I wanted to make a birthday card for my work colleague Laura, so chose the bottom line: Flowers/Any shade of Pink/Polka Dots.
My friend Laura has just discovered my blog and she oohs and aahs over my cards and generally makes me feel like a superstar :) So I wanted to make her a special card with lots of texture for her 20th birthday. (Her birthday was last Friday, so she'll have the card before she sees this post.)
I colored a flower image from Clearly Besotted with Copics then die-cut it using the matching dies. Of course it goes without saying that I colored the flowers with my clear Wink of Stella pen! For the polka dot element, I masked off an area on the card base before coloring some embossing paste with Rose Red ink and using my Tiny Dots stencil from Simon Says Stamp. The sentiment was stamped using another Clearly Besotted set and both the sentiment panel and the flower are popped up on foam adhesive. A few pink sequins finishes off this card.
Thanks for visiting. The rest of the design team have some wonderful cards to inspire you. I hope you'll have some fun with this tic-tac-toe challenge.
Products used:
Stamps: Fresh Flowers, Say it in Style (Clearly Besotted)
Ink: Memento Gray Flannel, Archival Black, Rose Red (SU)
Cardstock: White, X-press It
Accessories: Embossing Paste, Tiny Dots Stencil (SSS), Copics, Wink of Stella, Fresh Flowers die, sequins
Cheers
Karren
18 comments:
You are a superstar! This is a death of fresh air! The coloring is fabulous and I love the pink!
omg and I hate autocorrect........Breath not death!
You are a superstar!! Beautiful colouring and very clever design. Love the polka dots stripe on the background.
Oh, I love this card! Love the colors, the flowers, the tiny background dots, the glittery sequins. This cards just amazing!
Your coloring so so pretty..what a gorgeous card. I bet she loved it!
You ARE a superstar so it's no wonder that Laura oohs and aahs over your cards! And this is a perfect example. You've colored these flowers perfectly and I love how they look against the polka dots!
Wowza, those flowers look like they could pop right off the card, they are stunning! I can see why Laura thinks you're a superstar! I'll bet she loved this card, too!
I'm sure she will LOVE this sweet card with its springy brightness! Your friend sure is lucky!
Oh, Karren, this is gorgeous!! I just got texture paste (hope it's similar to what you used) and need to get up the nerve to open it up. Your card is pushing me closer to doing just that! Really love those flowers!!
Wow, what a stunning card, Karren! Love the blossom, which you colored beautifully. I've played around with texture paste a bit but haven't tried coloring it yet, so I thank you for the inspiration!
I love this! Off to check out the flower and die set - thanks for the enable! :-)
Gorgeous card, Karren! Those flowers are colored beautifully and they pop right off those fun polka dots! Your friends will cherish her card! I just love it! XX
What a stunner, Karren! There is such an elegance about this- the monochromatic colors, perfectly colored flowers, and of course, the wonderful dotted panel. CAS perfection!
Gorgeous! A beautiful, pink and white CAS card - I love the addition of the sequin trio too. I'm sure Laura will love it!
This is stunning!! I love the flower, but the polka dots are the thing making me swoon :)
Karren, this card is amazing!! Clean and simple perfection!! I have this stamp and now I can copy what you did...I'm sure mine won't be nearly as beautiful but I'm going to try!! The polka dot background is a fabulous detail!!!
Well, you are a superstar and this card proves it. Fabulously shaded flowers. Love the simple row of polka dots and the subtle way the leaves trail over the sentiment. Divine!! I'm sure Laura was thrilled with her superstar original!!
OK... I NEED this stamp set.... and you colored those flowers so beautifully. the sequins and the polka dot background are the perfect backdrop. I bet Laura loved this gorgeous card
hugs
jaydee
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