Garden Bouquet

Hello and Welcome.

You may have read my previous posts that mention I am playing along with the DTGD Challenges over at Splitcoast.  It is a yearly event with wonderful prizes and such fun challenges.

This card was created for one of those challenges.

I began with a heavy white cardstock, laid the Watercolor Stripes Stencil over my paper and rubbed on some Old Paper Distress ink.  Next, I placed another piece of heavy white into my Misti and stamped the Sketched Flowers stamp using some black ink.  I then fussy cut out the whole bouquet, eliminating a few areas I didn't want to cut out.  I stamped the flowers again but this time, I only fussy cut out the center flower.

Before I glued the large bouquet over my stenciled stripes, I stamped the sentiment, then I pop dotted the smaller blossom over the big one, giving it a more 3-D look.  I did add a bit of interest to the flower on top using my Copic markers.

I mounted it all onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams- NO PATTERNED PAPER

Dare 2B Artzy- ANYTHING GOES

A Place to Start- PAPER PIECING

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

Supplies

Stamps- Sketched Flowers (SSS)

Inks- Old Paper Distress (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Watercolor Stripes Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia);

Grey Nuvo Drops;  Copic makers; scissors; pop dots

Happy Birthday Bonnie- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome

What a fun month we have had at the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

We are celebrating another wonderful friend's birthday.

Happy Birthday to Bonnie

Our theme is Bouquet of Flowers; add one to your watercoloured card.

This month we also welcome our talented guest Leslie from Running With Scissors.

So onto my card details.

I began with a piece of plastic kitchen wrap (leaving all the folds and wrinkled areas on it) and rubbed some Cracked Pistachio, Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feathers directly over that.

I gave it a spritz of water to blend, then pressed my paper into the wet ink.  It left behind such a pretty design on my paper and was so quick and easy to do.

Next, using the new Stitched Circle die from PB, I cut a circle in the centre of my card front.  I mounted that over my inked background and added a few die-cut wildflowers.

I stamped the sentiment then glued it onto a piece of light green, then onto a plain white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamp- Your Next Stamp

Inks- DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); pale green cs

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Wildflower dies (TH); 

Stitched Circle die- (PB); plastic kitchen wrap; Mister (TH)

Happy Birthday Darnell- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello and Welcome.

This blog post is a bit different then usual.  Please read below to find out about this special post.

Special Event
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARNELL!!

Please join us in celebrating Darnell's Birthday!!

One more part to this special event.
The team has made special cards for Darnell's birthday,
along with our Guest Designer Leslie,
and several Featured Designers (friends from the retreat).

During our retreat, Darnell (Dolly to us) was up early one morning
and decided she wanted some frozen blueberries.
Some how she spilled almost the whole, Costco-sized bag of
blueberries all over the floor.Bonnie snapped these pictures.

See the swipe of blueberries on the right photo??  We couldn't find a broom so we grabbed
a large piece of card stock to pick up the berries.  As they thawed, the blueberry juice
"smooshed" on the cardstock in a lovely design that looked perfect for card making.
Well, without Dolly knowing, we kept that piece of blueberry smoosh and cut it up.
Each Designer has used one piece in making Dolly's birthday cards. :)

So there you have it!  Sounds like such a fun time doesn't it!!

Wish I could have been there to hear the laughter.

So onto my card details.

I began with the piece that Loll emailed to me as my background.  I printed it out and I did add some more little splatters using some Stormy Sky DOX inks diluted with water.

I stamped the basket of flowers, then die cut it out using my Spellbinder circle die.  

Next, using my Zigs, I watercoloured in the flowers, trying to use some colours that complimented the blueberry background. I also added details in the flower heads using my white Sakura pen and then added some Glossy Accents over the big blue flowers to help them pop.  

While that dried, I stamped the birthday sentiment using my Misti, then added some scored lines with my Scorbug.

I sponged some more DOX inks along the edge of the circle and pop dot mounted that over the sentiment.

In keeping with my simple card, I mounted it on a heavy white card base.

I hope you will check out what the other designers have done with their blueberry bkgs and also wish Darnell a Happy Birthday.

Supplies

Stamps- Basket (Florastamp); sentiment (YNS)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; DOX

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Glossy Accents (Ranger); Zig Markers;

circle die (Spellbinder); ScorBug; pop dots; white gel pen; paintbrush; sponging tool