Top Heavy Painted Flowers

Hi there everyone and Happy Thursday!

It's Lydia here with you today sharing a nearly one layer card...

I started by adding some masking tape at an angle to mask out the bottom part of my card blank. I then stamped some of the flower outlines from Altenew 'Painted Flowers' in black ink- I stamped at the top of the card going slightly over the masking tape.

Once all of the images were in position I coloured them using their corresponding second and third layers- Sea Glass and Ocean Waves Crisp ink for the flowers and Frayed Leaf and Forest Glades for the foliage. When all this stamping was done I then removed the masking tape.

I added two thin strips of black card and stamped by sentiment from Altenew 'Thinking Of You'.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I'll see you next week.

Hugs, Lydia x

Altenew- Painted Flowers Stamp Set

Altenew- Thinking Of You Stamp Set

Altenew- Cool Summer Night Crisp Ink Set

Altenew- Green Fields Crisp Ink Set

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Watercolour & Gold

Hello everyone and happy Thursday! Lydia here with you and I'm so happy you stopped by.

Today I have a watercolour and gold creation to share.

When I saw the cute little whimsy flowers in My Favorite Things 'Pretty Posies' set I knew I had to have it!

I started with a piece of watercolour card and stamped and embossed the flowers and leaves in white. I had the floral images more concentrated at the top and fewer 'floating' down.

Once the embossing was cool I added a wash over and around the flowers using pinks and orange- I kept this quite light as I wanted the flowers to stand out more. When the wash was dry I added more of the same colours to the flowers and I just love the look this gives.

I then waited for it to dry before adding drops of 2 way glue around the flowers, I waited for this to go clear before adding some foil on top- yay... gold foil studs! For some added gold to the background I added some gold splatters.

For some added detail I used the stitched line from Mama Elephant 'Fine Trimmings' around the edges of the piece of watercolour card.

For the sentiment I used Concord & 9th 'Beautiful You' die set, I cut the 'beautiful' out of gold card, and it looks amazing. I finished the sentiment off using a 'you are' embossed in gold on a strip of vellum from Altenew 'Thinking Of You'.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs Lydia x

My Favorite Things- Pretty Posies stamp set (SHC)	Altenew- Thinking Of You Stamp Set	Concord & 9th- Beautiful You Die Set (SHC)	Mama Elephant- Fine Trimmings Die Set
Kuretake Zig- Squeeze & Roll 2 Way Glue Pen (SHC)	Thermoweb- Gold Deco Foil (SHC)

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