Thursday 8 May 2014

Cherry blossom wishes


Had a bit of an 'inky' day today with my card for the colour challenge at ColourQ. I noticed the cherry blossom in the orchards as I drove to work earlier this week and thought that these colours were perfect


The technique I've used is supposed to imitate bokeh ,the diffusion of light into orbs when taking a
photograph, and is very simple.







First I stamped and heat embossed the cherry tree branch and then masked off the centre of the card. I sponged the two pinks and Pear Pizazz and then added drops of water to create  the bokeh . These take time to develop and it's quite fun to watch! Finally I stamped on the greeting. I made a one layer version of this card, but then remembered the fourth colour, so this version is matted onto sage coloured card.
With the card neatly divided into thirds I am going to enter the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays, just noticed the sentiment is three words too, there's a coincidence!

I was so pleased with this card that I had another go, this time a more somber colour scheme for a sympathy card I needed.

This time I've used a Woodware stamp image, heat embossed and I've used two shades of blue and 
Perfect Plum.  The darker spots are added with the rubber on the end of a pencil, using the 
Pacific Point blue. This time the mat is black, I'm going to enter this in the challenge at LessIsMore, where they want cards with three colours.

10 comments:

  1. j'admire, je n'arrive pas a faire aussi bien, je dois dire que c'est magnifique, biz

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  2. Fab technique and two gorgeous cards, love them!
    Thank you for joining the Less is More Challenge this week
    Anne
    LIM Designer

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  3. Pinning this technique - LOVE it! So glad you joined us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  4. Love these cards! The effect on the background looks fabulous ... great colours too xx

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  5. I'm sorry that I'm so late in visiting this time, but a new laptop has taken a little time to set up and get to know!!
    What pretty cards.. love the inked panels!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  6. This is gorgeous; I love the bokeh effect and definitely have to try it. The layout is simple and elegant.
    Heather T

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  7. both are such lovely cards - especially love the pink and green one!

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  8. These are stunning! I'll be casing you for sure!

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  9. Your cards are gorgeous!
    thanks for joining us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  10. I must have missed these first time round when I was checking out the Colour Q gallery - these are just stunning!

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Louise xx