Thursday, 22 January 2026

Dramatic Strawberries


Hi, I'm here with my card for this week's challenge over at  Freshly Made Sketches where our sketch hostess is Jen Timko.  I decided to play with some NBUS dies from Honey Bee stamps and went with a dramatic dark green background to showcase them.


I die-cut the strawberries, leaves and flowers from various coloured cardstock then added some shading with a bit of ink-blending.  For the background I embossed a card panel with the Molded Frame embossing folder to mimic the additional layer in the sketch.  I then die-cut some embossed circles from the same green cardstock and adhered to the embossed panel.


After adding the strawberries, I went looking for a sentiment and found this one already foiled, so score!

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you'll check out the fabulous cards made by the rest of the design team.






Products used:

Ink:  Green Opal, Lemon Ice, Mid Yellow, Dark Chocolate (Altenew)
Cardstock: Forest, Pomegranate (Spellbinders), Jalapeno Popper (MFT), Reindeer Moss (Altenew), Harvest Gold (PTI), White 
Dies:  Lovely Layers: Strawberries (Honey Bee Stamps), Embossed Circles (Kat Scrappiness), You Are Everything BetterPress (Spellbinders)
Accessories:  Gold Hot Foil, Molded Frame Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

Cheers
Karren

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7 comments:

donna mikasa said...

I love that you chose a dark background--it showcases your berries perfectly! And speaking of your berries, they look so realistic with your coloring and shading

Kim S said...

I love how subtle those circles are in the background yet still beautifully highlight those gorgeous strawberries!

Dawn T said...

Stunning Karren. The dark background is the perfect backdrop for these strawberries.

Celeste Goff said...

I cannot get over how beautiful this card is! I love the dark, dramatic colors!

Jen Timko said...

That dark background is just spectacular. I really need to do this more!! Love the strawberries...look so real!

Narelle Farrugia said...

These look good enough to eat! You've created one stunning card Karren!

Cécile RIBON said...

Such an amaing and classy design, Karren! That dark background is just a fabulous idea.