Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Hibiscus


A couple of weekends ago, my oldest boy had a baseball tournament and this time the weather was beautiful. There was an hour break between games and I was prepared with some stamped images to color to pass the time. This drew some curious glances from the other baseball moms, and before I knew it, they were coloring with zig markers like a pro! I ran out of my stamped images.


I had colored these beauties from Craftin' Desert Diva's Botanical Beauties Layers Stamp Set with Zig Markers (having stamped only the outermost image onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock) that weekend and decided to arrange them in a scene like setting for their current Linky Party: Create A Scene. I was trying to replicate a beautiful hibiscus bush standing tall against a faded wooden shed.



Each of the blooms and leaves had inking around the edges to soften the images and match the background a bit better. I finished the card with a stamped sentiment from Right at Home's Script Greeting Stamp Set.

17 comments:

  1. This is crazy lovely! I added your blog to my "inspiration" blog list so I can come visit again!
    Thanks for sharing with us at Craftin Desert Divas!

    ~Leah

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  2. Oh my, you rock the Zig markers' coloring! Aren't these GORGEOUS!! LOVE them!

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  3. Beautiful zigging and so fun that you could share and inspire the other baseball moms! You may have to plan classes for those breaks!!
    I think you've achieved an amazing scene!

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  4. Wow!! Beautiful card with brilliant coloring Karen! :)
    Suchi xx

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  5. Absolutely gorgeous! Love those vibrant colors! And how fun that other moms were coloring with you.

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  6. Oh, I can totally picture a bunch of moms sitting on the bleachers colouring -- how fun!
    And your card is absolutely gorgeous, Karen! Wonderful colouring!

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  7. This card takes my breath away, Karen! The flowers are beautifully colored and look gorgeous against the wood grain! I just received this stamp set in the mail and can't wait to use it!

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  8. STUNNING Karen!
    Love the depth and your coloring is awesome!!

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  9. How fun that you had all those moms coloring!!! That's so awesome! And this card is a work of art! Seriously---you should frame it---it's absolutely GORGEOUS!!!

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  10. Ha! Love that you ended up coloring as a pack! So awesome. Love your gorgeous hibiscus - they really are happy flowers!

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  11. Holy smokes!! I think I could reach in and pluck one of those gorgeous flowers off of your card Karen, they're so life-like!!

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  12. Absolutely gorgeous!!! Fabulous coloring!! Thanks for joining us at Craftin Desert Diva's Create a Scene Linky Party!

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  13. You did such a beautiful job on this card!! I love it! Thanks for linking up at Craftin Desert Divas!

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  14. You rocked this Linky!!! This is stunning!! Thank you for joining us for the Craftin Desert Divas "Create a Scene" Linky party!!

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  15. Those colors jumped right off the page as I was scrolling! Had to come inspect closer. Beautiful.

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