Hello everyone. I hope you are all doing well. It’s been a few days since my last card posting, as I have been back at work this week, and kinda lost my mojo! Then – I opened my new Catherine Pooler ‘Stamp of Approval’ box – hey presto – mojo back!
I had a look through some challenge blogs, and came across a few I could merge together. The colour scheme is from Color Throwdown – red, yellow, green – and I also did some masking, which is the theme from the Tuesday Throwdown this week. I struggle with masking – let me know if you don’t and what the trick is – but I still keep trying, as I like the look of a single layer, and the stamps giving the impression of dimension.
For this card, I used a Stamp of Approval mask, taping some of it off, and used my blending tool with ‘Tiara’ ink – also from Catherine Pooler. This gave the leaf background panel. I then stamped the solid red flower in ‘Rockin’ Red’, masking it off to stamp the leaves in ‘Grass Skirt’.
I liked how this turned out, and found that the inks stayed true to their colours, despite stamping on top of the yellow.
The sentiment is a die cut from the same box, and the two smaller words stamped directly onto the card with Versafine black Onyx.
The used my wonky rectangles again – you just knew, didn’t you? – and layered onto a green card base.
I shall be entering the following challenges:
Color Throwdown – red, yellow, green
Tuesday Throwdown – masking
Watercooler Wednesday – anything goes
Addicted to Stamps and More – make your mark
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge – anything goes
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Very beautiful and elegant! Great to see you in the ATSM gallery. All the very best. Hope you join in again soon. Nandini, DT
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Thank you very much, Nandini. 🙂
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What a lovely card! I love how bold and yet still CAS! Wonderful jobon this! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Watercooler Wednesday!
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Thank you very much, Judy. ☺
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Your card design is fantastic! Thanks so much for joining us over at the Color Throwdown.
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Thank you so much, Lynn. ☺
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Beautiful! Love the masked background against the pop of colour from the flower. Thanks for joining us at Watercooler Wednesday.
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Thank you, Gail. ☺
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Thanks for sharing your card creation and joining us this week for the Watercooler Wednesday “Anything Goes” challenge. You’ve managed to mix so many challenges and come out with such a great card. I really like the stencilled leaves and stitched edging on this card. Perfect colour workup too.
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Thank you very much, Penny. It all seemed to come together – thank goodness! 🙂
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So pretty! I love the partial stenciled background! Thanks for sharing with us this week at the Color Throwdown!
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Thank you Broni – I though it lent a certain ‘something’ (don’t know what, though) to the card. 🙂
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BEAUTIFULLY stamped! Love love it! Thanks so much for playing Simon Says Stamp Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge! Beautiful colors and design. Well done!
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Thank you very much, Virginia. 🙂
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Lovely card! The colors are pretty and it does look dimensional… the black sentiment looks great on it♡
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Thank you – I do like my black sentiments! 🙂
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Beautiful card…love your gorgeous flower and that soft yellow background. Thank you so much for playing along with us at ATSM!
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Thank you so much, Kim. 🙂
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Wow! Yes, you certainly do have your Mojo back. As always, love those wonderful Wonky rectangles. The stitches make such a perfect frame for your piece of art. Love the flower, both the colour and that design. Great job combining (merging) those varied challenges to create your very own vision. Thanks so much for joining our Watercooler Wednesday Challenge this week.
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Thank you very much, Heidi. I’m glad you like it. 🙂
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