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Sunday, February 19, 2023

Dotty Birthday

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This is my mid-month reminder post for We Love Stamping - Stencilled Background Challenge,
there is a fabulous prize on offer.. more on that later
I chose to make another birthday card, this time for a young woman, and it is somewhat more vibrant than my first card for the challenge. 

The main image is an Hero Arts Florals, Poppy stamp and Die set, coloured with Polychromo pencils, die cut and adhered to vellum.  I used the wee ladybird to cover the conglomeration of stems at the base


I had started with the green panel and used iridescent medium through a Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz layering stencil Dot Fade


The sentiment was embossed with silver ep, and mounted with foam dots.
The silver strips down the side were added as I had cut the panel down a tad too much... oops


I rounded the corners on all the elements to give a softer look, and the inside was decorated with the ends of the silver strips. 


The prizes for this challenge come from Highlight Crafts and are a stamp set and a die set


I am linking this to:






25 comments:

Dawn T said...

Beautifully done Maxine. Love the poppies and a fabulous background.

brenda said...

Beautiful Papavero Maxine and the look so delicate onto vellum with the bold stencil work beneath.

B x

Gerrina said...

What a great BD-card! Love the dots background! And it is perfect for our challenge at TIME OUT! So glad you enter it there! Thank you! Hope you have a fun weekend! Hugs, Gerrina

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Love your design and the sweet poppy really pops :D so well on the oval vellum shape! The stencilled background looks great too!

HilaryJane said...

Love the effect of the background, just stunning. Using vellum behind the flower was such a good idea. Red and green are always fabulous together and it is nice to see them used outside of Christmas. Stunning card xx

jimlynn said...

VERY pretty card Maxine and whoever gets this will love it too. Love the colors you used and of course that great image. So pretty colored with the pencils.
Lynn

KraftyKoolKat said...

This is such a beautiful creation Maxine.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxxx

Lee said...

Oh love those poppies! Thanks for joining us at Beyond the Blue!

Cynthia said...

Lovely poppy birthday card, Maxine. The vellum panel softens the card nicely. Lovely coloring of the poppy image! Thank you for sharing at Word Art Wednesday this week.

Glennis F said...

A great effect using the vellum

Kathy said...

Maxine, Love the colors and how vibrant it is. Your stenciled background is just the right touch for the bouquet of poppies Of course, loving that lady bug!

Linby said...

I do love a Poppy and this one is gorgeous, fab card.

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Your lovely poppy certainly "pops" on the vellum, this is such a beautiful card, also love how you did the insert Maxine.
Faith x

Jeanette (Forest Ranger) said...

Maxine, this is so pretty. I love the flowers and your beautiful color choices!

Brenda said...

What a pretty birthday card Maxine! First off I love how you colored your poppies and placed them on top of a vellum oval. But what I really love is how you did your background. Most of the time, not always-but a lot, we tend to use embossing paste on a white mat, but you have used a green mat and I love it! I don't think of using embossing paste on a colored background, but I need to! Love that little ladybug, so sweet and cute! Hugs, Brenda

Karen Letchworth said...

What a pretty Birthday card, Maxine. I love the dots as well as the lovely flowers. Your cards are always so sweet and I enjoy stopping by every time I visit. Hope you're doing well and having a blessed week.
karen

Irish Cherokee said...

Nice use of the velum. Great design and color. The ladybird is a nice touch.

Hugs and blessings

JD/ Jill said...

Pretty! I like your color combo!

My Paper Epiphany said...

Beautifully coloured poppy! I love the subtlety of the vellum and stencilled background! Thanks for helping us celebrate our Birthday at Time Out Challenge:)

Mervi said...

Fabulous card Maxine;-))m

Marlena M. said...

Fun use of stencil and I love that you put final touches inside as well. Thank you for joining us at INkspirational!

Carol W said...

Maxine this is a wonderfully creative card. So many great details.
Hugs,
Carol

Becca Sadler said...

Maxine: your card is stunning! The texture and layers are perfectly balanced and coordinated! Fabulous!!!

Neet said...

Good luck with the challenge. I do like this card and I think the addition of the ladybird, even if it was for a reason, is a great one. It looks so good perched there on the stem. Love it.
Blessings, Neet xx

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

This is really beautiful hun. Lovely image and the vellum is a fab detail. Love the wee ladybug. Hugs, Wends xoxo