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Sunday, July 17, 2016

Poppy Gems...


Happy Sunday everybody!!

Well I am up to my eyes in work but I ordered some new crafty goodies and this stamp was one of my new purchases.  I am off down south in the morning to the Bulmers cider mill to meet some important people....and of course work!!  I'm there for three days so back late on Wednesday.

I couldn't wait to stamp and colour up this stamp as I have been eyeing it up for ages, it's from Penny Black and is called Poppy Gems.

I white embossed the image but left a section off the card...so that isn't the full image you can see.  I then coloured the image using my watercolour pens.  I gradually added colour building up the layers and I think it looks ok...I am still practising.  I also added some shading around the flowers as I think it helped them to pop out. I added a sentiment and some sequins, pearls and gems.

Iam actually loving white embossing at the moment...it is very therapeutic watercolouring over embossing, it helps not to go over the lines too....so there may be more to come lol!


challenges:
Cute Card Thursday -embossing
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
Bunny Zoe - summer florals
The Ribbon Girl - any image(not sure if I need to use ribbon, if so just delete this)
Penny Black & More - anything goes


Fi
x

16 comments:

Chrissy said...

Stunning Fiona..the colours are gorgeous..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Mrs A. said...

I'm a sucker for poppies and this is a gorgeous stamp. I have several stamps and digis but not this one. Might just have to correct that omission! Love your colouring. Looks amazing. hugs Mrs A.

maria f. said...

Such a pretty stamped card. Beautiful coloring.

Aileen said...

Totally beautiful, such an eye catching card.

Mój świat kolorów said...

cudna kartka!

Ribbon Girl said...

It's gorgeous Fiona, so elegant!! and thanks for joining in with The Ribbon Girl July 'use any image' challenge, best of luck, Mary xx www.ribbongirl.co.uk

Fikreta said...

amazing card!

Brawny x said...

Stunning job. Fab card x

Rika said...

Beautiful flower card.

Anonymous said...

i love the layout and the colours you've used on this very pretty card! thank you so much for playing along with us at penny black and more!
linda

Gibmiss said...

Stunning card... Love this poppy image...fabulous colours...
Thanks for joining us at PBSC
Hugs Sylvie xx

lililindsay said...

Such a vibrant card. That black and white background layer makes to image really stand out.

Sue from Oregon said...

Such a gorgeous pop of color Fiona, very dramatic indeed! Thanks for sharing with us at Penny Black Saturday Challenge. ♥ Sue Kment

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

Loving the black and white checkerboard edge you're using lately Fi? Are you inking that yourself? It looks fab!! Stunning image today and so so SO beautifully coloured. Utterly delish. Hugs, Wends xoxo

Janice W. said...

Beautiful card! Thanks for joining the LMMS challenge. The colors are gorgeous!

Gail said...

I'm just looking at cards and ran across this one in an e-mail from Little Miss Muffet showing DT cards and winners. This card is so pretty. I love watercoloring but haven't mastered it nearly as beautiful as you have. This is outstanding and I saved your card as my 'wallpaper' on my computer so I can keep looking at it. Hope that's okay to do. The colors are so vibrant and I can see how the layering of color has done this. I love your card. Hugs, Gail