Thursday, August 25, 2016

Papertrey August Blog Hop Challenge


Sneaking in under the wire with a card for the August Papertrey Ink Blog Hop. That image was just too amazing to pass up being inspired by...


I started by stamping the beautiful blooms from In Bloom with peach ink. I then loosely painted them with watercolor, going outside the lines. I splattered some peach paint over the blooms and after this panel was dry, I stamped some leaves and a sentiment from Communique Curves in navy ink. I must admit, the panel was quite larger, but the navy ink got everywhere and I ended up with a tiny panel that I backed with dimensional adhesive and adhered a strip of navy cardstock to make up the difference of the width of the card.


I was about to give up, but I really liked the artistic feel of the blooms and leaves and just ended up with a simple layout.

14 comments:

  1. This is beautiful! LOVE the stamping and layering!

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  2. I love the artistic feel of this- soft with the perfect contrast with the navy!

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  3. Oh, I love this, Karen! You always do amazing things with this stamp set! Wonderful take on the inspiration photo!

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  4. Lovely card! The blue leaves on top are such a neat design touch.

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  5. Very nice - I love how the colors spread through the peach flowers and then the leaves are a surprise! Very nice!

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  6. lovely take on the inspiration photo!

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  7. Creating your smaller panel of art makes your card unique! Lovely!

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  8. Karen such a gorgeous card! I still love the background flower after all this time!

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  9. You might motivate me to dust off this stamp set.

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  10. Absolutely stunning Karen and a great take on the inspiration!

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  11. I really dig the color combo! The navy blue is just awesome in this!

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  12. What a gorgeous card Karen!! Beautifully done!!

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  13. Love the peach and navy, gorgeous card!!

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