This is for today's color challenge, to use regal rose, old olive, and peach parfait.
I had fun coloring this beautiful Flourishes image with colored pencils, odorless mineral spirits, and a paper blending stump! It is framed with a regal rose panel punched with the MS topiary PATP punch set. I love how that gives me the cool look of a die cut! And that is matted over a diamond cut from vintage book pages. I made my own paper flowers from scalloped circles punched from the vintage page scraps and then sprayed them with Smooch Spritz, a new purchase yesterday. I'm still trying to get the hang of using it. It's harder to aim than I thought it would be!
This card is likely to be a birthday card, although I left the inside blank until I decide for sure.
Paper: SU old olive and regal rose CS, the Paper Company CS, SU DP, vintage book pages
Ink: Palette noir black
Accessories: MS topiary PATP punch set, CM 1.5" square punch, EK small scallop circle punch, sewing machine, colored pencils, OMS, paper blending stump, brads, Pink Sprinkles Smooch Spritz
Registered: May 18, 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 24623
Tue, Jul 20, 2010 @ 5:49 PM
Emzi, you blew this one out of the water girl!! Look at this beauty!! Your hand-made flowers are gorgeous. I can't get mine to turn out that perfectly, but I'm still working on it. LOVE your PATP, beautiful dp and text b/g. You did an incredible vintage creation and tackled a bunch of challenges at the same time!! TFS!! P.S. Love your stitching too!
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Registered: October 31, 2007 Location: South Jersey Posts: 3782
Tue, Jul 20, 2010 @ 6:12 PM
I recognized this sketch right away! It looks really good with the homemade flowers (which are terrific, btw). And you did the color challenge...good also...and the Flourishes challenge....Oh, you are so good at combining them all!
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Registered: December 15, 2008 Location: Kingsland, Georgia Posts: 29927
Wed, Jul 21, 2010 @ 3:52 AM
Oh look at those flowers....how lovely. What a pretty card Emzi so full of wonderful colors and details. Love the layout, it perfect to accentuate the images and flowers. Beautiful work!
Bear Hugs,
Carol :O}
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Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83888
Wed, Jul 21, 2010 @ 1:57 PM
love that paper with the words on it used as bg dp and as flowers. This is a great layout - so clean and crisp. Love it!
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