Saturday, 19 May 2018

Floral Happy Birthday

I love flowers on cards and there are few challenges featuring blooms/nature or floral bouquets this week and I couldn't resist taking part.

I'm currently in my pastel/Spring phase so apologies for lots of pinks etc





I used Altenew Wild Hibiscus stamps, heat embossed in white, watercoloured with Gansai Tambi and fussy cut.  The leaves are a Tim Holtz die and also watercoloured.  I also used Memory Box Chloe stem, die cut from linen cardstock to add interest.  For the hexagon I first used Weathered Wood Distress Ink to create the wood grain then just die cut the shape.




I was stumped for ages trying to find a sentiment, then I remembered my old box of metal embellishments I used for my scrapbooks.  After finally finding said box, I was delighted that they really suited the card and that was it... done and dusted.

Challenge Links...

Inspired By - Photo Inspiration (hexagon and pink flowers)
Card Concept - Photo Inspiration (clean and layered/pink flowers, white and leaves)
HLS - Anything Goes with Dies
Stamping Sensations - Close to Nature
Addicted to Stamps - Make your Mark (watercolouring)

  

16 comments:

  1. Beautiful card, Claire. Lovely design and I love the delicately coloured flowers. xx

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  2. Gorgeous! I love your layout and the soft flowers.

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  3. What a beautiful designed card, I love how you have used the hexagon die cut as your background, it looks lovely against your beautiful flowers .
    Hugs Babs x

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  4. Your flowers are beautiful and look amazing on your card! Loving the big hex for the background and that sentiment is pretty cool too! Well done!

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  5. A lovely card - and no apologies needed for the pretty pink shades! Thanks for sharing with us at Stamping Sensations.

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  6. So pretty Claire and all blooms should be pink anyway so no apology necessary!! xx

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  7. Very pretty! I don't find 'flower arranging' on a card very easy and I think you've done a great job.

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  8. Hi Claire, a stunning card, love the soft colours and the hexagon background with the wood grain effect. Have a wonderful week... Megan

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  9. So pretty and such very delicate blooms, many thanks for joining us in with our May challenge at Stamping Sensations.

    B x

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  10. Absolutely beautiful! Love the hexagon background! Thanks for playing at Inspired By :)

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  11. The hexagon is such great background for those beautiful flowers! And your colouring is gorgous! Glad I cane for a closer look :)!

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  12. This is GORGEOUS! I love the white embossing and coloring, and the background wood panel is a perfect accompaniment! So happy you shared it with us at Inspired By this week!

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  13. Gorgeous Design! Love the background and the beautiful flowers. Great inspiration! Thanks for joining us at HLS Anything Goes with Dies!

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  14. Striking card...
    Thank you for sharing with Addicted to Stamps and More!
    Susan
    Addicted to Stamps and More
    Calling All Crafters! – My personal Blog!

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  15. This is a beautiful card, I love the hexagon background and flowers! Thanks for joining us at Addicted to Stamps and More!

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  16. I love your pastel/spring phase - this card is beautiful! Thanks so much for joining us this week at The Card Concept.

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