Hello crafting friends!
Happy Valentines Day! I've already revealed all my valentines creations so I'm showing you a birthday card today - but it IS made in shades of hot pink and you could always pretend the sentiment says something romantical if you like! Come and see:
To make the background of this card, I diluted some bright pink ink and smooshed it quickly, to and fro, across a card panel. Once the panel was dry, I stamped it with some of the leaves and flowers from Stampin' Up's Thoughtful Blooms, using undiluted ink this time. The panel was trimmed with a stitched rectangle die from Heffy Doodles.
The sentiment, from Altenew's Birthday Greetings, was stamped in Momento black ink and the 'happy' coloured with a Spectrum Noir alcohol marker. I used the same marker to add shading to the larger flowers and added a good sprinkling of hot pink gems.
CHALLENGES
This is my second entry at The Rainbow Card Challenge, where Fierce Fuchsia is the theme this month; I'm also linking up with Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge, where Anything Goes with optional Bling and The Flower Challenge which is asking us to Add Leaves to our floral projects.
AND IN OTHER NEWS
I have fallen in love! No, it's okay, George Clooney can rest easy - today, Eva and I went for a walk with the most adorable 9 month old golden retriever! She made Eva look positively calm and matronly (and that takes some doing!) but when they were playing Eva was like a puppy again and my heart melted. There is only one thing sweeter than a golden retriever and that's more than one golden retriever!
Happy Valentines Day! I've already revealed all my valentines creations so I'm showing you a birthday card today - but it IS made in shades of hot pink and you could always pretend the sentiment says something romantical if you like! Come and see:
To make the background of this card, I diluted some bright pink ink and smooshed it quickly, to and fro, across a card panel. Once the panel was dry, I stamped it with some of the leaves and flowers from Stampin' Up's Thoughtful Blooms, using undiluted ink this time. The panel was trimmed with a stitched rectangle die from Heffy Doodles.
The sentiment, from Altenew's Birthday Greetings, was stamped in Momento black ink and the 'happy' coloured with a Spectrum Noir alcohol marker. I used the same marker to add shading to the larger flowers and added a good sprinkling of hot pink gems.
CHALLENGES
This is my second entry at The Rainbow Card Challenge, where Fierce Fuchsia is the theme this month; I'm also linking up with Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge, where Anything Goes with optional Bling and The Flower Challenge which is asking us to Add Leaves to our floral projects.
AND IN OTHER NEWS
I have fallen in love! No, it's okay, George Clooney can rest easy - today, Eva and I went for a walk with the most adorable 9 month old golden retriever! She made Eva look positively calm and matronly (and that takes some doing!) but when they were playing Eva was like a puppy again and my heart melted. There is only one thing sweeter than a golden retriever and that's more than one golden retriever!
Hugs,
Another lovely vision in pink! Great card.
ReplyDeleteAww . . . can't believe you didn't share a puppy love photo today of all day(!)
Hug xxx
Well I did try but it's hard to take photos while you've got puppies flying about at a hundred miles an hour!
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Love the two pinks making a statement card, love it.
ReplyDeleteFaith x
Falling in story? We met on a blind date, he asked me to marry him 2 weeks later! but being a wise 16 year old I had him wait for nearly 3 years. And! nearly 54 years later we are still in love AH!
Oh my goodness Faith, that is the most romantic story EVER! Also, I have great respect for your wisdom at 16 x
DeleteAnother splendid card for our challenge (TRCC). Thanks so much for sharing it with us Vicky.
ReplyDeleteI love the little snippets of life you write at the end of your posts and I can imagine just how lovely it was to see the playful puppies.Jacqueline xx
Thanks Jacqueline! It's lovely to know that you like to read my nonsense and I can tell you that puppies of any kind are adorable but GOLDEN puppies just melt my heart! xx
DeleteGorgeous colours and love the flower stamp. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteKath x
You too Kath! x
DeleteAbsolutely gorgeous pink card! Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue!
DeleteThis is so ratty Vicky - I love the hot pink on pink and that solid sentiment really pops!
ReplyDeleteNothing amuses me more than autocorrect! Not one of my better efforts perhaps but I'm hoping you didn't actually MEAN ratty...!!!
DeleteBeautiful card! I love the ink smooshed background
ReplyDeleteThank you for participating in the Happy Little Stampers watercolor challenge & we hope you will join us again in the next HLS Challenge!.
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This is lovely, Vicky! Thank you for joining us at The Rainbow Card Challenge! Come back soon! HUG! Mynn xx
ReplyDeleteAnother absolute stunner, Vicky. Thanks for joining us, again, at TRCC.
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Em DT
It's definitely a wow card! xoxo
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and I love the tone on tone look with this beautiful color! Thanks for playing along with us at The Flower Challenge!
ReplyDeleteThis card is beautiful! Love the monochromatic look
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful and elegant. I love the monochromatic look. Great to see you in our gallery and hope you will join us again soon at the Rainbow Card Challenge!! Please do visit my blog Paint Paper Scissors for more inspiration.
ReplyDeleteNandini – Design Team member, Rainbow Card Challenge
Beautiful card! I love the flower stamp you used. Thank you so much for joining as The Rainbow Card Challenge. Hugs! Katy :)
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