Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Catching up

Hi  I have been trying to get some card making done between household chores and a project hubs has me working on.  Today I wanted to get this card in for the Lawnscapping Challenge #99 - clean and simple.

http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/2015/02/lawnscaping-challenge-99-clean-and.html
Click on image to link to challenge page

I went with one of my favorite non-holiday sets Our Friendship Grows.  I love these sunflowers.  They were stamped and heat embossed in white on watercolor paper.  Coloring was done with Distress Markers in  Vintage Photo, Black Soot, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Crushed Olive and Forest Moss.


My sentiment came from an unknown set from A Muse Studios.  I liked the sway of the sentiment and how it anchored my off set stems.  I heat embossed it with Rangers Liquid Platimum. The flowers and leaves were bathed in wink of stella - my brush that ran out of liquid and I refilled with water for watercolor projects. To give the stems a bit of contrast a very faint wash of Distress Marker in Tumbled glass was added in a very loose pool around the images.  I couldn't help myself...I had to add a few clear sequins as well to finish the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

7 comments:

Darnell said...

This is stunning, Cat! It's hard to catch sparkle and shine in photos, but this gorgeous sunflower card literally glistens!! Hugs, Darnell

Jean said...

Ditto Darnell's comment - stunning!! Love those sunflowers!

Barb Ghig said...

Beautiful water coloring on these sunflowers, Cindy! Love the sequins and your CAS design on this card, too!

Elise C. said...

Wow, beautiful! The coloring is so, so pretty! Thanks for playing along with us at Lawnscaping!! :)

Samantha Mann said...

oh wow! such a lovely card! the watercoloring is so pretty! i LOVE those sunflowers!! thank you for playing along with the Lawnscaping Challenge! :D

Leslie Hanna said...

Gorgeous!!!! I love the wash of color around the flowers, and your flowers are beautifully colored, too!

Greta said...

Oh wow--this is gorgeous, Cat! That sentiment placement is just perfect & I think I "need" the Liquid Platinum!