Sunday, 9 June 2013

Bloom where you are planted

This is the theme for the Impression Obession Challenge this week, and offers me the opportunity to make a card I have had in mind for quite a while... and it's all about using some Flower Soft : I love it, but hardly ever use it. I have 2 crafty resolutions for the year : 1- use old stash, 2- use scraps of paper/cardstock and I have kept those rules in mind when designing this card.


The background is Core'dination (White wash) embossed with a freebie folder from a magazine, that I stamped beforehand with CAC Grunge (CC076).
The main image is Flower Wheelbarrow (D1312) , colored with alcohol markers and jazzed up with the Flower Soft. I created a frame around it with punched shapes, managing to tick both resolutions in one go ! Old tools with scraps... perfect. I must own up that this idea has been ...hmm, "borrowed" from Shona, as I saw it in a previous IO challenge. Hope she won't mind.

Finally I felt there was something missing and pulled out the rhinestones, another tick on my "old stash" resolution !

Thanks for coming by,

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13 comments:

  1. Rachel B.9 June 2013 at 22:49

    Very pretty!

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  2. Shirley9 June 2013 at 22:57

    A really lovely card!! I like what your BG to make your beautiful image pop!! Thanks for playing and good luck in the drawing too!

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  3. Sylvia10 June 2013 at 12:32

    Love how you have created your background using the embossing folder, lovely image framed with the flowers.

    Sylv xx

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  4. Ellen Taylor10 June 2013 at 15:32

    Gorgeous coloringLove the dimensional flowers and your background is stunning!

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  5. Shona10 June 2013 at 21:22

    Happy to have planted a seed of an idea, but this card is all you ! That embossing is lovely, and I love the idea of using Flower Soft in the wheelbarrow. I may just have to borrow that idea!

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  6. jimlynn10 June 2013 at 21:39

    Oh, I love the way your framed out that pretty image!!! Fabulous background too! Beautiful card!
    Lynn

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  7. Von10 June 2013 at 22:24

    Love the background :) and framed image such a pretty card :)
    Von ♥

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  8. Beth Norman11 June 2013 at 00:21

    Very pretty. I like the way you encircled your image with punches.

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  9. Anonymous11 June 2013 at 04:55

    oh, this is so pretty and i love the flower soft! i also love the grunge stamping and embossing.

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  10. Mona Pendleton11 June 2013 at 18:30

    So very pretty! I love all the flowers and sweet butterflies!

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  11. Julie Lee11 June 2013 at 22:26

    A charming card with lovely embossing and punched out shapes and what a good plan to use up old stash. It's amazing the useful things I find at the back of the cupboard that I had forgotten I had - always too eager to buy new stash. xxx Julie Ann

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  12. Katie12 June 2013 at 23:34

    Great card!! Love the cool embossing effect with the gems! I tried to zoom in to see the pretty flowersoft but it wouldn't let me, it looks wonderful! Thanks for sharing.

    Katie B.

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  13. Larissa Heskett13 June 2013 at 04:00

    WOW!! This is SO PRETTY!! I LOVE the pretty Design!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

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