Hi everyone, today I’d like to share a card I made for a friend’s birthday. As the weather and life generally has been so dull and miserable recently, I was in the mood to create something bright, cheerful and vibrant!
I die cut a stitched square of white stamping card then stamped and heat embossed the beautiful floral arrangement by Julie Hickey - I really do think this stamp has wow factor! I coloured the flowers with Zig pens, added some white Posca highlights then topped the two largest flowers with Wink of Stella for added sparkle. I stamped the greeting, then added gold Posca dots to the image and some spatter. When dry I matted onto a purple border and a 6” square card blank.
I was actually quite disappointed by my colouring of the purple flower - I started with the yellow one and was pleased with my shading, but the purple pens wouldn’t behave themselves very well so I ended up with a flatter colour. My Wink of Stella went a bit blobby as well, but never mind … I did my best!
Stamps: Julie Hickey - Julie’s Handpicked Blossom and Blooms;
Media: Versafine Clair (Nocturne); Kuretake Zig Clean Color watercolour pens; Wink of Stella (clear); Posca pens (white, gold); clear embossing powder;
Tools: Hunkydory Moonstone Duo- Stitched square die.
Challenges I would like to enter:
Beautiful Blossoms #38 - Anything Floral Goes with optional Mood board
Crafter’s Cafe #327 - For the Girls
Creative Color Girlz #1 - Anything Hand Coloured Goes (3rd entry)
Creative Moments #279 - Feminine
Heart’s Quest Celebrations of Love #2 2026 - Birthday
Passion for Markers #825 - Shop Your Stash
Triple B (February) - Birds, Butterflies and/or Blooms
Word Art Wednesday #740/741 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)
Take care, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,
16 comments:
Fabulous stamp and love the bright coloured flowers definitely vibrant and cheerful unlike the cold wet weather! The purple one looks fine to me too.
Carol x
Bright , cheerful and vibrant... this definitely fits the bill Pauline! It's beautiful - and the colouring looks perfect.
xx
Oh Pauline ... this is just GOrGEOUS! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Triple B challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Triple B Challenge Co-Owner
You've certainly achieved "bright, cheerful and vibrant" on this lovely card Pauline. It's gorgeous.
Hugs, Sarn xxx
These flowers are so beautiful and vibrant, and I love how your coloring turned out. Also really love the spatter on the background and the flowers.
Hi there Pauline, oh wow that's such a great stamp and a fabulous card - I love the bright colours you are completely right it has been dull and horrible and we all need cheering up! I figure the stamp is your stash use? Thanks for joining in with us for my challenge this week over at Passion for Markers, Sarah - DT
Gorgeous card Pauline, the flowers are fabulous.
Liz xx
WOW WOW WOW absolutely stunning Pauline, the colors shine so wonderfully.
Hugs
Anke
That stamp looks stunning coloured up in those bright colours, a really cheerful card.
Avril xx
Don't be disappointed with your colouring, they look amazing. Thanks for bringing some wonderful colour into my grey day xx
Pauline, you definitely brightened up the weather with this beautiful card. You’re right it does have a big “wow“ factor. I love how you colored it, but I especially love all the texture and dimension you added with the extra pens. Your friend will love it. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Word Art Wednesday. We appreciate your participation!
Such happy card. Love the bright and charming flowers! Happy Mail! Thanks for playing with us over at PFM.
Love n hugs
Marie
This is gorgeous Pauline - fabulous colouring and I bet your friend will be over the moon with such a fabulous card. Thanks for sharing with us at MAWTT
Wow this is such a gorgeous card! Those flowers are absolutely stunning.
Thanks for playing along with us at Creative Moments,
Hugz Tinz
You are correct about your friend's birthday card being cheerful and vibrant!! Very pretty! Thank you, belatedly, for sharing this pretty entry at HQCOLCB during February!!
Beautiful bright card and colours
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