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Monday 15 October 2012


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!

11 comments:

  1. Oh my this is a stunner :O) between yourself and Steph making these delish stamps i need to win the lottery :O)

    Ali x

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  2. Beautiful colouring on these pretty Camellias Claire! A great idea tucking the flower under the sentiment panel!

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  3. This is gorgeous I love the flower and the layout is fabulous. Caroline xxx

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  4. An truly beautiful card, Claire! Your coloring is wonderful - love the dimension.

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  5. GORGEOUS Claire..love what you did with the sentiment...very sweet colors too!

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  6. now 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!
    Tara
    x

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  7. 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!

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  8. I love the sentiment and the way you illustrated it!

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  9. I 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!

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  10. Oh I love the idea of cutting out a little space in the cardfront! So unique Claire, and that coloring is AMAZING!

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  11. Claire 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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