Sunday 7 May 2017

Mother's Day

Meet today's card.
With Mother's Day quickly approaching, I wanted to create a Springtime card.
Playing with some new stamps from Penny Black.

I began by masking the edges of my watercolour paper, then placed my paper inside my Misti to stamp the Penny Black  Full of Glee flowers randomly with Archival ink.  I tried to stamp them around the outside edge of my card so I would have some white space left in the background.  
Next, I loosely watercoloured the flowers using my Zigs and let dry.
I stamped the sentiment from the Special Thoughts set using my Misti and clear heat embossed it.
I wanted to give my card a sunny feel, so I inked around the edges with yellow Distress ink and went in and did some stenciling with my drywall tape.




Adding my card to these challenges:

 Little Red Wagon- TIME TO CELEBRATE


Crafty Calendar- FLOWERS

Quick Notes- MOTHER'S DAY

Just Us Girls- MOTHER


Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies
Stamps- Full of Glee (PB), Special Thoughts (PB)
Ink- Archival black, Mustard Seed Distress (TH)
Paper- Canson 140lb watercolour
Accessories and Tools- Misti, drywall tape, applicator tool (TH), drywall tape, Zigs, paintbrush

29 comments:

Verna Angerhofer said...

What a gorgeous card you created and so perfect for Mom or any other occasion. I have yet to ink up my stamp like this one but soon I hope to use it.

Dortesjs said...

ohh waue det kort har da bare nogle smukke farver. super flot. lækkert stempel ;O)

Susan said...

A wonderful Mother's Day card - such a perfect colours for the time of year, and great details with the stenciling and variation in colour tone.

nancy littrell said...

Gorgeous flowers and background, Karen for your very special Mother's Day card. I have that beautiful Full of Glee flowers stamp on my wishlist :-) TFS my friend and...Happy Mother's Day! Hugs....

Penny Hanuszak said...

Wow Karen your card truly captures a beautiful Spring feel. I really like that floral stamp from Penny Black and you've combined the colours beautifully. Thanks so much for joining us at the Watercooler Wednesday WWC117 Feminine Challenge this week. Hope you'll come back our way again!

Christine Alexander said...

love the warm sunny colours of the flowers and the beautiful stenciling behind. The perfect mothers day card :)

Nora Noll said...

This is so pretty!! Love the bright colors that you chose and your coloring is perfection!!

Heidi Weaver said...

Such a beautiful card, Karen. Those flowers just jump out against the background. Love the colours you've used and the shading. You've definitely given the card the sunny feel for which you were striving. Thanks so much for joining in for our Watercooler Wednesday Feminine Anything Goes Challenge this week.

Fiona said...

I love the vibrancy of your beautiful card - it really pops off the page. Thank you for joining us at Heidi's WWC117 Feminine Anything Goes Challenge at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges.

Bobby said...

I love all the detail you do to make your flowers shine, Karen.

Bonnie said...

I love these bright flowers, Karen! They're so pretty with the yellow stenciled background! Very cheerful!

Gail said...

Beautiful bunch of flowers! And I love the stenciled background - it adds a great texture. Thanks for joining us at Watercooler Wednesday.

Judy Markowitz said...

Such a sunny card! I can almost feel warm sunshine just looking at this beautiful card! I love your use of color and shading! Thank you for joining us in Heidi's WWC117 Feminine Anything Goes Challenge at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges.

Lisa Lara said...

You make the most beautiful cards Karen. I love how you did your background!

Loll said...

Gorgeous, Karen. You always make the most amazing floral cards. LOVE the new stamp from PB. You have used it to perfection! xx

Pat said...

Such bright and pretty flowers Karen and the dry wall tape stencilling in the background looks great. A wonderful Mother's Day card. x

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

LURVE the masking and the colours, such a bright sunshiney card.
Faith
x

libbystamps said...

Great flowers! Thanks for joining us this week at Watercooler Challenges for Heidi's Anything Goes Feminine Challenge! Please join us again!

Sue said...

Gorgeous card thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Calendar hugs Sue J x

Mac Mable said...

Sunny colours, great layout and what a stunning stamp x

Marsha Reed said...

Lovely card, Karen! Thanks for joining us this week at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges.

Created by Kath said...
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Created by Kath said...

Thanks for joing us at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges! Sobright and lovely!

Ina G said...

You never cease to amaze me how you always colour so beautifully. This is gorgeous Karen. Love the bright colours here.

M said...

This is a beautiful card Karen! :) Thanks for joining the girlfriends for this week's challenge at Little Red Wagon! :)

Princess Judy Palmer said...

So bright and warm! And happy!

Sue VanDeVusse said...

This is absolutely gorgeous! Your flowers are colored to perfection and I love the drywall tape stenciling on the background! Thanks for playing with us at JUGS!

Susie Bentz: My Time to Play said...

Gorgeous card packed full of wonderful techniques! Thanks for joining in on the challenge over at Quick Quotes this month!

Connie Mercer said...

Lovely card. Very pretty!! Thanks for joining us at Quick Quotes.