This week, is week 8 in the Colour Creations blog hop and this week we continue our journey through the New Stampin' Up! core colours, working in alphabetical order. This week our feature colour is the lovely Lemon Lolly, a beautiful as the name suggests pale lemon colour. Like last week's new Core Colour, Bubble Bath, Lemon Lolly is also perfect for baby cards but also for floral cards, whichn is what I have chosen.
This week I have chosen to finally "break open" the Cheerful Daisies bundle and revisit a technique that I haven't done for ages in watercolouring. I have chosen to pair Lemon Lolly with Parakeet Party and a little bit of Calypso Coral.
My starting point was to stamp the largest and smallest of the Daisy outline images in Versamark onto Watercolour Paper and then emboss them in white. I have coloured all of the petals using WaterPainters and Lemon Lolly ink to start with and then added the flower centres and inner highlights using Calypso Coral. These flowers once dry were then die cut using the matching dies from the Cheerful Daisies dies.
These daisies have then been adhered to a piece of White cardstock that has been embossed using my favourite of the Basics 3D embossing folders and die cut using one of the Radiating Stitiches dies.
I have popped a couple of the sprigs behind the Daisies, that have been die cut using one of the Cheerful Daisies dies and Parakeet Party cardstock.
This has then all been mounted onto a piece of Bright and Beautiful paper that features Lemon Lolly, and has also been die cut using the largest of the Radiating Stitches dies. Finally this has been mounted onto thick White cardstock.
The sentiment is from another favourite, Go To Greetings, and has been stamped in Parakeet Party and die cut using another of the Cheerful Daisies dies.
Finally I have added a couple of Brushed Brass Butterflies.
Next in tonight's blog hop is our lovely host Cathy Proctor. I look forward to seeing this week's beautiful creation.
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Theresa
Stunning card! I love those radiating dies.
ReplyDeleteHow good does that striped DSP look when die cut out with the radiating dies! Love your water coloured daisies too, Theresa.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I like that striped paper cut with the largest Radiating Stitches Die! I love these dies, and that embossing folder, too ... and how you've used them. Such a pretty card, T.
ReplyDeleteI love the way the stripes and the radiating die work so well together. Lovely card Theresa.
ReplyDeleteLove your water coloured daisies Theresa, it gives them quite a point of difference from everything I've seen using this set.
ReplyDeleteThe watercoloured daisies are so beautiful and this is a great layout using the larger dies and added texture with the TIEFs.
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty card, I love the striped DSP with the radiating dies, lovely.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful card Theresa. I love your water-coloured daisies. Your layering of background die cut pieces using (the Radiating dies) is delightful. Also love your embossing on the white panel. Beautiful xxx
ReplyDeleteA beautiful card Theresa, how good does that DSP look in the radiating dies! The Embossed and water coloured daisies are gorgeous! Love the embossed panel as well that you have cut out with the dies to layer your flowers on. Gorgeous card!
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