I am so loving using the blending brushes so I took them out and blended some Crushed curry and Old Olive.
Once I had enough colour I added it to the Old Olive card base and then stamped the flowers from the Flowing Flowers stamp set. I Used the Stamparatus and stamped the large flower once with the Crushed curry ink pad. I then inked up the smaller flower with leaves with the Stampin' Write markers Old Olive and Crushed Curry, I stamped and inked multiple times to get a darker colour so that you you have different shades of Crushed curry on the card from the blended background to the front flower!
I fussy cut the flowers out and for the little splash of gold I used the shimmery gold Ribbon that I have pulled apart to give that wispy look behind the flowers which I have popped up on dimensionals. I just love this sentiment that comes with this stamp set so I thought I would stamp it in Smokey Slate. In the new mini there are these gorgeous brushed brass butterflies and I love butterflies so I had to add them to my card.
I hope you enjoyed the card and the little masking technique. Now is the time to head to the next person which is my lovely friend Tina Gillespie, I always get excited to see what she has for us each week. Last week she made a gorgeous lacy Ombre Night of Navy card I can't wait to see what she has for us today! Just click on the next button to go straight there.
If you find a link broken at any time during the blog hop just head over to our weekly host Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of those from the team participating this week and you can continue your hop from there: Cathy's Blog
Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today,
take care,
Crushed Curry is a great choice to use with Old Olive, with its yellow tones, Sharon. I love how you used different colouring mediums to provide varying colour intensity in the yellow elements of the card. Lovely work!
ReplyDeleteGreat blending work, Sharon – I'm loving my blending brushes too! I love that you've used the same stamp set as Caroline but you've come up with such different colour combinations and cards - both equally as lovely as each other x
ReplyDeleteYour blended strip is a fantastic base to anchor your gorgeous blooms. Wonderful card. Thank you for the lovely intro!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card, Sharon. This stamp set is so beautiful and you have showcased it in a lovely way, with that blended panel behind. I adore how the Gold Shimmery ribbon looks with those wispy pieces, just so soft and perfectly exocuted.
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous card Sharon. I love the blended masked section. Using Old Olive and Crushed Curry works so well. Also love your layered fussy cut flowers with the gold strands delicately behind. All so beautiful. Xxx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Sharon and colour combination with Crushed Curry and your blending is super smooth! I love this sentiment and the tiny butterflies on your card too!
ReplyDeleteSharon your ombre background is just lovely and the addition of the gold ribbon in its random fashion goes beautifully.
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous card, Sharon. I’m loving the colour combo, and those beautiful strands of gold threads look fantastic!
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