pretty fussy cut flowers. x

I Card Everyone said...

Karen, I just finished up a card using this Lotus that I colored for the 30 Day Coloring challenge!
You post-title could read: orange you glad you have that done! lol
Thanks, mf... this is SO gorgeous in these summery shades of orange!
=]

cuilliesocks said...

Stunning card Karen, I love the beautiful floral image and gorgeous colours, Kate x x

Verna Angerhofer said...

So very gorgeous!

Bonnie said...

So summery gorgeous, Karen!

kiwimeskreations said...

What a wonderful, summery card Karen - the panel you created is perfect for the background and the flowers!
Stay safe
Blessings
Maxine

aussie aNNie said...

Stunning project full of gorgeousness here, the colours are amazing and it all fits in nicely. xx

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

OH! This has great impact Karen so very beautiful, love the orange blending.
Take care
Faith x

Mac Mable said...

Glorious Summer colours and a fabulous card. The acrylic paints look fabulous blended together with the brayer and those lotus flowers look amazing. Loving the sentiment too Karen and thank you so much for the shout out x.

Loll said...

WOW! Gorgeous bright and summery colours Karen. I haven't brayered for a long time. This is so amazing. I love that the frame matches the flowers. The white highlights add so much. Great work Karen! xx

Ericka Strange said...

Beautiful card Karen and I love how you made the flowers and background. So pretty and the colors are amazing.