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Wednesday, 22 June 2011

French Foliage meets Growing Green

Yesterday, when I said I'd be combining French Foliage with Growing Green, I was really half-joking but the idea took hold of my mind. I'd also been thinking about this sketch on the Clean and Simple Stamping site, as well as the challenge on Make My Monday - to make a floral tag, either on its own or as part of a card. Naturally all these ideas blended into one and this is what I came up with:


The background was made by masking off areas with post-it notes, sponging in colour and stamping over the top with this gorgeous leaf image from French foliage. There's a fabulous ink splodge image in this set too and I added a bit of that over the top.


The label was made with a piece of Whisper White card stock shaped at the top with a corner rounder. I stamped it with leaves using the stamping-off technique which gives a lovely faded look. The rose from Growing Green was stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink and then coloured with my dark red water colour pencil and a blender pen. I cut it out with my fab paper snips, pierced a hole through it and the tag, popped it up onto the tag and tied it on with a length of Baja Breeze seam binding.


All it needed was a sentiment and I thought this gorgeous birthday stamp from Perfect Punches was ideal. It was easy to colour just the bits I needed using markers.

Supplies needed for this project:
Stamps: French Foliage, Growing Green, Perfect Punches
Ink: Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler
Card stock: Whisper White
Other: Watercolour pencil, blender pen, markers, Baja Breeze seam binding
You can buy any of these supplies from me and I can have them delivered to your address in the UK. Just send me an email or give me a call on 01280 820593.

How excited am I about the French Foliage set? Well on a scale of 1-10 it has to be about 29!!! It's Three Minute Thursday tomorrow and I won't be offering any prizes for guessing what set will be featured... Thank you so much for dropping in today and I'll hope to see you tomorrow.
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22 comments:

  1. Canonbury creations22 June 2011 at 00:27

    Stunning card Vicky those leaves are beautiful. I love visiting your blog and reading all your tutorials, very inspiring!
    Val x

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  2. Bonnie22 June 2011 at 01:25

    Another gorgeous card Vicky! I was so glad to see the French Foliage set in the new catalog since I didn't buy it last fall in the mini. I love what you have done with it here and can't wait to see what else you come up with!

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  3. kingstonmama22 June 2011 at 05:17

    This is so pretty, Vicky. I love your leaves and that gorgeous rose. CAS has a great sketch this week! Ann

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  4. Victoria22 June 2011 at 07:11

    Just beauitful Vicky. Love how you've created the leaves background with the masking, fab!!
    Hugs, Victoria ~x~

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  5. Alison xx22 June 2011 at 08:33

    Wow, your card is beautiful. I love your background it's so good. A xx

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  6. Irene22 June 2011 at 09:06

    Vicky, Wow this is just gorgeous. The colours are wonderful. Very vintage and perfect.

    luv
    irene
    xxxx

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  7. Jacqueline22 June 2011 at 10:29

    Vicky you blow me away with your ideas and designs - this is fabulous. Thank you for playing along with us at Make My Monday this week - Jacqueline xx.

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  8. Bev22 June 2011 at 11:04

    Vicky, you've done another beautiful card, and I cant wait to see what you do tomorrow. Bev.x

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  9. Susie22 June 2011 at 11:12

    Very stunning and beautiful.

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  10. G Peplow22 June 2011 at 11:19

    This is beautiful too Vicky, love the colour combination, hugs Gay xxx

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  11. Deborah Frings22 June 2011 at 11:45

    Vicky - you've done it again! This is just lovely! Looking forward to seeing tomorrow's card too :)

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  12. Jenny22 June 2011 at 13:01

    Love how you've used the sketch Vicky. I can see why you're excited about this new set, it's lovely :)
    Jenny x

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  13. Aileen22 June 2011 at 15:02

    This is beautiful Vicky. Love the way it's all come together. x

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  14. Sarn22 June 2011 at 18:20

    Brilliant collaboration for the challenges.

    Just genius!

    Hugs, Sandra

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  15. Meggymay22 June 2011 at 22:21

    Both pieces are beautiful

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  16. Jen Mitchell23 June 2011 at 00:02

    Another stunner! I've been studying that sketch challenge since last week and came up empty. You, on the other hand, have created another masterpiece!

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  17. Dolly Daydreams23 June 2011 at 09:10

    Must find a replacement for stunning doesn't seem to be enough when commenting on your work. Once again a beautifully crafted piece.

    Marie

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  18. Suzanne B aka brookfies23 June 2011 at 10:59

    Another beauty from you Vicky for Make My Monday. Its great to see you playing along with us. Suzanne :)

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  19. Cazro23 June 2011 at 20:32

    A beautiful tag, used along on your amazing card, fabulous background. Thanks for playing again at Make My Monday. Caz

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  20. Cath23 June 2011 at 22:11

    I love the colours you have used on this, the whole card is beautiful. Thank you for playing along with us at Make My Monday.

    Cathx

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  21. Fliss26 June 2011 at 10:06

    Vicky this is just stunning! Love the background you made and the tag looks fabulous against it.
    Thanks for joining in with the Make My Monday Floral Tag challenge and good luck.
    Fliss x

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  22. Janelle11 July 2011 at 15:26

    This card is such a stunner, Vicky! Love the way that red flower takes center stage and just pops off the sponged/stamped background. You're a real pro! :)

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