Another month has flown by without my realizing. I can’t believe it’s time for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop already!
This month, the theme is ‘Flowers’. Right away I knew I’d be inking up my In Bloom… I love to colour the images in this set… I thought I might try and do something a little less obvious with the theme, but the Copics were too tempting!
This is a *super* simple card for me… I hardly ever do something this clean, but I do love this style. I sort of felt like I was channeling my inner Damask Love when I was putting it together!
So did you know that when you stamp your sentiment with black ink right over a nice dark green leaf sporting black detail lines… the sentiment barely shows up? Yeah, I know, but I still thought I’d try… so you know what you do to fix it? Get out your silver gel pen, and make it look like you meant to do that… ha!
I am also going to enter this into this week’s CAS-ual Fridays, where the current challenge is to add bling… I added a couple of rhinestones to help my sentiment out…
Happy Hopping!
Paper: Papertrey Ink Stamper’s Select White
Stamps: PTI In Bloom
Ink: VersaMagic Cement; Momento Tuxedo Black
Other: Copic Markers, Rhinestones from Michael’s ($1.50 Bin), UniBall silver gel pen
30 Comments
Anonymous
May 25, 2011 1:16 pmAdorable card – love your colouring and the silvery greeting looks *totally* like you meant it all along 😉
Hope you are well and getting back to the routine after all the Disney fun! Hugs, Ruth S
Pamela
May 25, 2011 3:06 pmThis is beautiful! 🙂
Amber
May 25, 2011 4:59 pmThanks for your thoughtful and hilarious comment, Meredith!!! Don't worry though – I'll be back to my usual bright white, clean and simple designs tomorrow! All those distressed edges were definitely a departure for me:-) Thanks again! And I PROMISE – that paper is SUPER easy to make! Have a great day!
Pauline
May 25, 2011 4:59 pmSuch a beautiful card, I love the layout, and your colouring is spectacular!
Amber
May 25, 2011 5:00 pmOH! And I forgot to tell you how much I love this card!You coloring is ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! The shading creates the perfect depth. Great Job!
Elena
May 25, 2011 5:11 pmgorgeous! and I love how you shared about your process – I constantly have to re-adjust my cards when I "mess up" something, lol. most of the time, it turns out better than we thought, huh? great job!
Jessica
May 25, 2011 5:13 pmBeautiful card, Meredith!!
Cassie_lu
May 25, 2011 5:33 pmThis card looks amazing CAS and all. And your coloring of the flower really gets it popping off the card
GabrielaD
May 25, 2011 5:54 pmwow… awesome job. Love it!
Lisa
May 25, 2011 6:43 pmVery CAS! Really like the flower you used and your coloring is fab 🙂
Margaret M
May 25, 2011 7:10 pmGreat job on the coloring and stamping! I like what you did with your embossing.
Leigh
May 25, 2011 7:28 pmOh, this is lovely! Wonderful job!
Michelle
May 25, 2011 7:41 pmThis is so beautful!
Vicki Dutcher
May 25, 2011 7:53 pmStunning coloring! Beautiful card~
Michele Gross
May 25, 2011 8:18 pmBeautiful! Love your funny explanation of the sentiment. It turned out fab! Glad you joined us at CAS-ual Fridays!
Jenny
May 25, 2011 8:51 pmWow your flower is gorgeous, love your shading. Fab card 🙂
Jenny x
Virginia L.
May 25, 2011 10:33 pmGORGEOUS coloring and design!! Thanks so much for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays!
Linda Monroe
May 26, 2011 12:52 amBeautiful coloring.
Anonymous
May 26, 2011 1:05 amJust gorgeous! I love the background and the silver pen is a brilliant idea.
Carol’s Ink Spot
May 26, 2011 2:13 amThis is Gorgeous! Just beautiful! Lovely coloring and I like the silver embossing for the sentiment. Gives it a very elegant feeling.
Laura Davis
May 26, 2011 4:44 amOH MY GOODNESS, breathtaking!
Thanks for playing at CAS-ual Fridays!
Laura
Wendy ten Hove
May 26, 2011 9:23 amThis is sooo pretty!!! Love the dramatic coloring!! Makes the flower and leaves look stunning!!!! Very, very nice!!!
Hugs, Wendy
Julie Day
May 26, 2011 11:09 amYour coloring is FAB! Love that flower image on the white 🙂 Thanks for playing this week at CAS-ual Fridays!
Anna (doctorfoodie)
May 26, 2011 1:44 pmWow, wow, wow! Love how you stamped the bloom as a background, and the colouring is stunning. Great job!
Karolyn at Paper Therapy
May 26, 2011 3:46 pmStunning! Your coloring blows me away. The design and composition are fantastic! Thanks so much for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays! Looking forward to seeing more of your designs!
Terri
May 26, 2011 11:42 pmVery nice. Great coloring.
Tracey McNeely
May 27, 2011 1:23 amBeautiful card, great colouring.
Gina
May 27, 2011 3:22 amThis is so pretty! The coloring is wonderful and I love how you fixed your "oops" – I'd have never known if you hadn't said anything! 🙂
Kristii
May 28, 2011 2:36 amAbsolutely beautiful!! I especially love how you improvised with the sentiment! Soooo pretty!
Stephanie Lanzalotto
June 1, 2011 4:46 pmThis is clock-stopping gorgeous!!!!!
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