Friday, September 17, 2021

Guest Designer for Just Us Girls - Challenge #602

Hi everyone.  It's my third week as Guest Designer for Just Us Girls.  I'm having so much fun!!


LOVE this colour combination, which is perfect for Autumn cards!  For my card today I started by smooshing my mixed media card through liquid concentrate watercolours in the three colours above.  This makes a vibrant and colourful background with lots of saturated colours.  I used a new-to-me stencil, Slimline Gentle Leaves (The Crafter's Workshop) overtop of the watercolours, using Versamark before heat embossing with Princess Gold embossing powder.  I used the same gold embossing powder to heat emboss the sentiment (Lacey Leaf Stamp - Concord & 9th - retired).

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This is a fun and easy challenge.  I hope you'll join us at Just Us Girls!


Stamps:  Sentiment - Lacey Leaves (Concord & 9th - retired)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); White card base (Neenah 110 lb.) 
Ink:   Liquid Watercolor Concentrate (Blick); Versamark
Accessories:   water mister, Slimline Gentle Leaves Stencil (TCW), Princess Gold embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool

Challenges:
Just Us Girls Challenge #602 - Yellow, Red, Orange


32 comments:

Susan said...

What a wonderful striking background - gorgeous rich colours! So lovely with the gold embossed leaf over it!

Liz said...

WOW, what a eye catching card! I love the vibrant colours. xx

Rosie said...

That's lovely Loll. I do enjoy your daily inspiration!

Julie B said...

Love those autumnal colours with the embossed gold leaves Loll. Not much colour in our hedgerows yet, just the red of the Rowen and Hawthorn.:)

Wendell said...

So lovely Loll,, my favourite colours and wonderful gold leaves , looks so warm and full of life
Thanks for the inspiration , xx

Marcia Hill said...

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL card Loll!! Your background with the orange, yellow & reds is STUNNING and the gold stenciled leaves are the perfect addition for this lovely, lovely card!! Hugs. :0)

Bonnie said...

Wow! Such awesome, vibrant colors, Lolly! The gold stenciled and embossed leaves make this so elegant! Congratulations on another week as Guest Designer!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Stunning use of the colors love the gold leaves!

ElizStewart said...

Loll... so much fun having you at JUGS this month! What a fabulous smoosh! The background is so vibrant... love it!

Bobby said...

Gorgeous, Loll. I love how the color fades down from red to yellow on the card front. The gold leaves add an elegant touch.

Brenda in IN said...

Those colors are stunning and the gold leaves have so much depth to them and just shine.

Mac Mable said...

Glorious vibrant colours and the pop of gold looks amazing Loll x. A stunner of a card x.

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

WOW! This is so vibrant and wonderful. Gorgeous card Loll.
Faith x

Nancy said...

You sure made the colors sing together with this gorgeous background, Loll! Such a great idea to heat emboss your leaf branch too! Awesome job! Have a great weekend!

nancy littrell said...

Gorgeous Vibrant watercolored background for your beautiful stenciled heat embossed leaves, Lolly. Congratulations on being chosen as the Guest Designer for Just Us Girls. How awesome that the challenge is using your "Favorite" color combo too:-) I hope to play. Love and Hugs...Nancy

Pat said...

Those vivid colours look fabulous and love the gold embossed stencilled leaves over the top...totally gorgeous Loll! x

TK said...

Bright, bold and beautiful!

Patricia said...

Wow! this is a gorgeous card. Love the gold with these warm colors!

Papercraft Boutique said...

This is a stunner, Loll! Love the vibrant watercolor paint smooshed background! The gold heat-embossed big leaf branch looks awesome, and the layout of nesting the sentiment is wonderful!
Hideko xx

Sue VanDeVusse said...

What a beauty! That background is totally gorgeous and absolutely radiates! The gold embossed leaves are stunning! Stunning!

BożenA said...

Your background is so amazing, Loll! Like the flames that are everywhere. Golden embossing on such a background looks wonderful, it contrasts perfectly.
hugs,
BozenA

Leslie Miller said...

Gasp! The colors -- hold me back! Such a gorgeous card, Loll!

Macimbalo said...

Beautiful card, so happy you are with us this month!

Julia Aston said...

Your background is SO vibrant Loll and the embossed gold leaf stem is beautiful over it! congrats on the guest DT here! xx

HilaryJane said...

I love this, so amazing and vibrant and the gold embossing is just perfect. Congrats on your guest designer spot, this is the perfect card for it xx

cm said...

I agree with the others: your card is autumnal beauty at its finest! LOVE this!
hugs~carol

Brenda said...

Ooooh, loving the colors of this one Loll! That background looks like an amazing sunset and I just love those leaves in gold. Hugs, Brenda

Ina G said...

I looooove your stunning colourful background Loll and what a lovely stencil that looks amazing in gold. Another beautiful card.

Ros Crawford said...

Congrats on your GD spot and I'm sure you blew everyone away with this vibrant beauty!

Lisa Kind said...

Wow that background is on fire! This is such a cool card. Love the gold embossing.

Jo said...

A card filled with sunshine, I feel the autumn wind blowing. The gold gives a beautiful richness to this beauty. xx

Cécile RIBON said...

Wow! This is gorgeous! I just love the gold embossing popping off the stunning smooshed background. This so vibrant!