Karen is our hostess this week, and she has challenged us with the pretty combo of Lost Lagoon, Island Indigo and Pear Pizzazz. Dessert this week is embossing, but I wasnÂ’t able to fit it into this design, so dieting this week!
This card was an experiment from beginning to end. I tried to match the Zig markers and the Distress Inks to the challenge colors, but I was only partially successful. The two flowers are different from each other, but both are too bright for Lost Lagoon. The leaves turned out more yellow than green. I think that was due to too much water on the watercolor paper. I did have a chance to use some new toys—the word is from “Fancy Words” by Reverse Confetti, and the white flowers and leaves are “Single Roses” by Simon Says Stamp.
Thanks for stopping by, and please play along with us this week!
Accessories: Candy Dots, Fancy Words die (Reverse Confetti), Single Roses die (SSS), Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers, Flourish Stencil (TH), Stitched Retangles STAX (MFT)
Barbara, this is just wonderful! I love the neat die cut flowers, against the flourished BG! The stitched sentiment frame and candy dots are great accents!
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Mon, Dec 28, 2015 @ 7:55 PM
What a fun bg, Barbara, and I LOVE those single roses -just love the look that kind of die cut makes! I know how hard it is to match colors, I had lots of trouble with the Lagoon color.
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Mon, Dec 28, 2015 @ 8:02 PM
This is so fun Barbara, and I would have thought the flowers were white embossed!! You def achieved the LOOK of dessert! ;) Gorgeous swirls of color, you nailed this color palette! ;)
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Tue, Dec 29, 2015 @ 12:57 PM
Oh, wow, I really love this, Barbara! Your stenciled background is gorgeous and I love these open flowers with the water colored layer behind them. I think I saw some other open flower images today in this challenge gallery, from SSS - they are so fun, I'll have to check them out! Wonderful creation today : )
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