The sketch today seemed pretty easy & digging through my stash of stuff, I came across this poppy. It was already stamped on a watercolor background & I thought it might work out for the sketch. I did use a water brush to "lift" a bit of the color in areas on the poppy for highlights. I just think it adds a bit more depth to the image.
I die cut it with a mega oval then decided I wanted it a little smaller, but in order to make it smaller I had to do a little out of the box with it. After adding a black mat, I thought it looked a little too small, lol. So I attached it back on top of the layer I cut it out of originally.
For the divided bg panel, mine is not actually 2 panels..just one panel divided by a black strip. Down the left side, I die cut the grid & added some of the leftover water color pieces. On the right, I embossed it w/ a cherry blossom folder & used little punched circles for the centers. Since there isn't a lot of space left, I didn't add a greeting.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 GMT Views: 1546
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Registered: April 16, 2008 Location: Meridian, Idaho Posts: 8507
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 @ 8:26 PM
Your flower is sooo gorgeous!! Than, the mix of the embossed flowers on one side of the card and the grid on the other is simply brilliant. Into my favs!
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Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Thu, Apr 09, 2015 @ 12:01 AM
Like the others, I so agree. Gorgeous and so dramatic, love the screen strip down the side, and your poppies....Beautiful....well done...tfs.
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Registered: January 6, 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 20543
Thu, Apr 09, 2015 @ 8:33 PM
I love the depth and texture in this card. It just POPS in the gallery!
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Fri, Apr 10, 2015 @ 9:25 AM
Wow, Julie, this is stunning! I love the poppy and the vibrant colors, and your embossing is beautiful! (Love that embossing on the right especially!) Hugs!
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