Today we received good news on our little guy, no surgery for the badly broken arm! So must stress is lifted, praise the Lord! This weekend I spent a lot of time in the art room, but never produced anything. I had wanted to make a batch of CAS birthday cards to celebrate Simon Says Stamp's 7th birthday/blog challenge. People, I cannot do CAS. I give up and am moving on... Tonight I decided to give one more attempt to making a floral card design for the birthday challenge, but with my own spin and mixed media touches.
I was thinking about the pretty effect the Tim Holtz damask stamped background from the angel tag was, so I tried to recreate the effect here. I first bathed my card in watercolor, then inked the damask stamp in SU!'s Orchid Opulence, spritzing a few times to make it run well. Then stamped it onto the semi-wet card. I just let it bleed however and love that look! Some areas were too dark, so I dabbed with a wet baby wipe.
This gorgeous flower is by Stampendous. The leaf stamp is a super oldie by Magenta, maybe 15 years?! Look how cool the watercolor pooled between the veining! JOY!
I decided to use the gold side of some scrap matboard my friend Bonnie gave me to die cut the Tim Holtz die. When I had everything pretty much designed, I thought how cool it would be to have some more white ares in the colored sections, so I embossed this fab texture stamp by Prima over the dry panel. I really like the layers of stamping and patterns. It ain't CAS! It ain't FLAT! But it's a very happy birthday card to SSS and for my BFF, Trish. <3 LOL! And I'm really loving the magenta palette these days. Can you tell?!
I'm entering these fab challenges:
Retro Rubber: April Showers (Watercolor)
This is stunning, Autumn!! I love the beautiful colors!! What a gorgeous flower!! The leaves look amazing!! I love, love this!! It's so artistic and beautiful!! And I'm with you...I can't do CAS at all!! I'm so glad no surgery was needed for your little one. I hope the break heals quickly and painlessly. Have a wonderful evening my friend!! Big hugs :)
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Beautiful card! Such a fabulous design!! Love this!
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Melissa
Wow! This is so beautiful!! It's one of those cards that I really want to hold in my hands so I can see the details up close. I gave up on CAS as well, but your card makes mine look CAS! Thank you so much for playing with us at Retro Rubber and hope to see you in our gallery again soon.
ReplyDeleteWow Autumn, loving the colours here and super combination of dies, stamping and inks. Many thanks for sharing with us at Penny Black and More challenge again.
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Autumn this is gorgeous - love the magenta and the subtle layering with the watecolouring and stamping. The touch of gold in the die cut and sentiment is so elegant and adds so much class.
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Maxine
Oh my gosh!! this is really beautiful, the water color wash is simply gorgeous and your lovely flower looks amazing too. The gold die cut and the thread makes this card look so elegant and with lovely texture, this magenta shades are a dream!!
ReplyDeleteNow, I'm new to CAS cards, I've been trying for about a year now with some success, the most difficult aspect of this style is leaving a lot of white space on the panel, it has taken a bit of time to get used to that.
Thank you so much for taking time to play with us at Retro Rubber and I hope your little one heals fast!!!
Hope to see you again in the gallery.
Big hugs,
Maria Rodriguez.
Oh, I would love to do CAS too, but I am just too messy! This creation is just gorgeous, the colours are so vibrant and that flower is stunning. CAS is nice but your water colour beauty is just the bees knees in my book! Hugs, Anne xx
ReplyDeletePS. Forgot to say - that is such wonderful news about your little guy - it must be such a relief! Hugs, Anne xx
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty, the colour is gorgeous. I've been meaning to get my water-colours out and now you have inspired me.
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Beautiful card and love the colour with all the detailing...Thank you for joining us at A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge and good luck in draw...Hugs Lozzy x
ReplyDeleteOh, girl... you just do your thing... It's all pretty damned spectacular! Pink + gold: another killer combo.
ReplyDeleteHey, so happy to hear NO SURGERY for little man! Thumbs up!
Oh, Autumn, great news about your little guy! Thanks God!
ReplyDeleteYour pink card is a watercolor heaven! I am so impressed and so inspired! It's absolutely beautiful!
Big hugs to you! Branka xx
Good news about your little man. Must be great relief for you... and for him too. And your card... I am in awe! Everything looks so right: every droplet, every splatter looks perfectly placed. In my hand this would be a hot mess! Well done, Autumn!
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Autumn, this card is STUNNING! I know that Trish is going to adore your piece of art from the heart! Love the colors, the textures and fab details. It has already been pinned and I hope to CASE this sometime in the future. Thanks so much for including Retro Rubber in your stamping fun. We appreciate your use of the older stamp image. Hope you will play along with us very often!!
ReplyDeleteLove love LOVE the resist with these incredible magenta and pink hues, Autumn! So gorgeous! Sorry your little boy has a broken arm, but SO GRATEFUL they could set it without surgery! I hope it heals quickly and without too much pain for him.
ReplyDeleteNow for my other hat: Thank-you for joining us at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge "Make a Card".
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such a beautiful birthday card and oh so pretty in magenta! all the elements you've managed to pull together seamlessly is what i really struggle with and seems more difficult than CAS to me. thank you so much for sharing this beauty with us at penny black and more!
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Stunning card Autumn! I think you should stick with what you obviously do best...this is amazing! Thank you for joining us at Seize the Birthday! And I LOVE the color too!!
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning Autumn, no need to do CAS, when you can make beauties like this. I love all the different elements, so much for my greedy eyes to feast on :) Thanks for playing with us at Retro Rubber. Cx DT
ReplyDeleteWow! What a stunning card. Congrats on making Top 3! Thank you for playing along with my "create your own background" Amusing Challenge this week. Please come back again!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card with so lovely colours and details.
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WOW! Autumn,congratulations to be the winner at Amusing Challenge.
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So beautiful! Love everything about this - well done. Thanks for playing along with Seize the Birthday.
ReplyDeleteGreat news, Autumn! Praise the Lord! Your watercolor card is just beautiful, and don't worry about not being able to do CAS. You are perfect just the way you are! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteAutumn, your card is just beautiful. I love all the details and the background of your card. Thanks for joining Retro Rubber challenge.
ReplyDeleteWell, I for one, am glad you don't do CAS because you do this style beautifully! The card is beautiful with perfectly combined colors, stamps and patterns! Thank you for joining us at Retro Rubber!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome. Such pretty colors. And congrats on your DT assignment.
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