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Monday 27 June 2016

ALOHA

If you follow my blog you know I  l o v e waiting till the last minute to enter Challenges. I don't really but life gets in the way, I think on ideas here and there and then I look at whats happening and realise I am down to the last couple of hours and its now or never.



I have had this stamp for a long time and it has only been used once due to the abundance of floral stamps I have. Maybe someone needs to come up with a weekly challenge that is for stamped or digital flowers only. that way I could work my way through all my new ones, and my much loved ones and my many neglected ones.



I love this group of flowers and it works well on this card. I watercoloured with Zigs but stamped on Tim holtz watercolour paper so had a few issues. Anyway it worked out ok and I love the blue/green I used. Yellow centres give the flower a nice lift.



I stamped the sentiment 'Aloha' as its another way of saying Hello or Goodbye so can be used for either. I didnt want to do the splats..... just not confident enough with that yet so I decided to use a nix from Lucy's Cards that has mixed soft coloured iridescent sequins, stars and beads.
I'm happy with this and had best add to a Challenge or two.

Challenges:


I took the flowers arranged along the bottom of the card as inspiration and the die cut frame and the sentiment placement. My sequins are my substitute for splatters. I love Tracey's card, this floral stamp set from Simon Says is on my want list, its such a relaxed style and looks fantastic white embossed.
 I black embossed my flower as I felt the white emboss would loose the outline effect of my flowers. 



'Flowers are summer'




New Challenge to me





Thank you so much for coming by and I hope you come again soon.





16 comments:

StirYourCreativity said...

Such pretty flowers. Loved their fresh colours.

Ardyth said...

Your colouring is gorgeous! So glad you joined us at Muse this week!

Harriet Skelly said...

Beautiful coloring on your flowers! Very pretty card!

Ruth said...

You a,ways leave it to the last minute then come up with a stunner! Love all the colours in this one and the layout. Can never have too many flowers in my opinion! Xx

Leigh Penner said...

Very pretty!

Tracey McNeely said...

Such a pretty card and coloured beautifully! Love how you were inspired! Thank you so much for sharing with us at Muse this week!

Cara said...

Love the modern look to this, very classy. Your colouring of the flowers is wonderful. Cara x

Anita in France said...

Gorgeous colouring and shading, Aileen ... these fabulous flowers really pop of the card! Hugs, Anita :)

Kim Heggins said...

This is simply beautiful...feel like I need to make a trip to the islands after seeing your fabulous card.

Karren said...

Beautiful card, Aileen! And I'd be all over a challenge involving floral stamps :)

Mrs A. said...

Well you certainly left your best till last. This is a gorgeous card and I love your water colouring. I have a few zig pens hidden away somewhere. Hugs Mrs A.

coldwaters2 said...

Aileen this is a beautiful CAS style card those flowers and colours are awesome I love the sentiment a truly wonderful make, thank you for joining our challenge at Addicted To Stamps I hope you will join us again
hugs
lorraine x

brenda said...

Beautiful stamping and colours Aileen, thank you so much for sharing your lovely work with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.

B x

Cornelia (fun stamping) said...

Such pretty flowers - like your card much better than the inspiration card!

Esther said...

Beautiful card, love the colours you've chosen and the pretty sequins,, thanks so much for sharing with us at Fashionable Stamping challenges...Esther xx

Yvonne Garner said...

Gorgeous coloring, beautiful flowers. Thanks for sharing with us at FSC!