Hi everyone, I had a gel plate print left over from a previous crafty playtime and it reminded me of a misty, rainy sky, so I decided to make a simple scenic card for this month’s Lavinia Creative Challenge. Unfortunately I seem to have missed the challenge as this afternoon the entry box wasn’t there on the website - grr!
I don’t normally make sympathy cards to have in reserve in my stash, but the background on this card just spoke to me that way! Please excuse the poor photograph - it is SO dark here today!
I cut a square of white stamping card, brayered Shaded Likac and Stormy Sky Distress Oxide inks onto my smaller square gel press, spattered with water then took a print. I masked the white edges of the card, created a misty sun with a circle mask and blended DOX, then stamped a variety of meadow flowers in various shades of Versafine Clair. I edged the sun with clear Sakura Stardust pen, and added sparkle and white Posca highlights to the flowers. I added stamped birds and a sentiment, then matted onto a border and 6” card blank.
Stamps: Lavinia Wild Poppies, Dandelions, Fairy Dandelions, Buttercups, Birds, Heartfelt Verses;
Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Shaded Lilac, Stormy Sky, Hickory Smoke); Versafine Clair (Monarch, Lilac Bloom, Very Peri, Morning Mist, Medieval Blue, Nocturne); Sakura Stardust pen (clear); Posca pen (white).
Challenges I would like to enter:
Lavinia Creative Challenge (February) - Magical Meadows
Little Red Wagon #847 - Leftovers
Moving Along with the Times #186 - Floral (3rd entry)
Pammie’s Inky Pinkies #2608 - Anything Goes
Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes
Triple B (February) - Birds, Butterflies and/or Blooms (2nd entry)
Word Art Wednesday #740/741 - Anything Goes (3rd entry)
I took a small crafty delivery today so I’m hoping that will trigger some action shortly on my March calendar page!
Take care, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,
13 comments:
A tranquil scene, beautiful in those muted colours Pauline, it makes a perfect sympathy card xx
Absolutely lovely scene and in the muted colours you’ve used it’s perfect for a sympathy card. Hope you’ve enjoyed playing with the newly arrived craft materials. xxx
The misty effect here is perfect for a sympathy card, it's beautiful. Hope you enjoy your new items, look forward to seeing what you come up with. Thank you for your recent comment and let's hope we are both up to par very soon xx. What a shame you missed the deadline with this lovely card.
Perfect sympathy card, love the beautiful scene and stamps. Unfortunately we don't have to be reminded of a misty rainy sky -we are seeing so much of it lately, although we did have a rare sunny day yesterday.
Carol x
Gorgeous, you are so creative at mixing your stamps and colors together, it all flows together so beautifully!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Beautiful Blossoms and Triple B!
Diane BB DT, TB Co-Owner
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This is beautiful. Really elegant and calming xx
thank you for sharing this creation with us at Moving Along with Time
Wonderful card Pauline, a perfect design for a sympathy card.
Liz xx
Fantastic card! Are the purple is so lovely. Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon.
These colors are so great for a sympathy card and really loving the design!
Such a beautiful scene, thank you for joining us at the MAWTT challenge xx
This is such a stunning card, Pauline! I love the background, and all of the different colors you used on those flowers really stand out. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Word Art Wednesday!
Beautiful, perfect for such a sad occasion
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