Good Morning everyone
I had a couple of these pink ink foxgloves coloured in from a previous session so decided to use them on DL cards. My foxgloves are just sending up flower spikes in the garden so won't be long until they are in flower, and this last week more and more bumble bees have come out of hibernation which is lovely.
White DL (4x8") cardbase. I raided my background drawer for some that would go with the colour of the foxgloves which id previously coloured with inktense pencils and cut out. This background i think was made with oxide inks as its more matt in finish. I die cut it into a panel to fit the card front and stamped the foxglove stamp so that i got all the little swirly bits from the stamp and then decoupaged the coloured in version over the top.
I stamped the quote from the set onto white card and cut into a strip. I had a die cut using the fancy die i used for the topper that had moved while die cutting so i just cut the lacy edges off that were useable and glued to the back of my sentiment panel which i adhered in place with foam tape. Bumble bees were the ideal finishing touch.
I added posca pen to the dots on the foxglove centres to help them stand out and a touch of glitter glue to the bee wings.
Version 2 , this time i took a brusho'd background which was very lime & lemon and i felt too bright for the apricot foxgloves so i dulled down the colour using white gesso with flower stencils. It is very subtle and difficult to capture in the photo but its just enough to mute the background enough. Then the only over difference to the first card is butterflies instead of bees.
Lavinia butterflies stamped onto white, watercoloured with purple distress inks to be a contrast to the apricot flowers, cut out and arranged.
Items used:
Pink ink stamps 'flourishing foxgloves'
Lavinia mini butterfly stamps
Chocolate baroque stamps 'honey bee'
Art by marlene flower stencils
DL nested die set
Derwent inktense pencils
Brush's
Distress & Oxide inks
Thank you all for stopping by again. I hope you enjoy the rest of the week and then weekend. Emmax
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16 comments:
Stunning cards Ginny
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I forget how pretty Foxgloves are and your card represents them gorgeously. Thanks for playing along with us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge and we look forward to seeing more of your lovely designs soon.
Donna xx
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I love your fabulous card and background -love the beautiful Foxgloves-I have a little bed of these at the bottom of the garden.
Carol x
Sensational! The background on that first card is so beautiful. I love the addition of the bees - they look real! Outstanding cards.
Lynn
Gorgeous colourways Emma,fantastic fussy cutting on the foxgloves beautiful cards
What a beautiful card you have made. Your decoupaged foxglove is superb.I keep expecting to see some fairies peeking out from behind them. I must look tomorrow and see if I have any foxgloves coming up again this year.There are sure to be some in the Butterfly Garden. Hugs Mrs A.
stunning cards Emma
Kate x
These cards are gorgeous and the colours are glorious too! The foxgloves really stand out and just sit perfectly with your backgrounds. Hopefully, my foxgloves will be back in bloom this year, they make a striking display in the garden. Michelle
Absolutely stunning makes, love the sentiment too ... Steph x
These are both just beautiful but that first one really POPS ... the colors are gorgeous! Well done! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Four Seasons Challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back again soon.
Darlene
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Gorgeous Emma!! Xx
These were both extremely beautiful cards but my favorite was the background of the second card. Your flowers and attention to detail was amazing! Thanks so much for joining us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge.
This is stunning, Emma. Thank you so much for sharing this in our challenge at The Four Seasons. It's such a blessing to see your wonderful art and I appreciate you sharing it with us there. Have a blessed week.
Karen L, DT
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What stunning cards Emma, it must take you an age to cut everything out, I would end up making a right mess of it!!! Cutting not my forte, ha ha. Beautiful, love them both. Big hugs Kirsty. x
These are amazing!! What patience you must have.
Thanks for playing along with us at Creative Moments,
Hugz Tinz
Oh this is so so so so pretty! Thanks so much for sharing this at Beautiful Blossoms Challenge. Hope you come back often! xoxo, Aimeslee DT
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