My boss requested a mother's day card, I said "what colors are you thinking"; he stared at me blankly for a solid minute and said "she wears black, that's all she wears"; well me too buddy, so we can do this! ;)
I made sure the background had some fun black (actually light AND dark gray) going on using a stencil and added lots of color and dimension to the gorgeous flowers from Concord & 9th, Hello Lovely set. The image was embossed twice, once on Ranger water color paper and once on Copic card stock for the pieces cut to add dimension.
The image was colored with Tombow makers and a water brush. I splashed on lots of color from various inks watered down slightly. Fun, messy and colorful - I used a WPlus9 set for the inside and some washi tape to finish it off.
Registered: June 13, 2008 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 23771
Wed, Dec 13, 2017 @ 11:20 AM
Love all the gorgeous colours of the flowers! I would never have thought to do that random stencilling in the background - it sets the flowers off so well. No wonder you chose it as a card you are proud of!
------------------------------ Susan
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Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 91162
Wed, Dec 13, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
Ha, ha I bet you really had a good laugh on the inside when you boss said she wears black. I am sure you could not laugh at him in person but if a chuckle slipped out I am sure if he got to thinking about that chuckle he probably had a good laugh at himself. This card for him is just amazing and I can see why this is one of your two favorites for 2017.