Hello friends! My card today is for a new Color Hues challenge and this time the amazing Carol is hosting. She's chosen a very striking color combination.
When I saw this color duo, the obvious choice seemed to be bees, which would be so fun, but then I remembered a NBUS press plate that I knew would work well, so I'm linking up to Darnell's NBUS challenge as well.
And here's my card...
Isn't that a gorgeous sunflower design? It was made using a press plate from Alex Syberia that I bought last summer. My first attempt at creating the image was to use the Betterpress, inking up the plate with black pigment ink, which encompasses the background and the outline of the sunflower. The image came out fine but not a sharp as I was hoping, so I went the foiling route, and that turned out better.
Using foil rather than pigment ink also allowed me to color the sunflower with my Copic markers, which I have been neglecting as of late. (having too much fun with dies!) After coloring, the panel was trimmed down and mounted with foam tape onto a white panel die cut with a crimped edge A2 die, then added to the card base.
The greeting is from a sentiment press plate set, also from AS and it was foiled in black as well, then cut out with the coordinating die. I like this particular sentiment because it can be used for multiple occasions. Keeping things simple, just three opal gems were added as embellishment to finish the card.
Thank you so much for taking time to stop by, I really appreciate it! If you have another moment, I encourage you to visit the challenge blog for a peek at the fantastic inspiration my fabulous teamies and our guest designers Barbara Campbell and Diana Karlova have to share! The challenge will remain open until 9 am EDT on Monday, June 29th. I hope you'll join us!
Stef
- Alex Syberia Summer Flower Press Plate
- AS Essential Sentiments Press Plates and Dies
- Simon Says Stamp Crimped A2 rectangle die
- SSS Dazzling Opal gems
- Copics - YR27, 24, Y19, 15, 11, E29, 27, 25
2 comments:
Just WOW! I was totally wowed by this the first time I saw it on the DT blog. As always, your Copic coloring is amazing, and this is a stunner!
You definitely know how to make an entrance with Madam Sunflower, Stef! It gives new meaning to the word "stunning" and I love it as your choice for Carol's colors. (BTW, you haven't lost your talent with Copics!) Thank you for inspiring everyone to use their NBUS! Hugs, Darnell
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