Hi there. I'm so glad you stopped by!
I didn't get to craft for a couple of weeks and the rust set in.
It's taken a while to feel at home in the studio again.
I treated myself to some Wplus9 stamps late last year and for Christmas
and I am determined to use them before they sit any longer.
I've been working with the bird from this set and I'm not able to get anywhere
near Dawn's wonderful looks. So I thought I'd give the flowers a try.
I stamped them in gold and heat embossed then colored with a Distress Marker
and my waterbrush.
To add a little more gold, I used an embossing pen to color the leaves and
added some gold heat embossing to them.
The love die was another Christmas present and was cut from gold foil
and stacked on two layers of white scrap card.
Once I had the design die cut for a slimline card (Monarch size), I thought
the corners needed a little something. So I did some partial embossing with a
3D embossing folder.
Here's a picture that shows the shine better.
Color Hues #55 - Light Pink & Gold (congratulations to the new team members)
NBUS #46 - Never Before Used Schtuff (stamp and die)
Card Recipe
Stamps: Flora & Fauna 3 (Wplus9)
Ink: Encore Gold, Spun Sugar (DM)
Paper: Mixed Media (Strathmore), Pink Pirouette (SU), Neenah Solar White
Other: Gold EP, Let's Have a Word - Love (Greetery), Doily 3D EF (TH), Gold Beads (SK)
Enjoy!
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Your sweet and thoughtful comments warm my heart!
I don't see any rust at all Bonnie...just a beautifully done card!! Your soft pinks and the gold shine from the embossing are GORGEOUS and I'm loving the bits of embossing on the corners too! Lovely, lovely card my friend and just perfect for the Color Hues Challenge!! Hugs. :0)
ReplyDeleteBonnie you were so smart to jazz up your corners. [I may go back to add a little something to my latest card]
ReplyDeleteI love your wash of pink on these gorgeous blooms - the bird [or maybe the butterfly?] will come soon enough as he won't be able to resist them! LOVE the sentiment and all that gold!
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Wow, this is gorgeous. Love the pink and gold and your partial embossing on the corners really set the pretty flowers off. TFS
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Bonnie! Love the soft and delicate pink flowers paired with gold embossing. The embossed corners adds so much to the card. Amazing design, my friend! xx
ReplyDeleteI love the pink and gold, the embossing and the beautiful floral stamp. A stunning card Bonnie.
ReplyDeleteFaith x
I love the soft wash of color on the flowers, Bonnie, and what a great way to do the leaves in gold. It looks like you polished that rust off because this is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful Bonnie and a great idea with the embossing folder, it definitely adds texture and interest without detracting from the main image xx
ReplyDeleteIts beautifully done, and well worth your efforts.
ReplyDeleteYou don't seem a bit rusty to me Bonnie - this is a stunner in pale pink and gold! Vicky x
ReplyDeleteRusty, not at all Bonnie. Love the way you've used the embossing pen to partially fill in the leaves and the soft pink of your blooms. Thanks for sharing at Color Hues. :)
ReplyDeleteI don’t see any rust here, Beautiful card. Your watercolouring is so soft and pretty. Fab use of the colour hues.
ReplyDeleteWOW! This is gorgeous, Bonnie! Love the gold and pink together, one of my favorite combinations! Your watercoloring is outstanding! What a fabulous card. I too got rusty being away from crafting for two months. I'm just getting back in the swing but sometimes life gets in the way.
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! I love the beautiful flowers, and the embossed corners were a brilliant design idea! Thanks for joining us at Color Hues!
ReplyDeleteBird or no bird, this is beautiful! Love the soft pink on the blooms and the interest you added to the corners! Boy oh boy, do I ever have a heavy layer of rust too. It's tough getting back into the swing of things for sure!
ReplyDeleteThat is a truly stunning card, Bonnie! Wonderful gold heat embossing, beautiful watercolouring, great addition of the partial dry embossing and the perfectly sized sentiment!
ReplyDeleteI'm seeing lots of gold and pink cards in blogland for the Color Hues challenge - this is so pretty Bonnie! The blooms look so nice in the soft pink and gold embossed leaves - and great idea to softly fill the corners with the white embossing! xx
ReplyDeleteWOW Bonnie this is so elegant - love the delicate pink and the gold highlights - the embossed corners are a wonderful textural addition without detracting from the image.
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Maxine
Gorgeous light pink and gold floral slimline card, Bonnie. TFS the beautiful shine in your photo too. TFS my friend. Love and Hugs...Nancy
ReplyDeleteI absolutely LOVE this card BOnnie..it is a stunner. I love the delicate pink with the gold embossing...so classy and what a great idea to emboss the corners of your card for that touch of detail. Lovely stamp set..fantastic card. Thank you for your continued inspiration. Happy New year too! xx
ReplyDeleteSimply gorgeous card Bonnie - the addition of the EF in the corners just finishes it off perfectly! x
ReplyDeleteSo pretty Bonnie - You really are good at painting no matter which paint medium you use. Never heard of the stamps you used but I can tell you this - I need another stamp like I need another hole in my head!
ReplyDeleteSaw one of your cards on Pinterest the other day. did not realize it was one of your cards until I pulled it up. You used a technique using toilet paper. So that might be the next technique I give a go.
My best to you!
Sandy xx
Hi Bonnie! I'm doing my best to try and visit my friends at last. Your card is stunning and thank you for my beautiful Christmas card. I hope you are well, Happy New Year! may it be a good one. Sending hugs
ReplyDeleteBonnie, I see no rust whatsoever! This is one gorgeous slimline card! I think it was genius to add the small bits of embossing in each corner. Awesome job and thrilled to have you in our gallery at Color Hues!
ReplyDeleteRust sets in quickly doesn't it Bonnie?! I know it does for me. Said that from back in my scrapbooking days. Love your card, the partial dry embossing looks great in the two corners, love those flowers and love how you did them. The gold looks so elegant and the watercolor is beautiful as usual. Love the "love" die cut. Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteYou certainly don't seem rusty to me, Bon! (I hope you weren't gone from your craft room because you were ill.) This card is just gorgeous! I love the sediment snuggled in there and all the texture from the embossing. Of course, the gold schparkle is mwah! Thank you for inspiring everyone at NBUS! Happy New Year! Hugs, Dolly
ReplyDeleteGeez, Bonnie, I should be so rusty. This is gorgeous! The flower stamp is beautiful and looks like it was meant for these colors. I was surprised to read that you did the gold leaves with your Versamark pen. I'm impressed!
ReplyDeleteStunning! Your coloring is gorgeous, and the gold/light pink are such a natural pair -- your card is top notch
ReplyDeleteSTUNNING!!! Had to pop by and say, you. put together pink and gold in the most magical way. Love the corner treatment too, btw. Wowza!
ReplyDeleteAnother WOW card! Both your gentle coloring, but also adding more gold to the card gave a beautiful effect. But the card is completed by this partial background embossing. It was brilliant!!
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These soft pink flowers and gold leaves are so elegant and gorgeous, Bonnie! Love the wonderful design for the slimline card, especially the beautiful layout and the creative dry embossed corners!
ReplyDeleteHideko xx
Definitely no rust there Bonnie, your card is so very pretty! Love all the gold with the pink.
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