Peony Friend

Hello again. A little messy play to create this card:

The peony was created using the ‘Lovely Layers: Peony‘ from Honey Bee Stamps, and the colour scheme from the current Color Throwdown challenge.

My first job was to die cut each of the layers for the flower, buds, and leaves from water colour card stock. I used Crafters Companion water-colour card, not one I would normally for water-colouring, but for this flower I was going with messy and imperfect.

I used Picked Raspberry Distress Ink, smooshed onto my glass mat, spritz of water, then just dolloped and swiped it onto the die cuts. I tried to keep the lower die cuts darker, and added a little more colour into the back areas I knew were going to come through and be seen.

I did the same with the leaves, a couple of shades of green – only because my first green wasn’t dark enough for me so I went darker – and even messier. I didn’t get full coverage, but that is what I was aiming for – just a dollop and a swipe of colour.

Whilst the die cuts were drying, I used a large panel of white card stock – this card is 5 x 7 inches – and used a Hero Arts layering stencil and some yellow Distress Ink to create the subtle background. I used all three layers, but the same colour.

I wasn’t concerned about getting full coverage with the stencil either – some areas softer than others, and an uneven edge.

Once that stenciled panel was adhered to the card base, I glued all the floral and bud layers – rolling the edges of the leaves round a pen to create more dimension in the leaves – and played around with the layout until I was satisfied.

The sentiment was added – a hot foiled strip – and I added some black enamel dots instead of splatters – and some clear dots onto some of the petals of the peony.

Every now and again I get into a messy playing mood, and just create backgrounds, use paste, and generally get my hands inky. That way I have panels I can use in the future, especially when I want to die cut for backgrounds, or die cut elements to add to a card.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Color Throwdown – pink, yellow, green

Try It On Tuesday – use a stencil

Lil red Wagon – florals

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms – flowers

18 thoughts on “Peony Friend”

  2. Diane Hover's avatar

    Gorgeous floral card!!

    Thank you for joining our challenge at Beautiful Blossoms!

    Diane BB DT

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  3. Unknown's avatar

    Hi Lynda, a beautiful peony, love the soft stencilled design behind your rose. Thank you for joining us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, good luck in the prize draw…

    Megan DT LPoCF

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  5. Unknown's avatar

    Stunning Peonies one of my favourite dies of all time and the colour is gorgeous, beautiful card..

    Thank you so much for joining in with our challenge at Little Red Wagon, hope you will play again..

     Luv CHRISSYxx

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  8. lavenderhousecreations's avatar

    It won’t be long before my Peonies are in bloom and yours is a gorgeous creation that looks totally realistic. I think doing the inking the messy way has made for a better flower. I like the background too.

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