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Sunday, July 2, 2023

Floral Felicitations

Welcome,
thank  you for taking the time to visit today.
A special welcome to my newest follower, Mary Smith of Grateful Heart Greetings, who makes some beautiful creations, and is very generous in sharing art she has created.

Today is the start of the July Challenge at We Love Stamping, where the theme this month is 
Anything Goes with an optional twist of  Fabulous Florals, 
and where we have two gorgeous floral prizes from AALL & Create


I started this card by stamping a Stamplorations image, Bloom Border 1 and white embossing it
then painting it in Twinkling H2O's , which gave a gorgeous lustre to the image.


After fussy cutting the image, I decided to place it against a very dark blue base.
I sited the sentiment and white embossed it.


Then die cut a white frame and placed it on the blue base before angling the image and adhering it.
The final touch were some iridescent sequins, that sometime look white and then various colours show up as the angle the light hits it changes. 


The inside was finished with an 'off the page' stamping of the image using Memento London Fog ink
I decorated the envelope in the same manner, but did not photograph it. 

These are the fabulous prizes from AALL & Create

    

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18 comments:

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Lovely sparkle for your flowers, they have a beautiful sweet look and the black makes them pop!

Gerrina said...

These flowers are so subtile and at the same time they pop great on the black! Hope your weekend is a good one! Hugs, Gerrina

Linby said...

Lovely pretty flowers, the black highlights them beautifully.

jimlynn said...

Beautiful card and I love the shine on that image! So pretty against the dark background too.
Lynn

Mervi said...

Fabulous flowers on striking black background, gorgeous card;-))m

Brenda said...

Gorgeous card Maxine, love those flowers and love how you did them. I bet too they shimmer in real life so beautifully! They really stand out nicely on your dark background and of course the iridescent sequins are perfect! Hugs, Brenda

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Love that you coloured your flowers in H2O's, they give a lovely sheen to them. Love they're on a dark background to make them stand out. A beautiful card and insert Maxine.
Sorry to be AWOL.
Faith x

HilaryJane said...

Those blooms are beautiful and they look really good against the dark background xx

Liz said...

Beautiful card, Maxine. The flowers look lovely against the dark background. I love the subtle stamping on the inside too. Thank you for joining in the Allsorts Challenge this week.
Liz xx

Kristine said...

This is gorgeous Maxine! Love the embossing and Twinkling H20s ❤

At Home In New Zealand said...

I like the way you have used black to bring out the flower colours, and those sequins must look so pretty :)

brenda said...

A pretty floral creation Maxine, perfect at WLS and also Allsorts, many thanks for sharing with us there this week.

B x

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

Beautifully done Maxine, the white embossed florals look so striking against the black background. Gorgeous creation hun. Thanks for sharing another gorgeous creation with us at Sweet Stampin' for our 'No Designer Paper' challenge. Hugs, Wends xoxo

Fiona said...

lovely card, those flowers are fab and really pop against the dark background.

thanks for sharing with us at Sweet Stampin.

Fi
x

Aunty Sue said...

Lovely card and colouring thanks for sharing at Crafty Catz

Rachael said...

I love the embossed flowers - it's so pretty! Thanks for sharing this with us over at Polkadoodles challenge. So glad you joined us this week!

Neet said...

Someone is going to be very lucky when they win that prize.
You Have made a lovely card, I do like the idea of the white embossing and your colouring in with Twinkling H2O's. As always you finish off your cards beautifully on the inside.
Blessings, neet xx

SarahR said...

Love the shimmer on the flowers and they way they 'pop' from the black! Fabulous! Thanks for joining in with us at Crafty Calendar Challenge, Sarah - DT.