I went with the ads for Bulmers, which is an Irish brand of cider. They do beautiful posters with orchards full of blossom and bees for the Spring ads, and then the apple harvest for the autumn campaign and a snow-filled one (Ireland, really???) in winter. And the catchphrase is "Nothing added but time..." So I have blossom and a bee plus a clock, then an apple...and looking ahead, some faint autumn leaves fallen to the ground.
I started by stamping and masking the apple, then stamped the clock. The "apple blossom" was stamped around the edges, and on a scrap of paper for fussy-cutting. I stamped a couple of leaves very faintly on the "ground". Most colouring was done with pencils, but I reverse-masked the clock and sponged it. I used a brad and two little stamped leaves to.make the clock hands, and added a bee; no pollination of the flowers, no apples!
For the base, I used a gold leafing pen to draw spirals, and then sponged it with distress stain.
I may have omitted a few details, I'll add them after work. Forgot to upload this before going to bed, and had to do it from my phone and memory.
Oh yes, couldn't find a suitable sentiment, so to fill the blank space in the bottom left I used an extra leaf from the apple image to add dimension and fill the blank space.
Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 GMT Views: 1885
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Registered: October 19, 2007 Location: Packer Country, WI Posts: 72048
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 @ 3:35 PM
Thanks for this GREAT challenge......it is so much fun. Your card could be a poster for the company....love how you did all the elements. Those leaf hands are super clever. Tfs
Registered: August 10, 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 25290
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 @ 8:38 PM
Beautiful card, Sabrina!! Love the coloring on the peach, and the gorgeous bee caught my eye immediately! The clock with the leaf hands is striking as well as the beautiful flowers!!
Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Sat, Apr 16, 2016 @ 9:04 AM
This is a 10 plus on any scale, Sabrina. I can'T believe how great you are at combining stamps and techniques. This has such a terrific look to it. Those pink blossoms turned out beautifully. Faved.