Monday, January 15, 2024

Jan 2024 Blue Challenge

Hello my friends and welcome to January 2024 Beautiful Blossoms Challenge where Anything Goes as long as a floral image is the main focus.
We have a blue theme with our inspiration photo:
I started with Penny Black's Florescence stamp. I love this image! It's simple and yet easily takes up most of the real estate on an A2 card.
I stamped the image with Altenew's Obsidian Black Pigment Ink and sprinkled Altenew's Crystal Clear Embossing Powder immediately on it. Obsidian Black Ink stays wet for a period of time, so if I am not not heat embossing over it, I just let it sit for about 15 minutes. When I'm crafting, I am not usually in such a hurray that I can't wait for the ink to dry.
For this card I used Acquarello Watercolor Paper - Artistico Extra White 100% Cotton Hot Pressed 140 lbs. Hot Pressed has a nice smooth finish and it is very good for stamping images.
To watercolor I used Mungyo Professional Half Pan Watercolors for the blue background and Distress Watercolor Pencils for the leaves and the dark blue colors. A little splatter with a gold is from Kuretake - Gansai Tambi Starry Colors helped to break up the background. The sentiments are from Hero Arts - CM136 Birthday Messages Clear. This one is a keeper - it seems to be discontinued on the Hero Arts site, but I did find it several places including Walmart.com.
Thank you for joining me today and I look forward to seeing all the beautiful flowers at the challenge!
I will also be submitting to NBUS Challenge, for this is the first time for this Penny Black Stamp and the Distress Watercolor Pencils!
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10 comments:

  1. I like those large florals, too, Anita, and how they fill the front panel. This one is a graceful design and your pretty watercoloring and gold-schplattering brings it to life! Thank you for inspiring everyone to use their NBUS! Happy New Year! Hugs, Darnell

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  2. Absolutely gorgeous image and watercoloring on this CAS card. Thanks so much for your creativity!
    Donna xx
    Beautiful Blossoms Challenge
    Paper Funday Challenge
    Inspiration Station Challenge

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  3. Beautifully CAS - very classy.

    Helen x

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  4. Your gorgeous blue flowers really pop off the card front Anita! A beautiful card. Thanks so much for sharing with us at PB Saturday Challenge. Have a good day! :)

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