Apr 15 2009
If I had a flower….Color Throwdown #38
This week it’s my turn to host the Color Throwdown challenge. When I was a Featured Cupcake Sampler for Taylored Expressions, I made THIS CARD and just loved how the colors looked together. When you find something that works, stick with it, right? So here are the colors for this week’s challenge:
I stamped the flower image from Flower Silhouettes (467) onto some watercolor paper using Weathered Wood and Fired Brick Ranger Distress ink. Then I stamped just the flower 2 more times and cut them out. After I used the Labels One die to cut the watercolor paper and 2 mats for it, I painted around the branch and the bottom right corner in watered down Baja Breeze reinker. When that dried, I stamped the sentiment from Wildflowers (465) in Weathered Wood.
The Grid and French Script backgrounds are lightly stamped on the 7 Gypsies Nottinghill paper. I decided to used just a portion of the image panel and cut the left edge off, then pierced down that edge. I added the ribbon and a small flower with a pearl sticker to the bow. The main flower panel is spritzed with a mixture of water and Perfect Pearls using a Ranger Mini Mister. While the cut flowers were still damp from the misting, I curled up the petals before I attached them to the main panel. I added a pearl sticker to that flower as well.
I hope you’ll join the Color Throwdown team in this challenge. You can find all the deets at the CTD blog, and some great inspiration here at the team’s blogs:
Thanks, guys, for coming by and please stop by a little later for the Wacky Wednesday challenge of the week.
- Stamps: Flower Silhouettes (467), Wildflowers (465), French Script (448), Grid (451)
- Paper: watercolor paper, baja breeze, ruby red, basic gray, 7 Gypsies Nottinghill
- Ink: Ranger Distress – fired brick, weathered wood, antique linen, baja breeze reinker
- Other: waterbrush, ink blending tool, corner rounder, Labels One Nestabilities die, paper piercer, template & mat, ribbon, Queen & Co. flower, pearl stickers, foam tape
Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.
16 responses so far
Broni, this is so stunning! I love how simple yet very elegant it is, and love how you watercolored on the paper to set off your image and sentiment! Absolutely beautiful!
Gorgeous! Another great background and I love how you’ve done the Labels One.
Love the layered flower and your ribbon treatment. Beautiful!
These colors look so nice together! I love the shading you created! The dimension of the flower is so beautiful!
What a beautiful card! Love the flowers charm on the ribbon!
This is really beautiful! I love the soft watercoloring and the bold flower! Great texture!
A stunning card Broni! Love the color combo too.
Simply beautiful. Love it…the colors, the sentiment…just a fantastic card!!!
Just gorgeous!!!Love the details!
LeAnne
Hi Broni!! This is a beauty!! What lovely details!! 🙂 I hope to be playing!!
Broni – I am totally speechless. This card is absolutely amazing. The colors, the flowers, the ribbon, the sentiment – wow – it is wonderful.
This is fantastic!! LOVE your flower and layout!! Awesome!!
LOVELY!
ohh, just gorgeous, Broni!!!
Great work!
Love your card, Broni!! I must admit these colors threw me for a while, but I like ’em now!
Gorgeous! I just love that bit of color you added as a background to the flower and sentiment!