Hello Stampers! Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments July Sketch Challenge. I needed yet another wedding card, so I chose to use the lovely Charming Day set again. I used the color combo of Peach Pie, Melon Mambo, and Garden Green from As You See It #351.
I started by embossing the large rose image on watercolor paper with white embossing powder. I watercolored the image with the challenge colors. Even though this is a pretty bright color palette, when using watercolor the colors seem to soften a bit. The Melon Mambo is very light, but I assure you it really is Melon Mambo!
I die cut the colored image along with some foliage from Charming Day and Layers of Beauty dies. I used white and gold for the foliage. I also die cut and embossed the sentiments in gold and white to tie it all together. The sentiments are from Delightful Wishes.
Instead of going with a plain rectangular panel, I opted for an Everyday Arches dies cut. I think it makes the card more attractive and added interest. I brushed on some Peach Pie ink to the arch to make it stand out. It's all perched on a white and Peach background embossed with my basics and Garden and Glass Embossing folders.
The bow is tied on with Gold Mesh Ribbon.
Stamps: Charming Day, Delightful Wishes
Ink: Peach Pie, Melon Mambo, Garden Green, Versamark
Paper: White, Peach Pie, Gold Foil, watercolor
Accessories: Everyday Arches dies, Layers of Beauty dies, Delightful Wishes dies, gold EP, white EP, Mesh Ribbon, Garden and Glass EF, Basics EF
Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!
Jenny
Jenny, this is so gorgeous - I love the coloring on your flowers! My gran used to grow roses like this - you make me think of her! Thanks so much for playing at As You See It!
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful Jenny - those two-tone roses are lovely and the embossed background and gold sentiment makes this card really special. Thanks for playing along with us at As You See It!
ReplyDeleteThis card is a stunner for sure, Jenny! Those roses are the beautiful center of attention, but the gold details, like the paper, the bow and the embossed background, all add such an air of elegance to it! Thanks for playing along with As You See It Challenges.
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful! The arch is a great focal point, especially with the stitched edge and subtle colouring. Watercolouring is a great way to tame the colours but they still have so much life in them. The touches of gold add extra elegance. Love this! Thanks for sharing with us at As You See It.
ReplyDeleteWowza, this is stunning! You've used those colors beautifully with your watercoloring and the gold sentiment really kicks this up several notches! Awesome wedding card! Thanks for playing with the AYSI challenge this week!
ReplyDeleteJenny, congratulations! Your card has won Featured Artist in the As You See It Colour Challenge #351, which means you have also won a chance to be a guest designer for a challenge in two weeks. I will send you an email to the entry email address with all the details in a couple of days. Be on the lookout for it! We're all looking forward to working with you!
ReplyDeleteJenny, did you get your email yet? I sent it to the email address you used to enter the challenge with?
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