It took me awhile to come up with what I wanted to do. I played around with some techniques yesterday for the CC colors Jeanne provided us. Because there is a lot of blue in orchid oasis, this was sort of like a primary color challenge and I think I like the color a lot, better than a pink/purple. The background is the wrinkle free distress, although is it that if you don't use Distress inks that will blend (I used reinkers)? Sometimes, if I feel a little stumped, I'll go to Pinterest, type in some colors and see what I get. Nothing jumped out at me particularly, but I started to think about orchid oasis and orchids. I have this lovely CS set that features an orchid so Bobs your uncle!! I used mini daubers to add the pink and orchid to the stamp, a little spritz of water and then two green markers that I thought were close to mossy meadow for the stem.
When I saw today's sketch, I knew that the orchid stamp would work. I used the die on the background instead of the image and popped it up. The cross pieces were cut from the baby wipe swipe on glossy that I did yesterday too. I think the colors are summery and we do have orchids growing in Wisconsin.
Finally, this is for Shelly's sister in law Diane. I continued with the Kintsugi theme, using the stamp that looks like broken glass. That is what Kintsugi is all about: taking something broken, fixing it and it becomes more beautiful. I wish Diane some tiny victories, if possible....maybe even the victory of serenity and peace. We're all broken at some time in our lives.
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Wow, Jean, this is just beautiful! I love the cool looking BG you created and I like the orchids placed behind, in the window opening! The daubered orchids are so pretty!
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Wed, Aug 17, 2022 @ 2:49 PM
Stunning. Love the way you layered the ink on the orchids and then featured them inside that wonderful framing. Great "bg" frame with those luscious colors. I simply love the symbolism using kintsugi inspiration for this. With that sentiment, it is the perfect energy/thought for Diane. I'm sure she will adore this.
And, I had not heard of kintsugi before, so thank for that introduction.
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Wed, Aug 17, 2022 @ 4:28 PM
This truly involved some artful planning! Beautiful mix of the colors! And yes ... same lovely technique for sure, reinkers or ink pads. (Auto-check thought I wanted to write "reindeers" ... we are not inking up any reindeer here!) LOL
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Thu, Aug 18, 2022 @ 1:55 AM
Exquisite card and fav’d. Diane is sure to love this beauty. Happy day
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Thu, Aug 18, 2022 @ 3:54 AM
So lovely! So much talent, contemplation and love were given to create this beautiful project to encourage Diane!
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Thu, Aug 18, 2022 @ 11:50 AM
A good sentiment for someone travelling that journey...I really like the stamp you used to add the kintsugi look, and those orchids look so like the ones our friend had in her kitchen last week, the colours are almost exactly the same.