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Monday, May 24, 2021

A Flower for a Friend

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I really enjoyed making the card for a special friend..

I started with a panel over which I had applied glue and let it dry, then I sponged on distress inks,
(I think I used Spun Sugar, Tattered Rose and Milled Lavender). The glue acted as a resist and gave a wonderful subtle texture to the inked panel.


When I went to stamp the Crafty Individuals stamp  'Flower'  over it in espresso ink, I was very pleased to have a MISTI, as the ink did not really want to stamp over the background, so I had to make multiple impressions. The sentiment stamp was on a wood block, so I removed the wood mount and also used that in the MISTI... 


To embellish the feature panel I added punch waste and lace down the left side, and the punch waste and flower in the bottom right.


The panel was them mounted on the cream base, laying two deep purple snippets under opposing corners. 

The liner had a snippet of the feature panel added to the bottom of it.

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24 comments:

  1. Stunning, no other words describe the colour and beauty of this fab card for your friend. Good luck with the jabs tomorrow, we haven't had any yet. xx

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  2. Maxine, this is a gorgeous creation of mixed media and color. Well done!

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  3. What an interesting textured and colored card - so many techniques! Love that flower image. Thanks so much for playing at Sunday Stamps!

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  4. Maxine, such a beauty this is! I love the color palette and the freshness - beautiful flower, too! Hugs! xx

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  5. Maxine: marvelous mixed media card!!! Cool!

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  6. Such a soft and delicate looking floral creation Maxine, thank you so much for joining in at Stamping Sensations challenge this month.

    B x

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  7. You do have some good ideas for making different backgrounds.This is very effective but I can imagine it needed just the right ink pad to stamp on it. The rudbekia is a lovely stamp. I grew them in my garden in UK. I like the finishing touches. Altogether a lovely card which I am sure your friend enjoyed receiving. Kate x

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  8. A pretty card Maxine, you have created a super background - a lovely, soft and delicate card.
    Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
    x

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  9. Gorgeous card Maxine and so clever to use Glue as a texture. I'm definitely going to try that and thanks for the inspiration! Speaking of inspiration...you should check out my challenge at Inspiration Station...it's based on how a photo inspires you and may feel your card fits this challenges picture. Have a look and see if it's for you: https://inspirationstationchallenge.blogspot.com/
    Donna

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  10. Beautifully done Maxine. Very creative.

    Hugs and Blessings,
    Jim

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  11. So very beautifully done- love your glue resist and how pretty is you background. Love all of the fun details on your card- fabulous end result!!!

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  12. Love the mixed media feel of this, fabulous!
    Thank you for joining us at Polkadoodles Gem of a Challenge! Jane S (DT) Paper, Pencils & Pretty Things xxx

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  13. This is so delicate and pretty, a gorgeous card! Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations this month.
    Pinky

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  14. This is beautiful!! I wish I could see the texture in real life; I bet it's fabulous! Love the bit of lace and the "waste" (very cool!) down the side! Thanks for playing with Di's Digi Designs.

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  15. Such a beautiful card, Maxine! Thanks for joining our Anything Goes Challenge.  Please join us again real soon!
    Hugs, Joy
    JoyWilsonInk
    Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Owner and Coordinator

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  16. This is beautiful Maxine. Love the background you created and the inclusion of the punch waste. Thank you for entering the Anything Goes Challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.

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  17. So beautiful. Thanks for joining us this month at We Love 2 Create. Hugs from DT-Irre

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  18. I must try your idea of putting glue on the page to begin with - it sounds as if the texture will be lovely.
    Ahm the Misti - I would not be without mine. Whilst expensive at first it is worth its weight in gold to me with images that have previously caused so many problems especially. That cone flower is adorable, and the addition of the embellishment down the side just finishes the card off perfectly.
    Blessings, Neet xx

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  19. What a gorgeous card! Your friend will sure to love all the fine details you put into this creation. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Sunday Stamps!

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  20. Fab creation, thanks for joining Stamping Sensations, good luck.
    Happy crafting
    Tracy x

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