It is Sunday so I am entering into the wonderful Hels Sheridan's Sunday Stampers, details of which can be found over at http://pinkleart.blogspot.com/ and the theme for this week was inspired by the song Don't It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue.
I have had this 8 inch square canvas for ages and thought it was about time it had an airing. For my submission today, aside from Hel's amazing tag over at her blog, I took inspiration from the uber talented Kath Stewart at http://kath-allthatglitter.blogspot.co.uk/ . Kath has a wonderful style, which I love and she uses many Tim Holtz products, which I also love. I hope that you will take a moment to visit her blog.
I painted the canvas with gesso, then blue acrylic paint and a touch of green along the bottom. I stamped with picket fence distress stain through a small dots mask and then overstamped using bubble wrap and peacock feathers distress ink. I attached some of Tim's tissue paper (not the tape) randomly across the canvas. The flowers are cut using Papermania kraft card and the Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die. I spritzed the die cut flowers with lots of water, scrunched them up and then put them together with a large blue pearl brad. The stems and leaves are cut from pearlescent card and the word is cut from Tim's wordplay die, using more of the tissue glued to some card and I mounted these onto some more kraft card.
I would also like to enter this inthe May Monthly Challenge over at Inspiration Emporium - http://blog.inspirationemporium.com/ where the challenge is Flowers.
If you have a look I hope you will leave me a comment and I will always try and return the favour. Hope you are having a lovely weekend. Crafty hugs, Anne x
This is gorgeous Anne, I love the bluey, green colour with the browns, just beautiful :)
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WOW!! Anne this is just Gorgeous... fabulous background colours and those flowers are just Brillant!!! great newsprint letters.. I love it... Hugs May x x x
ReplyDeleteOooh this is just gorgeous,love the fabulous flowers and great layout.xxx
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to get started on this one! Yours is gorgeous...love love love though flowers!
ReplyDelete...brown & blue are just wonderful partners in this inky world of ours, loVe your bubble wrap colour layering & those flowers Anne, WOW...as for Tim's Wordplay, I almost got it for Mother's Day but it wasn't available to buy so will have to be on my wish list for my birthday...Superb work inspiring...Mel :)
ReplyDeleteRedanne wow.... you know I am mad about flowers ...and these are fabulous I love them, what a great card well done Hugs Elaine
ReplyDeletefabulous fabulous anne...tickled pink that I managed to inspire you just a little bit...sending hugs kath xxx
ReplyDeleteOh cor blimey Anne!! What was that about not being sure about your style? This piece oozes style! Love it. Now the rest of us have got to got to raise our games for the Sunday Stampers challenge... hugs, Buttons x
ReplyDeleteI love this card Anne both the colours and the compilations. Will let you know what I buy at Craft Range Tuesday
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one I made earlier today
What a Fabulous canvas Anne, love all the techniques you have used. I'm stuck in a rut as we are having the upstairs radiators replaced and of course my craft room is in major overhaul at the moment because of it. Saying that I am in need of a rest. Speak Soon. Hugs Rita xx
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous canvas Anne, love it loads... thanks for joining in with the Sunday Stamper x
ReplyDeleteI love the way that this is such a contrast to last weeks. The colours are lush & I love the tissue paper across the canvas. The word 'garden' really stands out. Very pretty. Sx
ReplyDeleteAnne that's gorgeous I love it xx
ReplyDeleteHi Anne this is a fabulous piece. I love these colours too and your background and flowers are stunning. I just received my word die at the end of last week so still to have a play. Good luck in your challenges. Crafty hugs......Annie :)
ReplyDeleteLove your canvas - great background, lovely flowers and the word just finishes it off nicely!!
ReplyDeleteI love your canvas! It's adorable!! Such a simple design but so elegant at the same time! Beautiful job! Thank you so much for the very sweet comment you left on my blog this morning! You made my day! I love the fact that I inspire you!! Yay! The dimensional hot air ballon is so much fun to do! You might have to trim the balloon just a little when you fold it together because it's not a perfectly symmetrical stamp....but you don't notice it at all when you ink all the edges. :) Have fun with it! <3 Candy
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous canvas, the flowers are fab!
ReplyDeleteHi Anne, what a pretty canvas you created. I love your spritzed and scrunched up flowers! Hope you had a great week end! waving hi from the hills of North Carolina :)
ReplyDeleteWhat do you have cooked up for us. I love the background colors and your flowers are divine!!! Now that I have given your technique a good read I shall give it a go!! Wonderful art work and I really liked the flowers!
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This canvas is so cool. Good luck on the challenge...but you have won anyway with this great canvas!
ReplyDeleteI love this canvas and the lettering.
ReplyDeleteWow what a fabulous canvas! I have the same die but my flowers have never looked so good! I am not doing WOYWW today - I had a snoop at yours though, your new goodies look fab! xx
ReplyDeleteLove this canvas, Anne! And your flowers are just plain gorgeous.
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