WWC208 – Charlotte\’s "All About Occasions" Challenge

February 13, 2019 Karen Brown6 Comments

Here at Watercooler Wednesday, we are hosting our All About Occasions Challenge.. Birthday, Anniversary, Graduation, there are so many themes you can use to enter.

I purchased Gina K\’s Wreath Builder Stencil a while back and thought it would make a pretty background behind some large blooms from the Create a Smile Botanical Love and In Bloom stamp sets. These are two of my “go-to” floral stamp sets. This is a birthday card for one of my girlfriends.

Create a Smile In Bloom and Botanical Love stamp sets.

I stamped the background wreath off center and then trimmed the card base down to 4 x 5 1/4\”. Next I stamped, Copic colored and fussy cut the two blooms and adhered with foam tape. I popped it on a coordinating lavender A2 card and it was ready to send.

I am entering this card in The Create a Smile Friends Challenge. I made this card for one of my girlfriends. UPDATE: This card was selected as a \”Featured Artist\” at Create a Smile.

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

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Experimenting with New Techniques

June 2, 2018 Karen Brown5 Comments

Lots of experimentation on this card. I was interested in entering the Muse Challenge #268 so I spent a day thinking about what direction my card should take. I knew I would use the floral theme, but the rest came to me in bits and pieces.

Ultimately, I chose to focus on the following:

Pink and Green Color Scheme
Embossing
Black Sentiment Band
Floral Theme

What I changed:

I\’ve never done pink embossing but had been thinking about trying it for a while. The pink flowers seemed to be the perfect time. I wasn\’t sure if my method would work, but I used Color Box Pink Pigment Ink and clear embossed on top. I think it turned out bright and cheery, which is a plus for a Get Well card.
The flower and leaf looked bland on a white card base so I made a custom background. Again, I\’ve never done this before, but I used my Green Apple Inktense watercolor pencil and made a lightly striated background to complement the Copic greens.

I used my new favorite stamp set: Botanical Love By Create a Smile.

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

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Analogous Botanical Love Card

May 26, 2018 Karen Brown4 Comments

I\’ve been wanting to create a card using analogous coloring, so I sat down today and came up with this design. I am entering it in the Just Add Ink Inspiration Challenge. I selected Create a Smile\’s Botanical Love because of the dot accents on each of the floral images which paired nicely with the circles in the inspiration photo. The photo also had a flower on the wall and small arrangement on the cubby unit so that reinforced my decision to make a floral card. I loved the inspiration color scheme and used it in executing my analogous coloring (Y17 for yellow, RV4 for the pink, YR2 for the light orange and BG23 for the aqua).

Analogous coloring using Create a Smile Stamps.

The WPlus9 Doodle Buds sentiment is one of my favorites. This is going to be a birthday card and there is a birthday sentiment inside.

UPDATE:
My card was chosen as \”Honorable Mention\” by Just Add Ink. This were the comments they posted: \”Here\’s what some of the design team had to say…

\”Seamless colours transitions and bright beautiful colours make this a one layer beauty!\”

\”The black details and vibrant colours really make this lovely scene pop\”

\”Lovely bright flowers, beautifully coloured\”

Thanks for stopping by today!
Karen