Thursday 28 August 2014

The Card Concept - Challenge #17

Hi bloggers!

There's an inspiration pic over at The Card Concept this week - I've always wanted a green bedroom and I think this is the perfect green.  Years ago, when I lived in London,  my (now) husband managed to persuade me to buy some green paint so that he could paint my bedroom for me.  Unfortunately it was the kind of green hue that reminded me of the inside of a hospital operating theatre...not quite the clean, restful colour I was thinking of....






Anyway, unusually for me, I didn't have any kind of idea in mind - I just had a play around with a W Plus 9 script stamp and a Bo Bunny flower to see what I could come up with.  I masked the flower and stamped over it with the script, shaded some of the petals with a couple of Copics and added a lick of Wink of Stella.  I then cut it into 4 squares and stuck it all back together again. I did think of making it clean and simple but I can never resist layers so I added an embossed background too.  I guess that's made it clean and layered now hasn't it?

It would have been nice to have been able to fit a sentiment somewhere but I didn't want to cover the flower so blank will have to do!

Thanks for popping over!

Claire x





10 comments:

  1. Claire this is STUNNING!!! Oh my goodness I just love every little detail, very well done and a WINNER in my book!!

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  2. This is gorgeous!!! LOVE how it turned out!

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  3. Claire, you card is stunning and so sweet and very restful and relaxing feel. I love your painting story, it is amazing how different colors affect us. Your card makes me smile. Thank you so much for playing along with us at The Card Concept.

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  4. Claire, your card is amazing. It is so beautiful classy and elegant card. Especially I love your shiny green flower!! Thanks for playing with us at the Card Concept!

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  5. This is such a pretty card and great take on our challenge. Thanks for joining us at The Card Concept.

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  6. What a fun idea to cut your design into 4 squares! I love it!!

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  7. Stunning, Claire ... so lovely ... subtle, soft and beautiful! Anita :)

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  8. this is a beautiful clean and layered card and a great take on the inspiration photo-thanks for joining in with the card concept challenge

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  9. Adore this, love the script and the design!!!

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