This is for the Color Challenge hosted by Chris. She selected Soft Sea Foam, Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sorbet for the colors with any embossing as the dessert option.
These colors said flowers to me. First I scored horizontal lines across my Basic White panel in one inch increments. Then I did the stamping. In some areas the ink did not get down into the destressed line which is what I wanted. I was going for a look of painting on white wood.
The rose was created with three-step stamping as follows: base in Flirty Flamingo stamped off twice, 2nd step in Flirty Flamingo full ink, 3rd step in Sweet Sorbet. The stem and leaves were stamped in the Soft Seafoam with some detail added with neutral Mossy Meadow. Small flowers in both the red & pink colors were stamping about.
Then I dry embossed the panel with my new Timber EF. The score lines disappeared after the dry embossing, but I just rescored them. The sentiment is heat embossed in white. It was oval punched and layered on a punched scallop oval. Wink of Stella was applied on the Sweet Sorbet ink; it really sparkles.
Beautiful colors! I had fun with them. Hope you will join in with us.
Date: Monday, August 29, 2022 GMT Views: 683
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Registered: September 24, 2007 Location: WA Posts: 13952
Mon, Aug 29, 2022 @ 8:29 PM
There's so much to love about this card, Diane! The technique you used to create white wood planks is amazing, and the flowers remind me of folk art tole painting. So lovely!
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Registered: April 6, 2009 Location: Weyers Cave, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley Posts: 31150
Tue, Aug 30, 2022 @ 8:08 AM
This is So Beautiful....a real stand-out in the gallery today! Thank you for giving the details as to your process, Diane. Love the look and your embossing is Fantastic~
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Registered: December 30, 2012 Location: Southern California Posts: 1269
Tue, Aug 30, 2022 @ 9:30 AM
Oh my goodness, this is gorgeous! Love the beautiful stamped florals on the woodgrain background. I'm going to use your card as inspiration for my next watercolor project!
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Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92528
Tue, Aug 30, 2022 @ 6:13 PM
Wonderful card, Diane. Love how you did the bg and your layered stamping has such a lovely loose feeling....sketchy, but artistic. You used today's colors so well.