Sunday, 2 October 2016

Floral Birthday

Hi and welcome!  I took some time today to make a card for the current Muse challenge, as my friend Aileen is the Guest Muse and she created a gorgeous floral card.  I'm also linking up to Winnie & Walter's Precious Metals Challenge, Simon Says Anything Goes, 4 Crafty Chicks Anything Goes and The Card Concept where I'm calling my card Clean and Layered Challenge because of the arrangement of flowers.


I didn't go with the fruity theme at Card Concept, but I was inspired by the colors and came up with an orange, yellow and green bouquet of flowers.  From Aileen's gorgeous card, I stuck with the floral arrangement in the bottom left corner and the big bold sentiment in the top right quadrant.

I stamped, colored and die-cut the flowers before arranging them into a bouquet.  On the card base, I added some splatters with a toner pen before foiling them with Rose Gold foil.  The die-cut sentiment is also foiled with Rose Gold and the "birthday" sentiment was stamped with black ink.


Thanks for visiting.  Before I go, I want to let you know about a new challenge blog starting up on Tuesday.  It's called The Flower Challenge and it's all about, you guessed it, flowers!  It's a month-long challenge so there's plenty of time to play along.  Hope to see you there!




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Products used:

Stamps:  In Bloom:  Addie's Garden, The Big, the Bold and the Happy (Winnie & Walter)
Ink:  Black Licorice Hybrid, Toner Pen
Cardstock:  White, Toner Paper, Rose Gold Foil
Dies:  In Bloom:  Addie's Garden, The Big, the Bold and the Happy (W&W)
Accessories:  Copics, Mini Minc machine

Cheers
Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Muse and Card Concept.

20 comments:

  1. Your colouring is outstanding as is the design. The gold sentiment really is the perfect contrast to the soft colours. Thanks for joining TCC

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  2. Gorgeous take on Aileen's card, Karren! I love how you colored the flowers (Your Copic coloring skills are amazing!) and your foiling is really beautiful!

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  3. Oh, how gorgeous! Love those bright and bold flowers and the happy metallic accents. Just beautiful. Thanks for joining us at The Card Concept.

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  4. your card is absolutely gorgeous, karren!! and the coloring is perfection!!

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  5. This is really beautiful and your coloring is amazing. The gold really helps the whole card pop. Beautiful work on the Muse challenge.

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  6. Gorgeous card, Karren. Your coloring is perfect. Fantastic interpretation of Aileen's card.

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  7. Beautifully done! Love the shine of the golden sentiment! So glad you joined us at Muse this week!

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  8. This card is so darn gorgeous Karren. WOW. Jaw dropping.

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  9. Gorgeous coloring on those beautiful blooms, Karren, and I love the shine from the sentiment!

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  10. Wow Karren adore this card, think I might need to do one using the same flowers, love the lushness of the image. Perfect

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  11. A beautiful bouquet Karren! Just stunning!

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  12. This is just adorable! Love that image! Thanks for joining us at 4 Crafty Chicks this week.
    Tina- 4CC DT

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  13. Karren, this is completely stunning. Those flowers are coloured and arranged so beautifully. The gold Sentiment is the perfect addition. Thank you so much for joining us at The Card Concept.

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  14. This is stunning!!!!!! Thanks for joining us at the Card Concept!

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  15. Yep. Drop dead gorgeous! I'm telling you, I'm gonna have to go to the thesaurus (and you know what happens when that happens!!). ;-) Glad to see you at The Card Concept!

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  16. Love the peach tones, and that beautiful rose gold foil!

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  17. Once again I am totally stunned by your breathtaking bouquet ! And that rose gold foil is absolutely fabulous!

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  18. Karren, this is absolutely STUNNING!

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  19. Perfect shimmery touches with that splatter and sentiment - I have to get some of that rose gold foil!! Thanks for spreading The Gossip on w&w's The Gossip Column!

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