Saturday, August 20, 2011

Geraniums & Text

I have been wanting to play along in the Simon Says Stamp and Show some bling all week, but it has been a busy week and had to wait until today.  I combined the City Crafter Challenge to use scraps with the colors and flower challenge from Embellish challenge.

 

The image is the Stampendous Jumbo Hydrangea cling CRS5005-R but I colored it as a geranium and I think it looks like a geranium. :) Geraniums are so beautiful and hardy (spoken like a lazy gardener)! 
The circle was my scrap and I stamped on it using the Stampendous Dream Cling CRR015-R in black ink and added a little peachy tan color to the background. 

The flowers are colored using a few shades of glimmer mist with a waterbrush. 

The background paper is some beautiful paper from TPC. It is wedding and anniversary and has a beautiful sheen to it. 

My bling is the accents on the flowers and all the glimmer mist and perfect pearls mister spritzed over the flowers and background.  

I added highlights to my flowers with the white gel pen and realized I hadn't embossed anything on my flowers which was part of the Embellish Challenge. So I decided to try something new for me and add low lights on my flowers using embossing powder. I took out my Versamark marker and added touches of watermark ink to my flowers and then heat embossed using clear embossing powder. I like the effect. It looks like a touch of dew on my flowers. 

Hope your Saturday is wonderful! 

Suzz

Posted by Suzanne C at 10:37 AM
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27 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 20, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    Gorgeous, Sue! Your watercolored geraniums just pop off this beautiful card!

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  2. BarbAugust 20, 2011 at 11:40 AM

    Oh, my! This is so pretty, Suzz! Love your amazing geraniums!

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  3. Carol QAugust 20, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    love your background paper and scrap piece Suzz. a really good contrast to your "hydrageraniums" lol

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  4. Ellie KnolAugust 20, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Beautiful, even though they still look like Hydrangea, but who says there are no red ones? If you like red ones, you just color it red - that's what artists may do!! LOL

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  5. Jean Franks BeckAugust 20, 2011 at 1:51 PM

    This is beautiful! I love your coloring, and I never would have guessed it was anything but a geranium, LOL! I will have to try your impromptu embossing technique sometime - that sounds like a fun effect.

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  6. JuneAugust 20, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    They certainly do look like geraniums! And they almost seem to be floating above the paper. Lovely.

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  7. Craft Addicts - Tracy EvansAugust 20, 2011 at 2:43 PM

    Beautiful card, stunning image and colouring. Love the subtle touch of bling and the White highlights are a perfect touch. Thanks so much for joining in the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge Suzanne. Tracy x

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  8. BarbaraAugust 20, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    These really do look like geraniums and I love your random embossing idea! It adds so much to the card!

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  9. Mona PendletonAugust 20, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    WOW Suzanne! Those watercolored Hydrangeas look so beautiful!

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  10. LinAugust 20, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    Absolutely wonderful, Sue! I love the combination of the beautiful flowers against the text!

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  11. Dawn TAugust 20, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    cleverly done Suzz. This is a beautiful card.

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  12. CristinaAugust 20, 2011 at 11:54 PM

    What a unique take on the embossing element! I think I need to get one of those Versamark pens. :) Thanks for joining us at Embellish!

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  13. RosAugust 21, 2011 at 5:28 AM

    This is lovely Suzz ... and I think it looks like a geranium too ... beautifully done ... thanks for playing with us again atCCCB

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  14. Candy CAugust 21, 2011 at 6:10 AM

    Hi Suzz!!! Love your card! It's a lovely design and the geraniums are amazing! Thanks so much for sharing your card with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show's BLING Challenge. <3 Candy

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  15. Lynne ForsytheAugust 21, 2011 at 6:41 AM

    FANTABULOUS card Suzz....love the watercolor/distress look of the card! Job well done!!

    THANKS bunches for playin' along with the TEAMIES and SIMON SAYS STAMP and SHOW!!

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  16. TammyAugust 21, 2011 at 7:09 AM

    Amazing colouring of that "geranium"! Striking!

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  17. Linda Coughlin, the funkie junkieAugust 21, 2011 at 8:38 PM

    This is lovely - great geranium - love the way you have colored it. That's a wonderful Stampendous background stamp too with pretty muted tones in the background. Wonderful take on the bling challenge! Always great to have you joining in the fun with us this week at Simon Says Stamp and Show.

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  18. JanetcraftAugust 21, 2011 at 10:38 PM

    Love how you did with watercolored flowers..with the combined..great inspirations.

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  19. UnknownAugust 22, 2011 at 12:35 AM

    I just love those flowers.. The colors are perfect..

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  20. Lisa SomervilleAugust 22, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    Beautiful - love the design and colors! Could just pluck the flowers from the card and pop them in a vase!

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  21. ScrappychickAugust 22, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    Holy Cow!! Gorgeousness! You have collage down to an art form!

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  22. Kirsty VittetoeAugust 22, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    That is gorgeous, thanks for playing along with us at CCCB!

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  23. cnelsonAugust 22, 2011 at 11:26 PM

    Absolutely GORGEOUS! Thank you for playing along with us at CCCB!

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  24. Lea L.August 23, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    This is very pretty! I love the glossy finish on the flowers!

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  25. Lynne ForsytheAugust 25, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    Congrats on being one of our Top 3's!!!

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  26. Sarah MartinaSeptember 8, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    So many beautiful layers! Love it! :) So glad you joined us for the Embellish Color Trends Challenge!

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  27. ShannaSeptember 23, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    Holey gorgeous!!!! Love this girl!

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