Today, I'm excited to be sharing a Guest Designer project for Ellie's I Spy With My Little Eye Challenge, where the theme this month is:
'Hearts and/or Roses'
I hoped to combine 'Hearts and Roses', so picked a cute Penny Black hedgie stamp to use on my card called 'Park Bench Affair', that features a bunch of roses. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from the 'Happy Watercolours' pad from The Works...using an old Sizzix 'Hearts' embossing folder to emboss the plain-ish pink paper. I lightly sanded over the raised embossing to reveal some of the white core, then distressed all of the edges, and added faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I layered up a couple of old Prima Hydrangea flowers, and used an old BasicGrey brad to hols them in place. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Sending Sunshine' set by Simon Says Stamp.
Gorgeous card Helen, that’s a fabulous PB hedgie image, and I love how you have combined it with the embossed panel and papers. So glad to have you join us as guest DT for this month’s “I Spy” challenge.
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such a sweet card Helen.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Helen, for being our guest designer for this challenge. Your card is so very sweet, love the hedgies and these pretty colors you used! And so well done using both hearts and roses!
ReplyDeleteI am in awe of your gorgeous card Helen! It is absolutely darling and everything is sooo beautifully coordinated! Thanks for your lovely comment! Rosi x
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