Welcome
A new month means a new theme at
The Flower Challenge
This month our theme is:
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 so here is what I did to create my card.
I began by making the background using my Gel Plate. I wanted a white border on my card so I positioned my Rectangle Acrylic Mask onto my heavy white cardstock first, then I brayered some Salty Ocean DOX ink onto the plate, splattered with some diluted Blueprint Sketch DOX ink and pulled my print.
Leaving the mask in place, I stamped the roses along the top then coloured them using my Zig Waterbrush markers. I dried that and then stamped the sentiment and clear heat embossed it.
I mounted the panel onto a pale mauve piece of cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.
Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.
I hope you will come and play along with us.
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Stamps- Flowers Are the Music (Rubbernecker); Bouquet Large (AALL and Create)
Inks- Versafine Clair; Distress Oxides; Zig markers
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Rectangle Acrylic Mask (A Colorful Life Designs); paintbrush;
pearl dots; clear eb powder; heat tool
A great idea to use the rectangle acrylic mat as a border and the gel plate background looks fabulous. I like the contemporary looking flowers and a really beautiful Summery card Karen x.
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I'd buy a dozen of these gorgeous purple roses, Karen! I haven't a clue about gel plates, but you sure know what you're doing - and you do it beautifully every time!
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Wow! This is so gorgeous with those purple roses.
ReplyDeleteI love the purple and blue combination, Karen! Great sentiment and pretty flowers!
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty and stylish purple flowers Karen and love the two blue inks on the gelli plate background and the lilac mat echoing the beautiful flowers goes perfectly. A brilliant card. x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colours and card.xx
ReplyDeleteGreat gelli plate background and wonderful roses in those mauve and purple colours! Love the way you masked off the rectangle and used a narrow mauve border.
ReplyDeleteJust wow, it looks amazing I adore the colours
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Mrs H's Crafty Corner
Loving your splattered, grungy background behind the sketchy roses Karen - a great card with a sweet sentiment
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Maxine
What a wonderful sentiment a a gorgeous card Karen, beautiful floral image and colours, Kate x
ReplyDeletePurple and blue always look amazing together, love this sketchy rose image in those colors, the splattered background adds to this modern, grungy look beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThe sentiment is beautiful and so true.
Awesome card.
XO
Maria.
This card is just so pretty! Love the shade of purple for the flowers.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning Karen!
ReplyDeleteI'm loving all your geilli print backgrounds Karen, great use of the mask to create your rectangle of colour:)
ReplyDeleteYour geli plate print makes an amazing background for your gorgeous roses, Karen. Love the mauve framing to bring out the colour of the flowers. xx
ReplyDeleteYou can use the gel plate like no other!! I LOVE the background and the bright purple flowers with the blue. STUNNING design.
ReplyDeleteStunning card Karen and great design too...and you used my favourite colours also ;) hugs Viv xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunning card, Karen! The gel plate background and the sketched look of the rose image are so gorgeous and artistic!
ReplyDeleteI love the whimsical design of the flowers, Karen, and the fun the splatters give your card. Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Karen and I love the pop of purple! So pretty.
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