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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Fun backgrounds and Flowers

Welcome

I am going out of town for a day or so to a craft fair, so if you do not see me commenting on the blogs I usually visit, I am not ignoring you :-)
 - just enabling myself!!

I made this card using the instructions and a stamp that came in (I think) the January edition of the Craft Stamper magazine

The background was stamped with Versamark ink using bubble wrap, and clear embossed.


The panels behind the flowers were created with orange and pink acrylic paints, then the complementary stamp was stamped and white embossed . 
The sentiment is from Kiwistamping.
All the edges were sponged with blue ink.


This second card is one I made with my class. The background to the daisy stamp was distress ink applied directly from the pad to the patterned paper.  
The sentiment stamp is from the (now defunct) Craft's Meow.
The edges on this one were also sponged with the same distress ink as I used on the backgrounds.


These are not my usual style of card, but it was good to stretch myself.

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Thank you for visiting my blog - may your day be blessed.
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28 comments:

Irish Cherokee said...

Beautifully done Maxine. Love the color choices.

Love, Hugs and Blessings
Jim

Darnell said...

You stretched yourself perfectly, Maxine, and you are brave to do so! These are both vibrant and textural delights!! I love them! Thank you for your birthday wishes to me last week! I'm so sorry to be so tardy in thanking you, but I'm having a serious flare of my Crohn's Disease, so I'm not able to be on the computer as much as I normally am. I hope you had a blast today at the fair and enabled yourself from door to door!! Hugs, Darnell

MaryH said...

Maxine, all of these are just wonderful. Love the colors, and that pretty floral stamp really shows splendidly against these fabulous background. Love the idea of using the bubble wrap and Versamark. What terrific texture. Have fun at the craft show. Hope you find lots of fun new goodies. And yes, the Zig brush markers are _very_ nice, and especially so if like me, one is w/c challenged! Big hugs & TFS.

jimlynn said...

Maybe it's not your usual type of cards but WOW! SO pretty!!! Love! Really like the idea of using bubble wrap.
Have a great time at your craft fair!
Lynn

Unknown said...

Maxine,
The backgrounds are quite glorious. with the inked embossing patterns. Thank you so much for taking time to post your very creative art with us this week at Word Art Wednesday, on our 191st Challenge. We appreciate you.
Blessings and Hugs, Carole

Tenia Nelson said...

So fun!!

Bonnie said...

You may have stretched, but these cards don't look like a stretch! Both are gorgeous, Maxine! I never thought of using bubble wrap as a stamp!

peggy aplSEEDS said...

great colors! and I always like the effect of bubble wrap!
thanks for dropping by, Maxine!
Hugs, peggy aplSEEDS@4

Jennie said...

Such fun cards and LOVE the dotted background...cool use of bubble wrap :)

StampNScrapJunkie said...

Wonderful creations and colors! Love your bubble wrap idea! Thanks for sharing and joining us at Inspiration Destination. Hope to see you again and good luck!
Ema
IDCB Owner

Ginny Maxam said...

Hi Maxine, Beautiful cards, I love White Heat embossing!! I hope you did well at the craft show!
Thank you for joining in for Word Art Wednesday challenge # 191!
Hugs,
Ginny M DT WAW

Becca Cruger said...

OOOooooo that glossy, shimmery embossing paste is DIVINE!!! Gorgeous cards, Maxine!

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

That is a gorgeous design. Love those embossed touches. Thanks so much for joining in the fun with the Loves Rubberstamps team for our ‘Anything Goes’ challenge. Hugs, Wends x Loves Rubberstamps DT

Camille Short said...

Inspiring and amazing!

Pamellia said...

Gorgeous Maxine! I love the look you got by putting the ink pads directly on your paper, and the colours are so amazing! Both are so pretty! hugs :)

Kristie W. said...

The bubble wrap backgrounds are so cool! Love the flowers on the second card, they have that chalkboard look to them.

Margaret said...

Your backgrounds are fabulous Maxine. Great cards. Hugs, Maggie

HeatherM said...

I love the embossed bubble wrap dots! Thanks for joining us at Crafting from the Heart this week.
HeatherM

Shelly Schmidt said...

I love to see all of the techniques you try : ) Your cards are wonderful- love the orange BG with bubble wrap and the embossing on the painted BG. Love the colors in card 2 as well. Fun work!

Amy A said...

Gorgeous Card! love the colors and embossing! Thank you for playing along with us at Inspiration Destination Challenges - We sure hope you join us again!

Amy- DT
{Lil Cutie Creations}

Dangina Martinez said...

Fabulous design! Can't wait to her all the yummy detail! Have a blast!
Thanks for playing at Loves Rubber Satmps!

Anonymous said...

What a fun background technique! Thank you so much for entering our ATG challenge at Through The Craft Room Door this week. We are looking forward to seeing you again in the next challenge.
Sara
TTCRD DT
FP3 {My Blog}

aussie aNNie said...

Beautiful designed card and love the details Maxine. Been MIA as had grandies here from Melbourne for school hols.xx{aNNie My Personal Blog}

aussie aNNie said...

Maxine you won on one of the stamploration challenges and now sorry I can't remember which one...xx{aNNie My Personal Blog}

MaryH said...

Beautiful! Especially love the hot colors on the orange one too! This may not be your 'usual' style, but you've aced the technique, that's for sure. Love the idea of the bubble wrap background, and keep forgetting to try it, after seeing one of your earlier cards. It looks very Bokeh as well. The pretty daisy silhouette was the perfect stamp to show off these gorgeous backgrounds. Have fun, and I'm sure you won't buy anything at the craft show, that all of us won't love! Big hugs. TFS

crafty-stamper said...

It is indeed awesome love the images and great background- Thank you for joining us at Artistic Inspirations
Carol DT x

alexandra s.m. said...

Beautiful card and I love the various textures you've created.
It makes me want to touch it ;)
Thank You~

Barb said...

I love these!! Stunning colors.