A Camellia card. I actually made something that I can show you!!! lol. I'm not convinced that I'm truly in love with this card, but I like it enough to show it... I guess I was trying to capture that 'squeezed blossom' feeling in the sentiment, because that is exactly how I have been feeling lately!
Anyhow, the bloom and leaves were stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa Ink and coloured with copics. My colouring is not that super, I like to stand far, far away from the likes of Sandie and her ilk when I'm doing this sort of thing, but I am pompous enough to consider it passable.
I cut a slit across the bottom and down the side of the sentiment and squeezed the bloom up in underneath, I thought it was a novel way of setting the sentiment to the flower...or maybe I'm regressing back to when I was an art student and mistakenly fancied I knew something about art...lol...
The sentiment and leaves on the card front are stamped in Versafine Grey, a lovely soft ink...I'm planning lots of stamping with that....if only those nice folks at Tsukineko could make it compatible with copics...or I could always clear emboss it....
Anyhow, hope it tickles, and I hope to see you on the 17th (day after tomorrow) we're having a Blog party with a colour theme, click here for deets!
Oh my this is a stunner :O) between yourself and Steph making these delish stamps i need to win the lottery :O)
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Beautiful colouring on these pretty Camellias Claire! A great idea tucking the flower under the sentiment panel!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous I love the flower and the layout is fabulous. Caroline xxx
ReplyDeleteAn truly beautiful card, Claire! Your coloring is wonderful - love the dimension.
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS Claire..love what you did with the sentiment...very sweet colors too!
ReplyDeletenow I bet that took longer to colour than mine lol! I love the colouring though and the unusual way with the sentiment - it's beautiful!
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You may not be too sure of it Claire but I'm glad you shared it regardless. I love the technique of stamping in grey behind the coloured image - we would've missed that if you'd kept this beauty to yourself!
ReplyDeleteI love the sentiment and the way you illustrated it!
ReplyDeleteI think this flower is just fabulous (can't wait to play with mine). A very unusual way to treat the sentiment - but I like it!
ReplyDeleteOh I love the idea of cutting out a little space in the cardfront! So unique Claire, and that coloring is AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteClaire you might just have hit upon a new trend! Seems a shame to hide that gorgeous bloom BUT I really like it, it works for me!! Your colouring is fab, don't compare yourself to anyone else!! Such a pretty card x
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