Hello, crafting friends!
What a lovely time I've had partying with the talented team at Seize The Birthday for the last two months. Today, I get to play with them one more time as their Surprise Party Guest and it's a really fun Topping this time:
And if you had to look at that word twice I want you to know you are not alone! To explain, Dichrome is a bit like Monochrome, ie shades of one colour, only it's shades of TWO colours. Here's what I came up with:
We're still stuck in the middle of a grey winter here in the heart of England so I delved into my floral stamps box to cheer myself up, and reached for some hot pinks and greens.
I stamped these pretty peonies from Clearly Besotted's On Your Day in a pale green ink and coloured them with alcohol markers. They were masked off while I sponged a paler green into Funky Fossil's Trellis stencil, offsetting it from the floral image to give a layered look.
The panel was trimmed to size with a stitched rectangle die from Heffy Doodle and mounted onto a card base. I lined the sentiment up in my stamping platform and stamped it repeatedly in a dark green ink, then finished up with a few gems.
So now it's your turn! Do hop over to the Seize The Birthday challenge site and admire all the wonderful samples on display there. When you're ready to upload your own creation, you'll find the Linky Tool at the bottom of the post. Have fun won't you - and remember, if you don't fancy the Dichrome challenge, you can make a card for the Anything Birthday Goes option :)
CHALLENGES
I'm linking this birthday card up with The Flower Challenge where the theme this month is Occasions; Addicted to Stamps and More have a Birthdays challenge this time so I'm also playing along there; Ellie has chosen a theme of CAS with the option of Elegance at Allsorts and I'm hoping my card is both! And last but not least, it is with great sadness that I saw that the Watercooler Wednesday challenge is closing its doors so I'm heading over there to say goodbye.
AND IN OTHER NEWS
I had to make an emergency dash to the dentist yesterday and oh my goodness am I in agony today! Hopefully it will all settle down soon but in the meantime, I hope you'll excuse me - I have a sofa to arrange myself on with a golden retriever-shaped hot water bottle!
Another of your super cards here Vicky. Very pretty. Love the background stencilling showing off your pretty flowers.
ReplyDeleteI feel for your on the dental pain front. I sincerely hope the pain goes away pronto, if not sooner!
Sending gentle hugs,
Sarn xxx
Another beautiful card, Vicky! Love that delicate and beautifully shaded stencil work. Jo x
ReplyDeleteHope you're feeling much better and enjoyed your cuddle with Eva, love the colours you chose for this beautiful image
ReplyDeleteVery pretty with the subtle background stenciling
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful Vicky and certainly ticks both the CAS and elegant boxes for Allsorts, thanks so much for joining in.
ReplyDeleteHope the dentist goes well and they get your sorted.
B x
Love the idea of using 2 colours and the shading Vicky. It's a beautiful card and reminds me of Summer roses too. Sorry to hear of your toothache, hope the pain subsides soon. Keep warm. As for us we have battened down the hatches in Storm Eunice and hearing too many suspect noises with the wind around the house, hoping none are serious.
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Beautifully done, Vicky. Love the soft stenciling and the flowers are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing at Allsorts challenge!
Ooh! Hello again . . . got my DT hat on to say thanks for sharing this lovely card with Allsorts this week.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Sasrn xxx
It's been fun having you at the birthday party, Vicky! Your card is beautiful - love the flowers and the perfect blending out of the stencil background. I can also thank you for joining us at Addicted to Stamps and More!
ReplyDeleteVicky, We have so enjoyed having you with us the past two months and each one of your cards were as fabulous as this one. Beautiful coloring and I am all about stenciled backgrounds so I love that too. I sure hope you aren't in any more tooth pain when you receive this message. Take care!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. Love the pink flowers and the way you offset your stenciled background. So glad you shared your talents with us as our Party Guest at STB. Look forward to seeing you in our gallery.
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely Vicky, love how you've added the stencilled background. Thankyou for being our guest at STB and also for playing along at Watercooler Wednesday, Cathy x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colouring!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with ATSM!
Beautiful flowers, Vicky! Love the stenciling too!
ReplyDeleteYour explanation is fantastic, wished I knew that when I started...Love your card and love all the inspiration you have brought to STB the last two months. thank you for being a totally awesome GUEST!!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful delicate card!!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty, Vicky! xoxo
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit late to the commenting party so I hope you're feeling much, much better by now. Another beautiful card. Love that background. Thanks so much for playing with us these past couple of months!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card here Vicky! Thanks for sharing with us over at 'The Flower Challenge' Viv DT xx
ReplyDeleteThose pretty pink peonies would light up anyone's day and I hope they did yours while creating this lovely card, Vicky! I also hope your tooth pain has abated some over the weekend, I feel for you! Thank you so much for sharing with us at The Flower Challenge!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pink blooms Vicky, love the look of them against the pretty stencilled lattice, Cathy x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous florals, and lovely shades as well. I love the look of the subtle stencilling in the background to give some ground to the blooms. Thank you for giving this wonderful inspiration, Vicky!!
ReplyDeletePretty card, love the stenciled background! Thanks for sharing at Watercooler Wednesday Challenge!
ReplyDeleteThis is so gorgeous Vicky! Your subtle lattice background goes perfectly with the flowers. It's been so great to have you play along with us. Thank you for your fabulous creations.
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