Karen gave us a very trickly Technique Lovers' Challenge today - "All Natural Impressions" - to press real flowers or leaves onto paper using a Big Shot or Cuttlebug.
I tried several different flowers and leaves and was happiest with this very muted hydrangea impression. The flowers were quite faded so didn't give a lot of colour but impressed into the mixed media paper leaving a slight letterpress effect and some faint colouring around each blossom.
I framed it with green cs, added a green sentiment, and mounted on a rustic cs base.
Date: Monday, August 29, 2016 GMT Views: 843
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Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Mon, Aug 29, 2016 @ 6:07 PM
Wow, it even looks like a hydrangea! This is one technique that didn't work for me. I always get a mess, nothing resembling a flower. I love how yours turned out, Susan!
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92678
Mon, Aug 29, 2016 @ 6:21 PM
Lovely card, Susan and the hydrangeas turned out beautifully. I did this technique a few years ago with pink and blue hydrangeas and mine turned out BEIGE....who would have thought! The green framing brings out the green of your main panel so nicely.
Registered: August 10, 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 25290
Mon, Aug 29, 2016 @ 7:58 PM
Oh, Susan, your card turned out great using the technique!! The impressions surely are of a hydrangea, my favorite flower! I am very impressed with the card.
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132008
Mon, Aug 29, 2016 @ 11:10 PM
Gosh, I'm impressed that you got such a great and beautiful result from hydrangea.I love the sort of dappled textured look. The deep matting and little sentiment finish it perfectly, since it's beautiful enough to stand as a focal image and not a background.
Registered: June 22, 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 126616
Tue, Aug 30, 2016 @ 3:09 AM
wow Susan, your pressed flowers look like they have such a wonderful texture...so interesting and pretty.
Thanks so very much for playing along with the challenge today!
Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563