Wednesday 9 June 2010

Crafts & Me Challenge #6 - For friends or family

Challenge time again over at Crafts & Me and this time Amy has set the challenge "For friends or family" which should drop in nicely for fathers day cards too!
We're sponsored by Digistamp Boutique and I chose "Single Flower" image - honest it is lol!

For the background I used the flowerhead and enlarged, overlapped and greyed out then I've used larger and smaller versions of the flower to make a posy overlapping them and erasing the lines, I also erased the leaves as it was easier to see what I was doing then added them in at the end.

Its coloured with promarkers in purples and pinks although it doesnt look it, its all then coloured with sakura stardust pen in clear so its very sparkly. Ive stamped a sentiment stamp which I won on stampin for the weekend blog ages ago and I've added white ribbon, distressed the edges with worn lipstick and victorian velvet distress inks and added some flowers to the centres for more dimension and the edges to frame which I coloured with alcohol inks and iridescent gold glimmer mist.

Entering into...

Tuesday Taggers - All that blooms
A spoonful of sugar - Floral Delights
Charisma Cardz - Flowers (entry 2)
Paperplay - Flowers & Sparkle
Stamp Something - Digi day
Crazy challenge - Distress it


Hope you can come join us at Crafts & Me challenge! Thanks for looking :)

BTW there is a tutorial HERE that I wrote on merging digital images if you want to have a play. Works in PSP and other programs :)






21 comments:

Annie said...

what a fabulous card and you are so clever to be able to manipulate the digi images like this! I can just about resize and print, and sometimes change colours but that's my limit! love the sparkle and pink/purple colours.
hugs, annie x

Leigh said...

Gorgeous Vix. How on earth you managed to do all that to the image I'll never know. Very clever.

Teresa said...

Vix so inventive as usual, the flowers look great and the background is a great idea. loverleeee!
Teresa x

Juls said...

gorgeous!! Love the rich colours! Hugs Juls

Zoechaos said...

Gorgeous card fabulous colours and the way you merged the flowers brillient. Thank you for joining us at TT this week.

Tracy said...

This is just so pretty, I adore the colours and the design is beautiful.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Deb Neerman said...

WoWzA, this is absolutely stunning! Love it!!

Unknown said...

gorjuss Vix, so lovely and vibrant xx

Josephine said...

Gorgeous, Vix. The colours look so rich and positively regal!

Shell Shearer Swinscoe said...

Great card hun, love what you have done with your flowers, would never have thought about doing that, thanks for the idea
Thanks for joining us at 'The Crazy' this week!! good luck

Hugs Shell xx

Unknown said...

A gorgeous card Vix - love how you have used the distress inks too! Hope you have received mine and mums cards by now x Thanks for joining in at TT this week x Janet

Deirdre said...

Beautiful card - thanks so much for playing along with Paperplay this week. ♥

CraftyC said...

This is gorgeous Vix, love the colours and beautiful flowers!
Clairex

CAROL said...

Fabulous card, the colours go together so well and it's all put together so beautifully.

CAROL said...

Beautiful cards, it's all put together so well.

Kim x said...

This card is just beautiful Vix
Love Kimx

PatR said...

Love your fabulous creation Vix and thanks for joining us at TT this week.
xx

Unknown said...

Vix this is gorgeous. Thanks playing along with TT this week
hugs
Ildiko

Digi Stamp Boutique said...

Cor - this is fabulously stunning...I love what you've created - the idea is fab, the colours wonderful and the added detail just perfect....Sally-Ann..xx

Michelle said...

Hi Vix
Lovely to see you here! and your wonderful work of course! Bloomin' marvellous you could join us at Tuesday Taggers this week with a such a flowery entry!
x Michelle

Neet said...

Is there any end to your talent Vix. I just love what you have done with this. Beautiful!