Saturday 7 February 2015

Blended OLC Poppy Birthday

 
Paper Learning Curve- Grá O'Neill: Clearly Besotted Stamps Brushed Poppies, Fabulous Fuchsias

I love the way in which Distress inks blend. However, my flowers blended a little too well, as I stamped the second colour while the first was still very wet, resulting in very little definition between them. I restamped the darker colour and used a watercolour brush to aid the process. The stems underwent the same procedure minus the restamping and the background square was doodled with a watercolour brush.


Paper Learning Curve- Grá O'Neill: Clearly Besotted Stamps Brushed Poppies, Fabulous Fuchsias

I added some Wink of Stella to the flower sentiments and stamped the sentiment in Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black.

This is a special birthday card for my Auntie Pauline. I've posted it a little early, but as she doesn't have an internet connection, I'm pretty certain it will remain a surprise until the postman delivers it! Hopefully this will bring a little brightness and beauty to the still dull February days!

A quick shout out for Craft for the Craic who turn one this month: Lá breithe sona duit, go maire tú an céad!

Challenges:
CAS-ual Fridays CFC136: Must Love Watercolor
Craft for the Craic February Challenge: Birthdays or Anniversary
One-Layer Simplicity Challenge OLS13: You Blend!
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: All Things Bright & Beautiful

http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.ie/2015/01/cfc136.html

http://craftforthecraic.blogspot.ie/2015/02/happy-1st-birthday.html
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog


Supplies
Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps Brushed Poppies, Sentiment
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles

Ink: Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Pumice Stone
Paper: Watercolour card from stash
Highlights: wink of stella


Hope you enjoyed your visit & see you again soon!

16 comments:

  1. I agree- those inks blend nicely. I find your card utterly charming. Your auntie will love it. So glad to have found you through Simon Says Stamp's challenge.

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  2. Very lovely, serene and thought provoking, the ideal of a wonderful watercolour!

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  3. Ohmygoodness! This is a beautiful card, so soft and yet so bold at the same time. The blending turned out perfectly...even if you didn't like it at first, you turned what you saw as a negative into a positive because the end result is stunning! Thanks so much for joining us at the One-Layer Simplicity challenge. It's beautiful.

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  4. This is so pretty and I love the colour combination which I wouldn't have thought of using myself.
    Heather T

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  5. Such a gorgeous creation, love the colours that you have chosen, thank you for joining us at Simon Says Challenge this time, hugs Pops x

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  6. Absolutely Fabulous !!!! I can't believe this is stamped - it looks like something out of the Musee d'Orsay !!!!

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  7. gorgeous card! i think it came out beautifully- Thanks so much for joining us along with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

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  8. Really gorgeous! Love your watercoloring, and perfect CAS!

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  9. Such pretty flowers, Thanks for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays, Rebecca x

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  10. Wow - real skill here! Very beautiful.

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  11. Absolutely stunning!! Love your watercolouring.Thanks for joining us at CAS-ual Friday´s.
    Hugs
    Archana

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  12. Gorgeous flowers! Thanks so much for playing along with the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge!

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  13. I tried to comment here last week, but couldn't. This is a fabulous technique and I love the effect! Gorgeous card. Thankyou for joining us at Craft for the Craic

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    1. Thanks for your lovely comment, I had great fun with the challenges! Hopefully all is in order now :)

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