Saturday, February 3, 2018

Birthday Carnations

I have been desperate for signs of spring.  I miss my garden!!  I miss sunlight.  I miss sipping wine coffee on the deck, and long walks along the river trail behind our house.  
So, my flower stamps are getting a workout.  If I can't have my garden, I can at least stamp and color flowers, and dream of warmer days and plants sprouting from the ground. 
For my card today, I used Stampendous stamps.  The carnation is Cling Carnation Blooms, and the verse is from the Cling Fresh Peony set.  

I stamped onto Strathmore vellum bristol paper, and colored with Polychromos colored pencils.  I used a flicking technique, where I applied color with small flicks of the pencil to create texture.  I was striving to create the textured petals that carnations have.  Here is a close-up to show the flicking texture details...
The die along the right edge is from Altenew.  I used a Die-namics die to cut the flower panel.  I brushed some broken china distress ink along the edges.  It is layered onto a panel of mulberry card stock.  I created the script panel with a stencil The Crafter's Workshop Mini Believe Script.

I embossed the happy birthday, and used an EK Success punch for it, and layered it onto the front.  Some Ranger black enamel accents for embellishment.  

Thank you for visiting.  I think I will go water my house plants now.  Maybe I can get my Christmas cactus to flower again!  Sometimes it does around this time.  

I am adding my card to the The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge.

Blessings,
 

5 comments:

  1. You did An amazing job. A fabulous card Lynda x

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  2. Lovely carnations, Lynda! The pencil technique really adds depth to the carnation, just like real life. Love it!

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  3. This is beautiful, Lynda! Thank you so much for sharing with our products! Your coloring is wonderful, really enjoyed your "flicking" technique. That's a great description.

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  4. This gorgeous! I love the blue so much. I actually came over to have a closer look at your PBSC card, but I can't find the post.

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    1. Thanks. I forgot to post it on my blog. It is on here now.

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