This is reveal day for our April Card Chain Challenge and as it's also launch date for our new challenge at Try It On Tuesday this is the first of 2 posts from me today!
I love this Altenew Wallpaper Art stamp set even though the flowers are quite big but they are beautiful.
I don't though have the matching dies so this involved an awful lot of fussy cutting.
The colour combo was charcoal, lime and bumblebee so I used Altenew Pure Graphite ink on the flower and the big leaves the coloured with Nuvo Watercolour 'Willow Green' which is the nearest I could match to.
Bumblebee proved a little bit trickier as I tried a couple of yellows for the flower centre and they all looked wishy washy and almost the same as the lime! In the end I went for a Promarker (Canary) and brushed over a teeny bit of yellow Wink of Stella - doesn't show up very well in the pic either!
Stamped the sentiment and decided instead of 'drops' to do a bit of spattering... got a teeny bit carried away I think!
My card flew off to to Gail in Norway and this month a big thank you to my friend Hilary who sent me a beautiful card and some gorgeous foiling!
There's still time to join in the May challenge - pop over to the blog and sign up!
Thanks for looking today - hope you'll check out my DT post for TIOT as well and maybe link up there too! x
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12 comments:
Great job - managing to include all the elements of the challenge in this lovely card. Very neat fussy cutting which must have taken an age and I love the splatters, which just seem to finish it off nicely
Such a gorgeous card Viv. Glad to know that I'm not the only one who struggles to follow a sketch.
Sue xx
Wow - gorgeous take on the sketch and colors, Viv - love your big flower & your fussy cutting looks amazing!!
I think you have done yourself proud this month Viv. Your card is amazing. I am the same with following sketches, it actually seems to seize me up and I can't think of anything to do, so I know how you feel. You definitely cracked it this time though and those splatters are amazing. Glad you like my card and all the foiling xx
Fabulous card and love the beautiful flower and splatters
Carol x
I LOVE how you interpreted the sketch, Viv! And that flower is so pretty! I think you did just the right amount of splatters!
beautiful colour combo on the flower ♥
Wow!!! Is it possible to implement the sketch and the color specification more perfectly? A really impressive card!!
Gorgeous card Viv and your fussy cutting is brilliant...love the design and colours
Anne
Gorgeous floral card Viv... love how you used the CCC elements
This softly shaded flower and leaves stands out wonderfully well against the black and white background Viv, and a lovely added sentiment and spattering to finish, and no wonder you love that Altenew image as it is a real beauty. x
Also I have trouble with sketches. I think you've nailed it here. The colours are gorgeous on this beautiful flower.
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