Artist Flower

 At one stage brown was quite "in" ... brown & pink, brown & turquoise ...

And it's back again.

Playing with my NBUS die Artist Flower No3. I was originally going to go very CAS and use plain colours, but I think the pink I used was too intense (see the second card - which is the first one I made).

Which one do you prefer?

My entry to ...

... Just Us Girls #665 : Color Week

... Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Fun with Dies

... NBUS #47

... CAS on Friday #250 : Ink Splatter

... The Flower Challenge : Use your latest stamps or dies

... Colorful Options : Pink

Stencilled Blossoms & Diamond Frames

Playing with the Altenew Hill Blossoms stencil & Fine Frame Diamond dies and the Spellbinder All the Stars stencil.

I've done it in 3 different colour combinations, and used different techniques with the dies ...

• as an embossing folder, 
• as a panel and 
• as a frame.

I started with my favourite colour - blue of course! The die was used as an embossing folder using the rubber mat, then I masked it and distressed around the edges to give some depth. 

My second has turquoise flowers. Kept the die cuts together to create a panel. The flowers didn't flow as I wanted, so I cut off the top 2 and tucked them behind the panel.

Third option I really wanted to use the Altenew Sugarplum and Nature's Wonder Ink sets. I used just one of the frame dies and inked it with the same ink so that it would match the flowers.

My entry to ...

... Addicted to Stamps & More : Die Cuts and Stencils

... Addicted to CAS : Layered

... AAA Birthday : Favourite Technique These layered stencils are fast becoming one of favourite techniques.

... The Flower Challenge : Use a Sentiment

Watercolour Hydrangeas

So happy so receive my latest order from Pinkfresh Studio - the Hydrangea and Rose Stamp, die and washi tape set.  I started by doing some water colouring with the stamp set. The sentiment is from Simply Graphic - the Hello set.

My entry to ...

... Celebrate WCMD with Pinkfresh Studio : Anything Goes

... Seize the Birthday : Clean & Simple

... Divas That Die Cut : Watercoloring

... AAA Birthday : Favourite Technique. Love doing some no line watercolouring.

... Just Us Girls : Clean and Simple

... NBUS #43