Monday 20 June 2016

Floral background

When I saw the inspiration image at the Uniko blog, I just had to play along. Love the colours and the pattern.


Although I wanted to recreate the white outlines with the coloured, wonky circles, I decided to start by simply stamping my flowers (by SugarPea, from the SOA Beautiful World collection) using some of my new inks (Studio Calico pigment inks, Brilliance gold) and Pool dye ink by Hero Arts.. I also used the coral SC pigment ink to add colour to a scrap of cardstock for die cutting the You sentiment (by CAS-ual Fridays, from the same SOA collection). I cut my stamped panel a little smaller (CAS-ual Fridays, from the same SOA collection) and adhered it to my grey cardbase (Simon Says Stamp). I started by stamping the birthday sentiment in the same grey ink I had used on my background, but decided it did not stand out enough, so I added Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder over the still wet pigment ink and heat set this. Before adhering my die cut, I went over it using my Spectrum Noir glitter brush. To finish off, I adhered a few Studio Calico sequins to the hearts of the small gold flowers.

Challenges:
Uniko - 33 Photo inspiration (see below for the graphic)
Seize the Birthday - Anything goes
Penny Black and More - Flower power
Allsorts - 368 How does your garden grow
Virginia's View - 22 All about colours (Summer)






15 comments:

  1. Fab design on your great card, thanks for joining us at Allsorts, xxxx

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  2. So very pretty, Marianne ... those delicate line flowers make such a gorgeous background for the shimmery scripty die cut sentiment ... lovely! Delighted to have you playing along with us at Uniko! Anita :)

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  3. WOW! Love your card, great interpretation of the inspiration photo. Super to have you join in on the fun at Uniko :) Hugs Bev x

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  4. Gorgeous soft colors on this one. Your background is lovely. Thanks for playing along with us at Seize the Birthday!

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  5. Mooie zachte kleuren, Mar. Heel verfijnde kaart. Die dieptewerking met de rode letters en de knoopjes maakt het mooi af. Liefs Ineke☀️

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  6. Pretty background, and I love the 'you' diecut. Thanks so much for playing at Seize The Birthday :)

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  7. Oh my, it looks like we had a similar idea for our Uniko cards, Marianne. You used all Sugar Pea and I added in a lot of other odds and ends.

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  8. Love your whimsical design on their background. Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday. Hope to see you again.
    Barbara

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  9. Lovely, what more can I say?!

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  10. Great take on the picture with your patterned background. Lindsey x

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  11. I LOVE this sweet and simple card!! Would you mind sharing where you got that fabulous YOU die?? I love the font : )

    Thank you for joining us at Seize The Birthday!

    Patti

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  12. A super stunning and spectacular take on the photo inspiration. Love the bold die-cut word against the fantastic stamped BG. Just perfect and thanks for sharing at Uniko this month. Sarah

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  13. Thanks for joining Penny Black & More @ Allsorts challenge with this great entry, good luck.
    Happy crafting
    Tracy x

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  14. Lovely and pretty card.
    Thank you for sharing over at Penny Black and more;-))m

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  15. Beautiful stamping! So glad that you join the fun over Virginia’s View “All about Colors” Challenge! WONDERFUL!

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