For this card I'm using the Tim Holtz echinacea stamp set that comes with a lovely splatter stencil.
I decided before starting that I was going to stay true to the purple/pink colouring of echinacea and coloured them with Kuretake watercolouring pens, I distressed the background using Tea Dye Distressed ink with the stencil and a BoBunny netting stamp.
I added a strip of embroidery anglaise (love that stuff especially clothes, its girly) that was dyed, wrapped a length of string around it for a bit of interest. Stamped the 'smile' stamp numerous times - blimey that stamp does not like ink and I'm thankful I have the Tim Holtz stamping platform that made light work of the many times it took to be completely black. Fussy cut around it and adhered it to the card with 3D foam.
A close up of the flowers, I actually enjoyed colouring these and finally found a happy medium between me and my Kuretake, doubt it will continue as we have a love/hate relationship.
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Supplies: Tim Holtz Echinacea clear stamps and splatter stencil, BoBunny netting clear stamp, Heidi Swapp 'Smile' sentiment, Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress ink, Stazon jet black ink, a length of embroidery anglaise, basic parcel string and KaiserCraft brown gems.
This is a great card with the classic TH touches - I like cone flowers too and didn't realise he'd done a stamp set!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, Claire. The beautifully coloured flowers are stunning. xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and great colouring! Thanks for joining us at Love To Craft! Challenge Blog! Hope to see you again soon!!
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Ann DT
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What a lovely bright and cheery card and so beautifully coloured.
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B x
Wonderful card, so lovely.
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Anke
Hi Claire, a beautiful card, lovely flower stamps and lots of texture. Have a wonderful weekend... Megan
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous card, The flowers are beautifully coloured and love the netting stamp. Thank you for sharing with us at Daisy Chain and good luck in the draw.
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Claire this is beautiful and I love the pop of pink on the flowers.
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Desíre
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I love seeing the same stamps used in different ways - this is a totally different look to the one in the post above, but equally lovely.
ReplyDeleteA really gorgeous card Claire. I love the colour of your flower and the background looks great. Your design looks super. Barbxx
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful card, definitely made me smile.
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Jean xx
Love the look of this card. It's always a good card (to me) whenever splats are involved!
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Love the echinacea flowers, Claire, and you've coloured them so beautifully. The whole card design is very striking, simply gorgeous! Thank you for sharing it with us at Stamping Sensations.
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A bit like me and watercolours, sometimes I achieve and awesome result and other times it just doesn't work no matter what I try. Lovely, lovely card, adore the echinacea flowers in real life and love the way you've used the stamps here Karen xx
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