Well it's the end of August already......where on earth does the time go? The end of August means the end of my very enjoyable time as Guest Designer over at Just Us Girls. This week is a Wild Card challenge:
And here is what I came up with:
I started off by stamping this lovely stamp "Falling Flowers" from Honey Doo Crafts. I heat embossed in fine gold e/p. I then fussy cut the flowers before putting it through my machine with a Lil Inker Stitched Rectangle die. I then stamped and embossed the flowers twice more onto vellum, fussy cut them out, coloured the rear of the flowers with my Inktense pencils, shaped and used Pinflair to add them to the top of the original image. Two mats were cut in pink and gold using the Lil Inker Stitched Rectangles dies and they were all layered up. The d/p is from my bits box but think it is an old Glenda Waterworth piece. The band is another piece of gold and pink but I put the pink piece through my machine using my Cuttlebug Paisley embossing folder (which goes pretty well with the d/p). The sentiment was in my bits box but think it is an old Spellbinders die and the tag is from Sue Wilson's Pierced Tags. Finishing touches were Liquid Pearls and a bow.
Thanks for stopping by. Please pop on over to the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog to see the lovely examples the Design Team have come up with for you.
Happy crafting.
This is stunning! I love the gold embossing, especially on those gorgeous flowers. Thank you for joining us this past month as our Guest Designer, your designs were fabulous!
ReplyDeleteOo lovely. Those flowers are gorgeous and the liquid pearls finish the card off a treat!
ReplyDeletebeautiful Karen.....such lovely soft colours....and such a clever layout....xxxxx
ReplyDeleteJust gorgeous with the gold embossing! Thanks so much for being our Guestie for the month of August -- it was our pleasure :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Karen those vellum flowers are beautiful, such a pretty stamp.
ReplyDeleteVal x
Absolutely gorgeous Karen. Love those beautiful flowers. Such a lovely soft coloured card. Thanks so much for being our Guest for August. Hope to see you back over with us again soon.
ReplyDeleteReally pretty card - love the flowers.
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning! The colors with the gold....fantastic! So happy that you were our GD for the month of August. We have enjoyed seeing your beautiful cards! Hope to see you back in the gallery soon.
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning! The colors with the gold....fantastic! So happy that you were our GD for the month of August. We have enjoyed seeing your beautiful cards! Hope to see you back in the gallery soon.
ReplyDeleteSoft, pretty and such a gorgeous colour palette, Karen ... those gold embossed vellum blooms are fabulous! Hugs, Anita :)
ReplyDeleteThose flowers look store bought!! Amazing job with the sketch too! We have really enjoyed having you with us this month Karen! Don't be a stranger....your work is to wonderful to miss!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to be tardy in commenting, Karendipity. We've been away with some of Kevin's family for four days. You've done a brilliant card to top off your five weeks as Guest Designer at JUGS! Those flowers are just breathtaking and the whole design is beyond lovely!! Thinking of you always!! Hugs, Dippy xxoo
ReplyDeleteLove this card, Karen! The soft colors paired with the gold embossing! Simply gorgeous! It was such a pleasure to have you as our August Guest Designer at Just Us Girls! I hope to see more of your amazing work in our gallery!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! I love the soft colors and those flowers! Thanks for being such a great guest at Just Us Girls!
ReplyDeleteThose vellum flowers are stunning, Karen and I love that beautiful flourish to have the flowers really shine!!!! All the gold and the pearl accents are so lovely and the soft colours are stunning!!! You've really done a great job with that sketch, Karen!!! This is beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteHugz