Thursday, April 11, 2013

Spring Flowers


Spring is trying its best to appear in the UK, so I'm encouraging it by making this spring flower card.  The inspiration has come from the following challenges:

ColourQ
Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger
MUSE Challenge #12

So here's the full version of my card, which I'm also entering into Simon Says April Showers And/Or Flowers, and One Layer Wednesday, hosted this week by Heather, where the challenge is to use a tall/thin card. Does it still count if it's lying down, Heather?


I white-embossed the flower stamp (3868J Portraits by Penny Black) three times, then masked all the flowers (took forever!) while I stamped the leaf from Paper Smooches Reflections using Versafine Smoky Grey in the gaps.  Then I removed the masks and coloured the flowers with a very wet chinese water brush loaded with a combination of Victorian Velvet and Worn Lipstick distress inks.  Once that dried I added a bit of Scattered Straw distress ink to the flower centres.  The flower directly above "happy" didn't stamp cleanly, but fortunately it left a nice little niche for the sentiment (Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler) to fit into.

Blogger is throwing a wobbler and won't let me link the image addresses, so I've had to download them to my computer.  Anyone else having the same problems?

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24 comments:

  1. Ardyth11 April 2013 at 19:19

    THUD! OH MY GOODNESS! Those colours are absolutely, stunningly breathtaking. I love the watercoloured look of your flowers and the grey for the leaves (I can see some intricate masking going on here!) WOW! Thanks so much for playing along with Muse!

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  2. G Peplow11 April 2013 at 20:55

    WOW what a beauty, well done Shirley. Well worth all that effort, I love your card :0) Thank you for your kind words, I am now aware that you have to download the app to validate the find my iPad feature, I thought it would work just by switching the on button, silly me! It's all magic anyhow LOL
    Hugs Gay x

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  3. Angela11 April 2013 at 21:04

    My goodness, talk about a stunner! The white embossing and coloring and everything... totally worth the effort!

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  4. Kara11 April 2013 at 22:18

    so so beautiful!!

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  5. lostinpaper11 April 2013 at 22:36

    Gobsmackingly wonderful and so so pinned!

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  6. Bridget11 April 2013 at 23:09

    Wow, how gorgeous, love your interpretation of the magnolias!!

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  7. Barb Ghig11 April 2013 at 23:36

    Absolutely gorgeous card! I love your color palette...so pretty!

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  8. Anonymous12 April 2013 at 02:23

    Beautiful colours and a great "tall and thin while lying down" layout! I love the layering of your images; its all so pretty.
    Heather T

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  9. Unknown12 April 2013 at 04:17

    Stunning! The masking may have taken forever, but the end results are worth it. This is just amazing. I'm so glad you were able to join us this week at the colourQ.

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  10. Sylvia12 April 2013 at 05:04

    Lovely card, Shirley, your stamping is beautiful! Thanks for sharing with us at the colourQ.

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  11. Laurespage12 April 2013 at 07:41

    Wow a beautiful card !
    Laurette

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  12. Jenny12 April 2013 at 08:12

    I just love those flowers, the watercolouring is superb... the whole design is stunning, love the contrast of the bold leaves and delicate flowers.
    I think we'll be seeing this again in a winners post!! :0)
    Jenny x

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  13. Janet a.k.a. swanlady2112 April 2013 at 08:50

    So soft and pretty. Love it (and yes also having problems linking pictures)

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  14. Michelle12 April 2013 at 09:09

    Gorgeous, Shirley! your colouring is beautiful!

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  15. Meg12 April 2013 at 09:49

    This is just stunning - the flowers have a ethereal quality to them. I just love it.

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  16. Geri12 April 2013 at 17:32

    ... it seems like Blogger isn't playing nicely with a whole lot of people!

    Your card is stunning Shirley and is sporting some pretty dang amazing masking! Beautiful water coloring. I love where you tucked the sentiment (especially when you can turn and oooops in to a ta-da!!!)

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  17. Anonymous12 April 2013 at 21:26

    Gasp! Utter delight, Shirley, all that masking was so worth it for this wonderful soft, delicate, beautiful card ... I love every little bit of it! Anita :)

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  18. Patrice12 April 2013 at 23:46

    Fantastic - I hope you'll link up at 52 Card Pickup this week!

    http://www.oldbackporch.com/2013/04/52-card-pickup-215.html

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  19. Joy13 April 2013 at 10:49

    Um!! WOWSERS!! this is stunning.. thanks for joining us at Simon Says Challenge blog

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  20. Wida13 April 2013 at 16:55

    I sure hope you entered Stamping Royalty Shirley

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  21. Karen Davis14 April 2013 at 02:37

    What a stunning card! Beautifully done.

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  22. Karen M14 April 2013 at 10:54

    Your card is stunning - I love your beautiful flowers - hugs xx

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  23. Godelieve14 April 2013 at 13:05

    How gorgeous! Love the soft look of your card.

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  24. Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Editor14 April 2013 at 16:32

    Hey Shirley! Thanks for linking this up to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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