Sunday 26 April 2015

Curry Birthday

It's time for another challenge at The Paper Players and this week we have a a very cool sketch challenge from Ann.


I knew I wanted some flowers in the oval panel that went over the edge, so I went looking for suitable flower stamps among my stash.  I decided on Mum's the Word and came up with this card, which also uses the colors and floral theme from the gorgeous inspiration pic at Fusion.


I stenciled on my card base using some white embossing paste I colored with Sunshine ink.  The banners were cut from Crushed Curry, Schoolhouse Red and Sea Glass cardstock.  The sentiment is embossed with Crushed Curry EP.


The flowers were stamped and fussy-cut before being adhered to the oval die-cut.  To be honest, the red flower was already stamped and cut and I can't remember what color I stamped it in.  I think it was Strawberry Slush but it doesn't match the Strawberry Slush cardstock very well, so I'm not sure.


Thanks for visiting.  The rest of the talented design team have some wonderful cards to inspire you, so be sure to check them out.

Products used:

Stamps:  Mum's the Word, Birthday Bash Sentiments (PTI)
Ink:  Strawberry Slush (I think!) (SU) Green Leaf, Sunshine (SSS), Versamark
Cardstock:  White, Crushed Curry (SU), Sea Glass, Schoolhouse Red (SSS)
Accessories:  Embossing Paste, Crushed Curry EP, twine, Zig Zag Dots stencil (SSS), Fishtail Flag dies (MFT), Stitched Oval die (Lil' Inkers)

Cheers
Karren


13 comments:

LeAnne said...

I love this....that sentiment is fabulous, I love the font, and your stencilling is amazing!

Marika said...

Beautiful, love the way you have used the colours from Fusion. That stencilled background looks really great too.

Jen Mitchell said...

Love this! What a fantastic color combo!

Joanne James - The Crafty Owl said...

What a gorgeous card Karren! I love the embossed stencilling and the overhanging flowers against the blue are stunning!

Debbie Mageed said...

So very pretty! You made those flowers the perfect centerpiece for the oval! Love it!!

Nance Leedy said...

Karren, this is gorgeous! Love the fussy-cut flowers and your gorgeous color combination. The colored stencilling is amazing--I thought it was paper! Beautiful card!

Claire Broadwater said...

Karren, this is so beautiful! I love the stenciling, the fussy cut flowers and the the colors! Just fabulous! XX

stampwithsandy said...

So pretty, Karren! I love the background with colored embossing paste. I haven't tried that yet. It sounds messy!

Ann Schach said...

Absolutely clean and beautiful, Karren! I love the colors!

laurie said...

Another great card Karren! The blooms look so pretty on the oval background!

3treescreations@gmail.com said...

LOVE the stenciling and those pretty flowers are perfect!! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Fusion.

Deanne :)

Lyndal said...

Love the colours of you gorgeous card Karren! So glad you joined in the fun @ FUSION!

~amy~ said...

Such a pretty card, love the added twine!
Thanks for joining us at Fusion!