Friday 2 March 2018

Magnolia Wish

Hi!  I'm back!  It's time for another challenge at Fusion.
While I took some elements from the sketch, I mostly focused on the photo for my card, taking the white and green floral theme to come up with this card:



The flower was stamped in the upper-right corner of a piece of X-Press It cardstock and colored with Copics.  I stuck to the BVs and Ns for the petals, which made them look whitish with a hint of purple.  I went over various parts of the image with Prismacolors to deepen the shaded areas or add more purple tones.  The sentiment was white-embossed and comes from an old PTI set "Mum's the Word".  I specifically wanted a big, multi-word sentiment to balance out the big flowers.



Thanks for visiting!  Head on over and check out the fabulous cards made by the rest of the design team.  You'll be glad you did!

I'm linking this up to the PaperCraft Crew Tic Tac Toe challenge (Emboss-Elements of Sprintime-Birthday) and the Anything Goes challenges at Addicted to Stamps and More and Simon Says Stamp.






Products used:

Stamps:  Make a Wish (Clearly Besotted), Mum's The Word (PTI)
Ink:  Black Licorice Hybrid, Versamark
Cardstock:  Black, X-Press It
Dies:  Stitched Rectangle Stax , Slanted Sentiment Strips (MFT)
Accessories:  Copics, Prismacolors, White EP

Cheers
Karren



15 comments:

~amy~ said...

STUNNING.

Barb Ghig said...

Gasp!!! This is absolutely GORGEOUS, Karren! You are a wizard when it comes to coloring with Copics and adding details with your pencils...WOW! I love your choice of flowers and your CAS design is stunning...Love this card so much, my friend!

Michelle Lupton said...

SO elegant!

Bobby said...

Amazing, Karren. Coloring white flowers is no easy task and you pulled it off magnificently. Thanks for sharing your card with us at Addicted to Stamps and More.

Linda Callahan said...

Oh my.....so elegant.....so beautiful! I would have no clue how to color white....lol....

Kim S said...

This is gorgeous!! The hint of color in the petals is absolutely perfect!

Hannelie said...

Your coloring is amazing... as always! Love this beautiful card Karren!

Ksenija @Sweet Kobylkin said...

Karren, gorgeous colouring! Love your simple colour palette, it makes the card very airy. - Sweet Kobylkin
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cm said...

Gorgeous magnolias! Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your creativity in the Addicted to Stamps and More gallery.
~carol

Kara Lynne said...

I love your gorgeous white flowers on white! The subtle Copic colors in the flowers make the shadows so realistic! Beautiful, Karren!

Anonymous said...

What a gorgeous stamped image - improved on by your amazing colouring, Karren! Thanks so much for joining our Paper Craft Crew challenge this week, and sharing this card with us. ~Deborah, DT

Melissa Bove said...

Wow! What a stunning card! Love that flower image! And your coloring is amazing!

Thank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

hugs...
Melissa

Cécile RIBON said...

Wow Karren! Those magnolia flowers look fabulous! Coloring White elements seems such a difficult job to me! And you, you did it so perfectly !

Nancy said...

This is strikingly awesome Karren! Wow!

Jen Mitchell said...

Wow! Magnolias are one of my all-time favorite flowers. I love how you've given them star treatment here. This is GORGEOUS!