Another card to share today, this one I did some water color “smooshing” instead of coloring. It opens up a whole new look for so many of my flower stamps!
These flowers were from a monthly Simon Says Stamp kit called “Look for the Rainbow.” I heat embossed the flowers with a pearl powder, it shows up well, but isn’t quite as bright as using white. I then used some distress oxide inks spritzed with water to make some ink puddles for smooshing the flowers in. I added several layers to get the look I wanted, then fussy cut them out.
These challenges led me to my final card:
Cut It Up! #220 – black and white w/a pop of color (my “pop” ended up kind of large!)
The Flower Challenge #54– shades of purple
Double D Challenges – Book Covers inspiration – Since I used purple I followed the shape of the flower cluster on the upper right book, and also used black as the background for them
And these additional challenges all are asking for flower themes:
Crafting Happiness #87 – flowers
Try it on Tuesday Challenge – Say it with flowers
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Beautiful blooms
Your flowers are just grand! I love how the water color smooshing technique created random, flowing colors that mimic natural flowers.
Thanks for sharing at Cut it Up for our Black & White + a Pop of Color challenge!
Evelyn
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OH WOW … this is just gorgeous Melanie! (I love purple) and your coloring is just fabulous! Very striking! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Book Covers’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
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WOW! Gorgeous card Melanie! Your smooshed flowers are so beautiful and they look amazing on the black background. Love the added texture from your embossed card front. Thanks for joining us at The Flower Challenge!
This is absolutely stunning!! I love the technique you used for the colors and the design, very beautifully created! Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
Diane DD DT {Nellies Nest}
Your card is just lovely! Thank you for joining our Cut it Up Challenge.
This is just gorgeous! LOVE the colors! Thanks for joining us at Try it on Tuesday!
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your art with us at Crafting Happiness Challenges. Hope you’ll link up again! We always have two challenge options: 1) weekly theme OR 2) Anything Goes for those who don’t want to use the theme. All craft types welcome, and Unlimited entries!
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🙂 Janis, Owner & Design Team