Thursday, 1 September 2011

Vintage Irises

I've been playing with Distress Inks again...am loving the watercolour stamping effect at the moment! I started by 'antiquing' and white piece of card with 'Old Paper', then spattered some of the same in ink mixed with water over the top. The music background is a Hero Arts stamp...also stamped in 'Old Paper', but I removed the ink from the centre of the stamp before stamping, so that it would form a border around the main image. The flower stamp is 'Irises' by Penny Black, which I stamped in 'Dusty Concord' and 'Forest Moss' inks. For the embossed background, I coloured more white card with the same inks that I'd used for the flowers, and then embossed them with my Cuttlebug 'Victoria' and 'Paisley' folders. I distressed all of the edges using my distressing tool, and for the scalloped border I used my EK Success 'Scalloped Diamonds' punch.


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12 comments:

  1. Cj1 September 2011 at 10:45

    What a beautiful card, the colours work so well together.xxx

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  2. Nancy Wethington1 September 2011 at 12:17

    Pretty card. Love the watercolor effect on the image. Thanks for joining the challenge at Simon Says Stamp & Show.

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  3. Sandra H1 September 2011 at 14:58

    This is amazing love the colouring too!:) Sandra H

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  4. downrightcrafty1 September 2011 at 21:36

    wow love this such an elegant and classy creation with such soft colours
    Hugs Kate xx
    PS I have more new candy if you are interested :)

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  5. Vicky1 September 2011 at 22:06

    Such a beautiful card Helen...

    big hugs Vicky xx

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  6. Anonymous1 September 2011 at 22:42

    Beautiful Helen, I love this card, hugs me x

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  7. Rosanne2 September 2011 at 02:29

    So soft and lovely! Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon!

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  8. debby40002 September 2011 at 07:34

    Oh Helen this is so beautiful.
    luv
    debby

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  9. Lorraine A3 September 2011 at 08:43

    Gorgeous card Helen :-) I love the way you made this, very arty and beautiful !!

    thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp-tember Hop and Challenge :-)
    luv
    Lols x x x

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  10. Pat3 September 2011 at 14:35

    Lovely card, great image and I love all the lilac. Thanks for joining in the challenge at MTTC this week.

    Pat xx

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  11. Sharon4 September 2011 at 18:51

    It's a beautiful card, I love the colours you've used.

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  12. Guro5 September 2011 at 06:47

    What a balanced and pretty card you have made for us this week!!!
    Love the soft pretty colors you have used, very pretty.
    Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge.
    Hugs Guro
    MMSC DT

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x

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