Monday, May 5, 2014

Vintage, Fresh and Elegant

Since my June club will be focused on new In Colors and new goodies, I decided to do a Mother's Day card AND a Father's Day card this month... here's the Mother's Day card.

I wanted to show off some of my favourite retiring (but hopefully not sold out yet!) stuff while I still have the chance. I used the En Francais background stamp on the Naturals Ivory, and the Modern Medley DSP for a vintage look, along with ivory pearls. I also really wanted to play along with the DIY flower challenge, instead of just stamping and punching, so I decided to pull out my clay and molds (which thankfully are NOT retiring)! I'm SO glad I did, because these flowers really MAKE the card... I'm in love with how it all looks together!! With a small batch of clay embellishments, I usually either mix a bit of clay with a few drops of ink, or leave it white and sponge and/or marker the color on after they're dried, but since I had to premake the flowers for club, I made each flower with white, carefully popped them out right aways and then spritzed them with inked water. Then I pushed the center pearl in right away so they would dry into the flowers.


Challenges I used:

Handstamped Sentiments - (see sketch below, but link-up expired so I couldn't enter)
Color Throwdown - (see palette below)
Little Red Wagon - DIY Flowers
Just Add Ink - (see image below)
Inspired By - (see image below)




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9 comments:

  1. Tammy HershbergerMay 5, 2014 at 4:41 PM

    Those flowers are adorable, and I love your card! Great use of the Throwdown colors! Thanks for joining us.

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  2. Christine BlainMay 5, 2014 at 4:46 PM

    Those little clay flowers are stunning, Anjii!! What a beautiful card. Thanks for joining in the fun at Just Add Ink this week.

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  3. LaurelMay 5, 2014 at 5:09 PM

    Such a pretty card, love the flowers!

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  4. AnonymousMay 6, 2014 at 1:08 AM

    Fun modern card. I like the contrast of the bold flowers against the neutral background. Chantell JAI

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  5. Janis LewisMay 6, 2014 at 5:48 AM

    You nailed your card to fit all the challenges! Thank you for Linking Up at Pause Dream Enjoy. ~Janis
    Pause Dream Enjoy Page on Facebook

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  6. JodiMay 6, 2014 at 6:30 PM

    LOVE the fresh colours you chose!! Awesome job! Thanks so much for playing along with us at the Little Red Wagon!

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  7. Nikki SpencerMay 7, 2014 at 12:56 AM

    What beautiful pops of colour your clay flowers provide...Great card Anjii! Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink.

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  8. JodeneMay 7, 2014 at 7:34 AM

    Love those pretty flowers on the neutral background! Thanks for playing along this week at Just Add Ink :)

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  9. Mae's CachetMay 7, 2014 at 2:29 PM

    I love those clay flowers and it made me look twice as I thought they may have been made with our ruffled ribbon, which gave me an idea to try sometime! Thanks for joining our challenge this week at Just Add Ink.

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