Polly is this week's hostess for the Teapot Tuesday challenge ~ MMTPT561 Hug-a-thon.
I was trying to think if I had any images relating to hugs, but since we were told that Amanda likes hydrangeas and blue, I thought I'd run with that. I'm not sure if these flowers are actually hydrangeas, but they're close enough.
Wrinkle free distress on white card with distress oxide. When dry, I stamped and embossed the verse, and stamped the image twice along the bottom and embossed it. Used bleach to bleach out the leaves (which were actually lovely in white, but I wanted the contrast of the green so I used reinker to colour them), and the blossoms. Added Stickles to the blossoms. Matted onto gold mirror card and then a white base.
I'm not a big embellishments person, but Stickles and Liquid Pearls are certainly staples in my repertoire, and since it's the Stickles that live under my desk while I have to walk over to a shelf for the Liquid Pearls, it must be that Stickles are my favourite.
Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 GMT Views: 1388
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Tue, Apr 23, 2019 @ 10:14 AM
Beautiful card! Love it.
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Tue, Apr 23, 2019 @ 10:35 AM
Just a beautiful card for Amanda, Sabrina. I love the verse and your pretty flower garden. Really, I love every inch of this card. I had a chuckle about why your Stickles were your favorite this time.
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Tue, Apr 23, 2019 @ 12:28 PM
I agree with Jean, your background is extraordinary. I also love the scale of the blossoms against the scripture. Not sure I would have guessed stickles! Your gold mirrored mat is perfect.
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Tue, Apr 23, 2019 @ 1:04 PM
That bg combined with the scripture make for a wonderful card . I love the flowers and it's hard to see the stickles but I know how special they make just about anything. Gorgeous!
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Wed, Apr 24, 2019 @ 8:22 AM
I thought of bears and said have hydrangeas in bears hands but changed mine---Love your background of colors and really great sentiment and should go into a frame.
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Wed, Apr 24, 2019 @ 9:20 AM
Wow, gorgeous! The background is fabulous. Love, love the sentiment verse. I like the different fonts and the encouraging words. The flowers at the bottom are excellent. Wonderful card! TFS