Saturday, April 2, 2016

Gold Blooms


I woke up this spring morning to big white flakes falling from the sky. I guess spring is coming in like a lion, so hopefully here in Wisconsin we will have nice, warm weather when my boys' little league baseball games start.

I'm playing along with Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday Challenge #244: Score Lines and The Card Concept Challenge #52.




I was inspired by the cream and black from the picture as well as the overall elegance. I started by stamping the two largest blooms twice with alcohol-marker friendly black ink onto antique linen paper, and did a wash with gold colored texture spray. After letting the gold dry, I fussy cut each bloom, inked the edges with distress ink, and then layered the pieces with foam tape. These were attached to an distress ink card base, that had been scored vertically five times towards the left edge and stamped with a few leaf sets. I used one of these scored lines as a guide to affix some black thread, and then added some black rhinestones. I finished the card with a stamped sentiment. I think the end result is a mix of classy & elegant and clean & layered?



Supplies Used:
MISTI 
Papertrey Ink Antique Linen Paper
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue 
Best Creation Small Foam Squares
Vintage Photo Distress Ink 
Ranger Foam Blending Tool 
Papertrey Ink In Bloom Stamp Set 
Papertrey Ink Fillable Frames #2 Stamp Set
Bo Bunny Tuxedo Jewels
Imagine Crafts Irresistable Gold Texture 
Hero Arts Intense Black Ink Pad
Fiskars Paper Trimmer
Martha Steward Mini Scoring Board
Black Embroidery Thread
*affiliate links used when applicable

31 comments:

  1. Beautiful gold blooms Karen. Hope those snow flakes melt quickly!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Gorgeous bloom, Karen! Love the placement and yellow! Love the dimensions! Thanks so much for playing Simon Says Stamp Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge!

    ReplyDelete
  3. The subtile colouring looks so great! Love the line; it pulls all beautifully together! Hope the flakes will be a memorie soon...

    ReplyDelete
  4. Beautiful card, love those gorgeous blooms and subtle colouring.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Gorgeous, gold blooms, Karen! And the scoring is perfect! Adore the fussy cut dimension too!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Beautiful blooms! Great way to ignore that falling snow and to keep thinking spring thoughts!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Just stunning!! every detail is perfect! I love the scoring lines- just enough to add elegance : )

    Patti

    ReplyDelete
  8. Love those gold blossoms, Karen - so soft and elegant!

    ReplyDelete
  9. This is SO very pretty!!!
    Just love the pop of color on your back and white image!
    Lovely!
    Thanks for playing along with us over at The Card Concept!

    ReplyDelete
  10. I love our card Karen. And yes down here in Illinois we had blue skies one minute and a blizzard the next. It was odd indeed.

    ReplyDelete
  11. These gold flowers and your design are pure elegance Karen!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Lovely design! So soft and elegant!

    ReplyDelete
  13. Stunning take on the inspiration photo Karen - love how you've layered the blooms against the pretty leaves...such an elegant card!

    ReplyDelete
  14. This is definitely elegant- I think all your categories are correct! Beautiful blooms and overreact use of the score lines.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Love those big, bold blooms, Karen, and this is such a timeless palette. YUM!

    ReplyDelete
  16. Karen this is gorgeous! Those bog blooms are so striking in your design. March came in like a lion and last week spring was here but I keep waking up to a bit more snow--ugh, I have had enough!

    ReplyDelete
  17. girl you rocked those flowers.. this card is stunning.. totally love it

    ReplyDelete
  18. So pretty! Love your card. Thank you so much for joining in Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge.
    Gayatri xx

    ReplyDelete
  19. CAS elegant. What a lovely design.

    ReplyDelete
  20. It's beautiful and very stylish Karen!!

    ReplyDelete
  21. So beautiful, Karen! I love the way you combined the colored and b/w images using that MIM technique, and that black line is a great design element!

    ReplyDelete
  22. Beautiful dimension on the blooms:) Thanks for celebrating with us at the Card Concept!

    ReplyDelete
  23. Stunning! This is so elegant and classy. I love how you used the wash to color those beautiful blooms.

    ReplyDelete
  24. This is simply gorgeous! Love the colour and depth of the flowers.

    ReplyDelete
  25. This is a perfect combo of classy and elegant and clean and layered. I love the colour on the flowers and your perfectly placed rhinestones!

    ReplyDelete
  26. Beautiful flowers, great design! Thanks for joining us this week at The Card Concept :)

    ReplyDelete
  27. Definitely classy and elegant!!! Love those giant gold blooms and the scored lines and rhinestones as special details!

    ReplyDelete