Thursday, 26 March 2026

Floral Bucket


It's Freshly Made Sketches day and our hostess this week is Amy O'Neill.  I made this card using some NBUS which just arrived a week or so ago.


I was planning on putting the bucket of flowers onto a vellum oval, but I decided to leave it as is, so my card doesn't toally match the sketch, but close enough, I think.  The die-cut elements were cut from coloured cardstock and then ink-blended for added dimension.  After I assembled all the pieces, I set to work on my background.  Onto a card-sized panel of patterned grid paper, I roughly stamped a text stamp, deliberately missing bits.  I adhered that to the card base then added a strip of woodgrain for the "ground" for my bucket to stand on.


I then went through my pre-foiled sentiments and found this simple birthday sentiment.

Thanks for visiting! The design team have some gorgeous cards as usual, so I hope you'll check them out.






Products used:

Stamps: Handwritten (Simon Hurley)
Ink: Tea Dye, Walnut Stain, Hickory Smoke, Shaded Lilac, Tattered Rose, Dried Marigold, Abandoned Coral, Evergreen Bough, Rustic Wildnerness Distress Inks
Cardstock: White, Olive, Rouge, Pastel Sunrise (Altenew), Cement Gray (MFT), Lavender (Lawn Fawn), Wood & Notebook (Snap Basics)
Dies:Wildflower Bucket (SSS) Hexi-Gem Sentiments Hot Foil (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Copper hot foil

Cheers
Karren

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6 comments:

I Card Everyone said...

Karren, this could NOT be more beautiful! I love your new dies - such a wonderful size, and Amy's strip made for a great place for your wooden 'table' too!
=]

donna mikasa said...

Your bucket of wildflowers look so realistic, Karren! I love the depth and dimension you gave them with your ink blending. And the table is the perfect spot for your focal point and the sketch! Love this!

Dawn T said...

so beautiful Karren. It's awesome!

JoAnn said...

Your bucket of flowers is lovely. Great texture on the background and the woodgrain paper is a perfect spot for the bucket to rest. TFS

Linda Callahan said...

Absolutely gorgeous bucket of flowers…..yow!

Narelle Farrugia said...

So detailed! Every single flower looks true to life and so very real - love it!