This week's TLC Challenge was to stamp with real leaves. I have to admit I felt rather guilty wandering around my garden, looking for leaves to make this card, when there were so many fires burning in Sydney. Early Spring and already bushfires - we so need rain!
I chose to use hydrangea leaves, pressed the leaves into my inkpads and stamped onto the textured c/s randomly. When choosing an image for the centre - well, I just thought I had to stamp a hydrangea flower! This I stamped using markers, coloured flower and leaves using inkpads and blender pen. Added stickles to the flower.
This is also for this week's Colour Challenge but I chose to skip dessert.
TFL!
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Registered: March 7, 2009 Location: Where the corn is knee high by the 4th of July Posts: 17498
Tue, Sep 10, 2013 @ 10:04 PM
BEAUTIFUL card, Sue! Like the leaf stamped bkgrd and your focal, framed floral. Nice use of today's colors. I trust that you and yours are alright in re to the fires. Being a dry yr in the U.S., we've had many this yr, as well. Currently we have 12, four are the highest level, and all four are in CA. Prayers are going out from everywhere for those trying to get all these fires under control and for the people and animals that have lost their homes.
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92650
Wed, Sep 11, 2013 @ 3:34 AM
Sue, your bg with inked and stamped hydrangea leaves turned out fantastically. You managed to get wonderfully bold color. The center panel with the pretty pink hydrangea is a perfect tie-in motif.
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132007
Wed, Sep 11, 2013 @ 9:14 AM
What could go better with hydrangea leaves than a hydrangea flower . I love the dark colour you used on some of the leaves.
I'm sorry to hear that you've already got a problem with bush fires.
Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11275
Wed, Sep 11, 2013 @ 7:39 PM
The leaves look awesome stamped on the textured paper - what an added dimension! Beautiful card!
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Thu, Sep 12, 2013 @ 11:22 AM
SUE, you not only picked some great leaves, but stamping them onto textured cardstock was BRILLIANT!!! I love that "linen" look it gave your inky leaves!! Runs well with the color challenge too - awesome!
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