Anything Goes- The Flower Challenge

Hello and Welcome

A new month means a new theme over at 

The Flower Challenge.

An easy one this month and there is a prize offered.

ANYTHING GOES

We are very happy to announce that we are being sponsored by one of our own Design Team members this month. The amazing Rachel Vass is now designing beautiful floral digital images. Do check out her Etsy shop at Rachel Vass Designs as she has  wonderful designs there.

Rachel has kindly agreed to give our lucky winner two digital images of their choice

We are using her wonderful designs on our cards this month too!

Our Guest Designer this month is Joe S. He doesn't have a blog but do check him out on Instagram at vjsjoey if you have a minute as he makes such fabulous cards.

So onto my card details.

I began by printing off this gorgeous digital image by Rachel called Trio of Roses onto some heavy white cardstock.  Next, using my Zig Waterbrush markers, I watercoloured in the flowers. 

After I was happy with the inking, I splattered it with some diluted ink to add interest. 

I really wanted the roses to pop so I fussy cut them out at the top and mounted them onto a piece of black cardstock.  I love the contrast it gave.

The bottom looked a bit stark, so I used some drywall tape to add a bit of stencilling.

I mounted it onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a pink card base to help bring out the colour of the roses.  I left it without a sentiment so I could add one later for any occasion.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Trio of Roses Digi (Rachel Vass)

Inks- Zig Waterbrush Markers

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); black and pink cs

Accessories and Tools- Canon Printer; paintbrush; drywall tape

Thank-You Roses

Morning.

Today I am playing with some lovely stamps from Penny Black, my Zigs and of course some drywall tape.

I really like the whimsical look of these roses from the PB Flower Medley set.  They are very fun to watercolour and there are a few different flower varieties in that set with the same qualities.

So onto my card.

I began by stamping the roses around the edges of my watercolour paper using my Misti and black Memento ink.  I added some colour at the flower centers with my Zigs, then using a wet paintbrush I pulled the color into the flowers.  While that dried, I die cut an oval using a die from Spellbinders and stamped the sentiment from the  Happy Wishes sentiment set onto it.

Keeping with my pink theme, I pulled out some Spun Sugar Distress ink and using some drywall tape, stenciled onto my card front.

I continued the stenciling onto my oval die-cut then pierced the edges for interest.

The last thing I did was add some Nuvo clear drops.

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look!

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
CAS on Friday- FLOWERS
Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Happy Wishes, Flower Medley (PB)

Ink- Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- Canson Watercolour paper 140lb

Accessories and Tools-  MISTI; Zig Realbrush Markers; die- Spellbinders; piercing tool;

 drywall tape; Nuvo clear drops; paintbrush

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

Good Morning.

It's time for another card for 

The Flower Challenge 

Our theme this month is Anything Goes.

Here's what I came up with.

I began by die-cutting the Wonky Stitched Frame using a heavy white cardstock.  

Since I wanted this great sentiment to be the focal point, using my Misti, I stamped the saying with Memento black ink then clear heat embossed onto the die-cut panel.  I find the ink really pops if I heat emboss it and there is no chance of me smearing the ink when I add the watercolouring.

Next, I stamped the flowers around the edges using my Misti and I coloured them in with Zigs and a wet paintbrush.  I like to place a bit of colour right at the base of the flower and then use the wet brush to pull the colour into the petals.  

While that dried, I stamped my background using the Arty stamp inked with orange dye ink.

I thought it made an interesting frame for the main panel.

Please come and play along with us.

Thanks so very much for the visit.


Adding my card to these challenges:
 Simon Says- EMBOSS IT
Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES
City Crafter- FRAME IT

Supplies

Stamps- Arty (Kaisercraft); Beautiful Moments (Close to My Heart); Flora Bella #1 (Prima)

Ink- Tuxedo Black Memento; Zigs;Carved Pumpkin Distress (TH)

Paper- heavy white cs (local store)

Accessories and Tools- MISTI; clear embossing powder; Wonky Stitched die (Avery Elle); 

paintbrush; Cuttlebug

Watercoloured Roses

Good Morning.

Meet today's card inspired by this beautiful basket and the challenge at Splitcoast.

Here is what I did.  

I began by stamping the roses onto a piece of watercolour paper with Versamark ink and white heat embossed them.   Using my Zigs, I did a loose watercolour on them by putting down a bit of colour then pulling the inks into the stamped image with a wet paintbrush.

Next, I pressed some Distress ink directly from the pad onto my non-stick craft sheet and used the wet paintbrush to fill in the background.  There was some leftover ink on my sheet when I was done that I didn't want to waste, so I sprayed water over it and pressed my whole card front into the wet ink.  It gave a lovely texture and added depth to the whole piece.

I stamped the sentiment from Stampendous using my Misti and Tuxedo black ink.

I scored my card front (sorry, it's a bit hard to see in the photo) and then glued the piece over that.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Time Out- INSPIRED BY WORDS

A Vintage Journey- USE A QUOTE

Just Add Ink- CHOOSE TWO

(flowers, watercolour)

The Crafty Addicts- ADD A SENTIMENT

Have a great weekend and thanks for coming to visit.

Supplies

Stamps- Flower Path (Stampendous); Bamboo Roses (Altenew)

Ink- Peacock Feathers Distress, Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark

 Paper- Canson 140lb watercolour

Accessories and Tools- Misti, white eb powder, heat tool, paintbrush, Zigs, non-stick craft mat (Ranger),

ScorPal, ScorBug