Dreaming - Flower Collection

Hi everyone.  Back with another image from the Flower Collection (30-575), which is part of the new Dreaming release from Penny Black.  There are four images plus one sentiment in this stamp set and I have now used three of the images and the sentiment.  LOVE THIS SET!  Today features a pretty bouquet of flowers in a pail.  I've used different colours, techniques, and layout for each card.

Starting off with a very CAS design.  Image stamped in light gray permanent ink and watercoloured with distress inks.  Used a sentiment from one of the other new sentiments sets called Huggable (30-588), along with knotted twine at the top (haven't used twine for ages!).

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Next up is the same image, stamped in black and heat embossed in clear onto a smooshed (coloured) background.  The smooshing was done with a few drops of Liquid Metals and water quite a while ago and was in my stash.  I love the soft seafoam green colour.

I used bleach and a small paint brush to remove the colour from the flowers, leaves and pail.  Once dry, distress inks were used to watercolour the image.  To finish a simple sentiment (Happy Heights 30-548) was stamped in black and heat embossed in clear to match the image.  The card is finished with a Square Frames (51-517) and popped up on foam over the card base.

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For the last card, the same image was stamped onto mixed media paper and heat embossed in silver, then fussy-cut.  A circle aperture was cut into the card front with a frame of silver on top. The sentiment (from the same stamp set -- Flower Collection) was stamped and heat embossed in silver to match.

The card front was popped up on foam from the base adding lots of dimension.  The image was watercoloured with distress inks and popped up into the circle window.

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You can see all the shine from the silver embossing.  So pretty!

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed my cards.

Entering these challenges:
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - July. - Hugs card

CAS Watercolour July Challenge - Bouquet of Flowers. - Hello card

Penny Black and More July Challenge - Summer Colours. Thank You card

 ******Summer Colours******

Card #1:  Hugs
Stamps:  Flower Collection 30-575; Huggable ? (both from Penny Black)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:  Grey Shadow Archival (Ranger); Distress Inks:  Salty Ocean, Abandoned Coral, Festive Berries, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Pumice Stone (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  water brush, twine (The Twinery)

Card #2:  Hello
Stamps:  Flower Collection 30-575; Hello sentiment (Happy Heights 30-548) - both from Penny Black
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); White card base (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:  Black (Memento); Distress Inks:  Seedless Preserves, Mowed Lawn, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Black Soot (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  Square Frames 51-517 die (Penny Black); Emerald Liquid Metals (Ken Oliver), Clear embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool, water brush

Card #3:  Thank You
Stamps:  Flower Collection 30-575 (Penny Black)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmor 140 lb.); White card base and front (Neenah 110 lb.); Silver Foil (SU!)
Ink:  Versamark; Distress Inks:  Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn (Tim Holta)
Accessories & Tools:  Circle Nestabilities dies (Spellbinder), Silver embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool, water brush


Challenges:
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - July
CAS Watercolour July Challenge - Bouquet of Flowers
Penny Black and More July Challenge - Summer Colours