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Thursday 18 February 2021

First Time Used and Coloured Both

I've made another two floral cards using vellum and zigs. This first one you will be going to see the vellum as after I had finished colouring I found my hand had transferred colour into areas it didn't belong.
I fussy cut the blooms and they sat there for a few months as I wasn't particularly happy with them. I ended up adding more colour and then pulled some colour out. Added a bit of shimmer then attached to this pink and white pattern paper.


 These blooms are from Altenew and the combined die cut sentiments are from The Ton called
Love & Hugs.

You can see the shimmer on the petals in this photo. I used a bit of glue to attached the flowers to the pattern paper and found that because I had added so much colour the vellum had warped and I needed a fair bit of glue. Then I found that there were bits of glue all over and I needed to remove and it became a card that I nearly threw out half a dozen times.
I ended up deciding to keep the card, added the sentiments and some gems, its okay but not a card I am particularly proud of. 

This next card is the vellum with silver heat embossing and my darkest and lightest blue Zigs.
I was a lot lighter in my use of colour and was really pleased in the end. The flower is from The Ton and is called Amazing Gardinia



I did a very light grey around the outline then added the "Just Because" sentiment and gems.

I added these to a white card base and Im afraid the card looks a little dull and grey but IRL the white of the cardbase totally highlights the rose.

I hope you enjoy these and come back to see more.


Crafty Hugs

Aileen




 

6 comments:

lostinpaper said...

Both cards are absolutely beautiful Aileen, nice save on the vellum flower!

stephanie said...

I love both of these cards very much, I always forget to use vellum!

I Card Everyone said...

Your fabulous skills are showing again... and those fabulous stripes through the vellum - love that!
=]

Viv said...

Such fabulous cards Aileen, despite the mishaps lol! Glad it's not just me who has those!Love both of your cards, you are so clever at colouring...I know I keep saying it...but it's TRUE !!!. Oh and thanks for sharing with us over at 'The Flower Challenge' too ;) hugs Viv xx

Diane said...

Just stunning designs Aileen, love the bold colors.

Hugs Diane

TaeEun said...

Beautifully colored flowers on vellum, Aileen!!! I actually love the first one more! The fussy cut flowers look gorgeous on the striped pattern!