Sunday, 25 January 2026

Blue Leaves

Here I am back again - two days in a row - that must be a record!  I made this card for the Color Hues blue and white challenge and the Inskpirational shades of blue challenge.


I was drawn to the blue squares in the Inskpirational visual prompt so after embossing and ink-blending my leaves, I decided to go with a postage theme and die-cut pieces with both a rectangle and a square postage edge die set.  I backed both pieces with a Midnight postage edge border and overlapped them for added interest.  I found the Herringbone Parquet panel already die-cut with my Midnight cardstock, so decided to go with a blue-on-blue theme.


Finally, I went looking for a pre-foiled sentiment and found this one which worked perfectly.  The postage images and the sentiment are popped up with foam tape to provide some separation from the background.

Thanks so much for visiting.







Products used:

Ink:  Uncharted Mariner, Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink
Cardstock: White, Midnight (C&9)
Dies: Postage Edge Rectangles, Postage Edge Squares (Spellbinders), Herringbone Parquet (The Greetery), Wonderful Sentiments hot foil and dies (Pink Fresh Studio)
Accessories: Leafy Splendor Embossing Folder and Stencils (Altenew), black hot foil

Cheers
Karren

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7 comments:

  1. WOW Karren, this one is striking. So much texture with that amazing embossed background. Gorgeous card.

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  2. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL Karren! Those leaves in the different shades of blue are soooo pretty and of course you had me with the postage theme!! Thanks so much for sharing this beauty with us at the Color Hues Challenge...we love seeing you in the gallery!! :0)

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  3. Hello, Karren, This is certainly and eye catching card. I love the blue on blue and then the leaves in various shades of blue look stunning. A very classy card for sure. Thanks for playing at Color Hues.

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  4. I love your beautiful blue leaves, Karren! The way you arranged them is super fun! Thanks for sharing this with us at Color Hues!

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  5. I saw your cards in the Color Hues gallery and I'm absolutely thrilled. A beautiful idea and design. I especially love the blue leaves! Gundi

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  6. Your beautifully ink blended leaves were the first thing that caught my eye, but there is so much more! I love the way you've constructed the monochrome background using the postal dies! A really wonderful card! Thanks for sharing it with Color Hues!

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  7. Gorgeous! I love the blues and that background is amazing!

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