There are so many wonderful crafter/artists who can bring flowers to life through their amazing coloring skills. Alas, I am not one of them. I find coloring floral images to be extremely intimidating and therefore tend to avoid so many beautiful stamps in my collection. Recently I put on my big girl panties and made a card for The Flower Challenge.
I don't really have a favorite flower and quite honestly I couldn't begin to tell you the name of the floral I used in my design but that's between you and me, okay? *wink*
I began by stamping my large floral image onto smooth white cardstock. I find large images such as this less intimidating to color if I use a very loose method that leaves a lot of white space. (Two shade of blue and two shades of green Copic markers with very little blending.) I cut the panel down and then ran it through my die cutter with a trio of banner dies. I then cut an additional five banners of each size from black cardstock which I used to layer underneath the floral portions. I matted the white panel in black and then adhered the layered floral banner in place. As you can see, this gives the card front a good deal of dimension and interest.
I added this panel to a blue card base, leaving a nice border of blue visible. I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink onto a black cardstock banner and then heat set with white embossing powder. I adhered it towards the bottom of the vertical banners, flush to the banners with black foam tape to shore up the edges. I finished it off with my favorite clear droplets and am pleased with the results.
Supplies:
Altenew - Delicate Bouquet stamp
PoppyStamps - Classic Ribbon banner set
The Ton - Basic Sentiment stamp set
Ellen Hutson - clear droplets
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Happy Crafting!
Jules
