I LOVE this time of year. And I do love sunflower images and this is a beauty. It's a lovely image from Power Poppy (In Praise of Sunflowers).
I stamped the image in Toffee Crunch Momento ink (light brown permanent). I then watercoloured using distress inks (mustard seed, wild honey, shabby shutters, peeled paint, gathered twigs, ground espresso). I wanted to add a strip of patterned paper at the bottom and started looking for olive green paper, but came across this very old patterned paper from SU! in shades of brown. :)
To finish, I stamped the two-part sentiment (from In Praise of Sunflowers stamp set) in more ground espresso ink. :)
Close-up ...
Sending this card to the following challenges:
NBUS Challenge #90 - first time using this stamp set
SCS Ways to Use It Challenge (WT1122 - Anything Fall)
Thanks for stopping by!
Stamps: In Praise of Sunflowers (Poppy Power)
Paper: White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); patterned paper (SU!)Ink: Toffee Crunch (Momento); Distress Inks: Mustard Seed, Wild honey, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Gathered Twigs, Ground Espresso (Tim Holtz)
Accessories: Watercolour paint brushes (Princeton #2, #4 Round)
Challenges:
SCS Ways To Use It (WT1122 - Anything Fall)
22 comments:
It's beginning to look like more Design Team creations in the gallery than others. This one is a beauty, Loll, and I think that patterned paper was a great choice.
This is a beautiful sunflower. What a fabulous collection you have brought us this month. I love how you have coloured this one and you are right about that paper. It works brilliantly xx
WOW!!! Your sunflower is breathtaking! It’s fantastic—and even though I don’t usually like the color brown, it looks stunning on this card and pairs perfectly with the radiant sunflower. I saw how many colors you used to color the image, and it really shows! The image simply comes to life thanks to all those color nuances. This is really a big WOW!!!
hugs,
BożenA xx
I love this time of year too and I love your pretty sunflower!
Another beautiful sunflower creation, Loll.
Liz xx
Beautiful!
Sunflower - beautiful; your watercoloring - amazing and gorgeous!
This is such a pretty sunflower, Lolly, and you have painted it beautifully! It will certainly bring sunshine to lucky someone's day!
I'm with you on Sunflowers Loll, they make such a beautiful display in these early Autumn days, many thanks for sharing this beauty with us at We Love Stamping challenge.
B x
Absolutely gorgeous, Loll. Love your colouring of the sunflower. The stamping in the toffee is the perfect colouring.
Blessings
Maxine
So very beautiful Loll, love the sunflower with the brown paper and sentiment. x
Your sunflower card is fantastic Loll! I agree with you that this is a wonderful time in the season when we get to enjoy all the beautiful sunflowers that grow. Beautifully done!
No, we want more please! Loll, this is a stunner in such warm yellows - I'm glad you stumbled upon this brown - it's perfection in my view!
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I never get tired of seeing Sunflowers Loll...whether they're real or on cards, and this one is definitely a beauty! Wonderful coloring and I love the checkered piece on the bottom of the card too! Lovely, lovely card my friend!! Hugs. :0)
You can never have too many sunflowers and this is one of my favorites! Your Distress watercoloring always looks so good. I love the brown checked DP, too, for grounding. As if the flower is growing out of the dirt. Hello Sunshine to you!
Oh what a beauty! I love this gorgeous card.
Thanks for playing along with us at We Love Stamping.
Pinky
Both your reminder sunflowers are beautiful, Lolly! They really do represent sunshine and a person would have to be stone cold dead not to feel warm and uplifted when looking at your designs! Love, Dolly
Oh thats a lovely card. Love the grounding.
Another gorgeous sunflower, Loll - just love the brown gingham for the ground!!
Another stunner! I love the brown shades as a contrast at the bottom xx
Hello sunshine in autumn?! Why not! Perfect card! Great for the current challenge at CAS on Friday! Thank you for joining us.
That's a beautifully coloured sunflower Loll and the brown patterned paper goes perfectly along the bottom and the sentiment is lovely in the brown ink..a wonderful card. x
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