Saturday 29 July 2017

Wet Saturday ...

Today has been a typical British Summer's day ... it has been raining for most of the afternoon!  I did manage to spend an hour sorting my garden this morning but it definitely needs lots more time spending on it but rain stopped play ... so I had to come in and start crafting!!

I've only managed to create one card ... it seemed to take ages to water colour the panel and then I didn't know what else to do with it!!  Eventually this is the finished card:



I stamped and heat embossed the image before water colouring it with distress inks.  I trimmed the panel and stitched it to the card base.  A stamped and heat embossed the sentiment and adhered it with foam tape to add some dimension.

I used:
STAMPlorations - Bloomtangled ATC #1 
UNIKO - Pure Florals Cosmos
Distress Inks - Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Festive Berries, Carved Pumpkin and Ripe Persimmon
White machine Thread
Wow White Embossing Powder

I am entering this into the following:

"Less is More"  #339

Stamping Sensations July Challenge - Anything with Flowers

STAMPlorations Never ending Anything Goes Challenge

Enjoy!

11 comments:

  1. Stunning card, I love the beautiful watercolour panel and that you have stitched it to the base :)
    Hugs Kaz xx

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  2. What a wonderful card, Elaine! Your water coloring looks stunning and I love the stitching, it gives this card a very unique feel and adds a lot of interest! Great job! Thanks for joining us at Less Is More!

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  3. very neat stitching and fabulous coloring, love it

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  4. Beautifully watercolouring and amazingly accurate stitching! Just wonderful x

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  5. I love this card, something about the colours, simplicity and stitching. It all just works so well x

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  6. This is totally stunning, Elaine. What a gorgeous, vibrant look. I've had to Pin this to look at again in future - absolutely wonderful! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Less is More :)

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  7. This is fabulous, Elaine! Love the stitching, and the bright colours against the white embossing. Thank you for sharing it with us at Stamping Sensations.

    Lynne

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  8. This is glorious, loving the image and colours

    Kathyk

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  9. Goodness, your watercolouring is just gorgeous, Elaine ... bold, vibrant and brilliant against all that glorious white! Anita :)

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  10. This is absolutely gorgeous. Love the stitched detail.

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  11. This is absolutely gorgeous. Love the stitched detail.

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