Hello, crafting friends!
No, the title of this post is not a reference to any wild evenings out! I've been thinking about tiles lately and remembered a stamp set I have that I thought would make interesting backgrounds for flowers. Have I created any cards like this? Er... no! Time to put that right!
The tiles are from a retired Stamping Up set called Today's Tiles. It's a layering set - you stamp one pattern and then line the stamps up in a stamping platform and add the detail stamp. I chose my palest yellow ink and a light orange, stamping them directly onto a card base. I topped them with a pretty rose from WPlus9's Modern Roses, which I stamped, coloured with coloured pencils and fussy cut.
But oh dear...! Even though I'd used pale inks for the tiles, they result was far too intense to show off the rose. After a little thought, I decided to mute the tiles with a panel of vellum. I cut this to size, stamped it with the sentiment using Stazon ink and glued it over the stamped tiles using spray glue. This worked well and the rose became the focus of the card I'd wanted it to be!
CHALLENGES
I'm linking this card up with Less Is More where we are CASEing Elaine's fabulous card in celebration of her birthday; also playing along with Time Out where there's a beautiful quote to inspire us; and Allsorts, where Anything Goes with an option to include roses; the challenge at Happy Little Stampers CAS is Off The Edge, so I'm joining in there too.
AND IN OTHER NEWS
Did you know that the word 'tile' was slang for hat in 19th century Britain? I thought it might be Rhyming Slang but apparently it was coined because some wag made the analogy of the roof tiles on the top of a house and the hat on the top of a person! This has amused me no end and I shall be looking into more slang!
A wonderful layout and beautifully coloured rose ,the vellum a fabulous finishing touch
ReplyDeleteFabulous CAS card. Good idea using the vellum to mute colours & allow the rise to stand out.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Sarn xxx
What a pretty and delicate Rose against the tile image Vicky and perfect for our current theme at Allsorts challenge, many thanks for joining in.
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This is so clever and the tile background really effective behind that pretty rose. I never knew hats were known as tiles - how funny. Awesome CAS card Vicky!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to put the vellum over the tiles and the stamp combo is just perfect together. Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful...I love the softness you created with the vellum, but your fussy-cutting skills are what caught my eye! Good job!
ReplyDeleteA super take on Elaine's card Vicky. I love what you did with your tiles, what a great idea to soften it with vellum. The rose is perfect. Thank you for sharing with us at Less is More.
ReplyDeleteWow, Vicky, I didn't even notice the vellum at first, I was admiring how tremendous your fussy cutting was! Bravo, I'm a little bit in love with this card! Thanks so much for sharing another beauty with us at Less is More, Anita x
ReplyDeleteHey there, me again! Just popping back to say thank you for also playing along at Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge. I was so wowed by your card I didn't twig you'd entered there as well! x
ReplyDeleteLove how you used the vellum, another stunning card xxx
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous rose, Vicky! The vellum covered tiles make a perfect background!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful rose and a gorgeous card!!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this post very much, Vicky. I love your card. Love the tile images - actually, I love it even more that you spent time thinking of creating a card with this tile background design. I LOVE your genius solution to the problem of how to mute the tile colors. Your rose is truly the star here, and she os gorgeous. Lastly, I also love words, and I was very entertained by your slang discovery. I can't wait to see the next installment.
ReplyDeleteGreat save, Vicky. It's beautiful! xoxo
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