Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back with a general birthday card today, using a retired Stampin’ Up! set – ‘lovely wishes’. These little tulip stems are so pretty and just perfect for spring cards. I’ve taken inspiration for this card from two of this week’s blog challenges – the layout is from the sketch over at CAS Colours and Sketches and I’ve used the three elements along the bottom row of the TicTacToe grid (birthday/colouring/yellow). I’m also going to share it over at Alphabet challenge (a new one for me), where the theme is ‘Y for Yellow’.
I started with one of the new background stamps from Claritystamp, and added Distress Oxide to it in ‘mustard seed’ and ‘mowed lawn’, using a sponge. I then stamped it onto a piece of white card, before adding the two tulips in Archival ‘shadow grey’ to form a crescent shape.
The next step was to colour in the flowers and leaves, using my trusty Spectrum Noir pencils. I used yellow and a pale orange for the flowers and two shades of green for the leaves.
All I then needed to do was add the sentiment from the set, in ‘shadow grey’, and a few green gems. I trimmed the card down to the edge of the background, and then mounted it on a 5×7 card blank.
We’ve had high winds here for the past couple of days, with a little bit of sunshine, and tomorrow is forecast to be sunny. Here’s hoping for a lovely day!
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Very soft colors and a beautiful image, lovely card! Thank you for joining us at the Alphabet Challenge.
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Oh so pretty! Love the simple color palette!
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Beautiful take on the sketch and lovely CAS design! I’m so glad you joined us at the Alphabet Challenge “Y” is for Yellow Theme! Hope to see your projects again in our gallery! Take care!
Rachelle : ) DT
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Love your blended background and the simple arch of tulips – I might have to dig this set out – totally forgot I had it! Thanks for playing along with our CAS Colours & Sketches layout and my tictactoe board too!
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The background is stunning, it’s the perfect backdrop for those tulips.
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Beautiful card. I love the sponged background and the softness of the gray ink for the image. Perfect. Your coloring is very nice as well. Very beautiful card. Thanks for joining us this week at CC&S
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Just beautiful! Thanks for playing along with us at CAS colours & Sketches Challenge. Looking forward to seeing your creative projects in the future galleries.
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Wow!! I love the fantastic background and the curvy tulips. Great job, Deborah. Thank you for playing along with CC&S challenge.
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This is simply beautiful. Thanks for joining my challenge at the Alphabet Challenge. Love Dawn x
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Deborah, this is really sweet and subtle. I love how you’ve used the sketch and your background is brilliant! Love it
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