Hi Friends!
I love the texture of
the tiled background as well as all of the beautiful, bright blossoms and I was
inspired to create a fairly clean Mixed Media card!
I am also participating with the Simon Says Monday "Going Around in Circles" Challenge along with the Word Art Wednesday #440-#441 "Anything Goes" Challenge and the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog #135 Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge (top across Watercolor-Circles- Die Cut and diagonal Watercolor-Embossing- Bright Colors).
I used the retired SU! set, Choose Happiness which is several years old as well as the older digi set, Tulips in Hobnail Pitcher (this is at least two years old).
I used the retired SU! set, Choose Happiness which is several years old as well as the older digi set, Tulips in Hobnail Pitcher (this is at least two years old).
To create this card:
Print out the Tulips
in Hobnail Pitcher (Power Poppy by Marcella) onto white cardstock. Color the image using watercolor pencils,
water-based markers and water soluble graphite pencils.
Die cut the image
with a stitched circle die and using distress oxide ink, lightly stencil the
background.
Mount the circle onto
a die-cut black circle. Apply shimmer with a clear shimmer pen to the petals
and a green shimmer pen to the leaves.
On a piece of
watercolor paper, use turquoise watercolor powder along with distress oxide
inks and distress stains to add color to the background. Dry with a heat tool and emboss with a 3D Tin Tile embossing folder.
Add additional color
with distress stain, dry with the heat tool and once you are satisfied with the
color, apply pearl texture paste to add shimmer. Distress the edges with a distressing tool
and mount onto a piece of black cardstock.
Adhere the background
panel to a white card base, add the focal image with dimensional foam and add
the embossed sentiment to finish off the card.
Stamp
Sets: Tulips in Hobnail Pitcher (digi image-Power Poppy by Marcella), Choose
Happiness (retired Stampin’ Up!)
Ink/Mediums:
Black Printer Ink, Versafine™ Onyx Black, Derwent™ Watercolor Pencils and
Water-Soluble Graphite Pencil, Stampin’ Write Markers-Crushed Curry, Poppy
Parade, Tangerine Tango, Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, Wild Wasabi; Brushos®
Turquoise Watercolor Powder, Tim Holtz™ - Tumbled Glass, Broken China and
Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide, Picket Fence and Peacock Feathers Distress
Stain; Faber-Castell® Texture Luxe™ Pearl Texture Paste, Wink of Stella™ Clear
and Green Glitter Pen
Cardstock/Paper:
Whisper White, Basic Black; Watercolor
Tools/Accessories:
Gemini, Jr™, My Favorite Things Stitched Circle STAX Dies, Sizzix™ Circles
Dies; 3D Tin Tile Embossing Folder, Memory Box™ Distressed Tula Stencil,
Stencil Brush, Embossing Buddy®, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, AquaPainter™
Thanks
again for taking the time to stop by! I
hope I have inspired you to create your own card based on our {Bright Florals} photo and link up to our gallery at The Card Concept- we would love to see what inspired
you! The challenge is open until June 8th at noon EST.
4 comments:
Your colouring always amazes me. You achieve such vibrancy and depth. Love the way you've lightly stencilled in the background. Thank you for playing along with us again at Retro Rubber Challenge.
THis is gorgeous, Julie! You captured the feel of your inspiration photo perfectly!! I think we used the same EF as well! So happy that your retired set made it qualify for the Retro Rubber challenge too! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful card! I love the vase of flowers and love your coloring. Thanks for sharing with Retro Rubber Challenge Blog.
Julie, your cards are always so wonderful! I love the richness of colour in the flowers and the background. Thanks for joining us this time at Retro Rubber. Claire DT
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