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Monday, March 12, 2012

Flowers that Bloom

I have been busy this weekend playing with new stamps!  I love new stamps.  I can't share anything of course, yet. :) But I did squeeze in a fun tag using some of my favorite Hero Arts flowers.


I created the tag from corrugated cardboard.  I tore up the surface, painted with white and sand colored acrylic paint. I cut a piece of Bo Bunny paper for my background to stamp on.  I stamped the Hero Arts Fleurette several times using brown ink.  The image didn't stamp clearly so I pulled out my Sakura pen with the fine tip in brown and filled in where I had lost parts of my image. (A little tip if you have an image that is hand drawn or etched) I stamped the lovely Verses Rubber stamps quote using brown ink.

I finished it off with a few Hero Arts butterflies from the Papillion set.  The flowers and butterflies are colored with Memento Lilac Posies Dye ink.

This is for the current Hero Arts challenge of Fabulous Flowers and the Simon Says Stamp and Show Anything Goes. and the Fashionable Stamping Challenge - Bingo (Flowers, Distressing, Words).


Have a lovely Monday!

Suzz

28 comments:

Jacqueline said...

This would have looked gorgeous on a wine label too ;)
What a beautiful tag!

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

Love your use of corrugated card, gorgeous tag. I know what you have been playing with this weekend lol. Tracy x

Julia (Myshilda) said...

Wonderful colours! So's the tag)

Barb said...

Gorgeous tag, Suzz! Love your beautiful fleurettes! :)

May said...

Beautiful your work is amazing, I love my visits to your blog, Fabulous creation, Hugs May x x x

Mary said...

awesome...very pretty

Ellie said...

I can't help gasping at this! It's beyond beautiful! Is the stamp from HA a new one, I mean the fleurette, I tried googling it, but it didn't come up with something..

nanditark said...

love the cool colour effects ...beautiful !!!

lynne said...

A very pretty tag.
Thank you for sharing with us at FSC.
Wishes
Lynne

Chrissy said...

Beautiful tag Suzz, lovely flowery image and love the matching butterfly, so pretty.

Luv CHRISSYxx

CinnamonSally said...

This is gorgeous Suzz, love the pretty flowers and matching butterflies!

Anette said...

wow, this is breathtaking!

Silvia(Barnie) said...

A fantastic tag, love the use of the corrugated cardboard. Thanks for joining us at FSC this fortnight.

Ros said...

What can I say Suzz .. a masterpiece!!

Carol Q said...

love the distressed feel to this Suzz and the gorgeous colour scheme.

Sophie's Art said...

Was für eine wunderschöne Karte!

Einfach genial!

Viele Grüße

Heather Jensen said...

Oh, this is beautiful Suzanne. The butterflies are so pretty. :)

Hugs~

Dawn said...

beautiful tag Suzz. Such great use of the PP with such a wonderful stamp.

Shirl said...

Suzz I love tags and this is adorable, your painting is very pretty.

Thank you for sharing with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.

Hugs Shirley x x

Candy C said...

Suzz.....your tag is beautiful! I lovw the corrugated background. That looks so good. Then I love the stamped flowers that you have added on top. What a cool stamp! I love the colors you have used to paint th flowers. Your distressing looks fantastic. The butterflies are the perfect finishing touch. Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show.

Yvonne Garner said...

What a gorgeous tag! I must find some corrugated cardboard to repurpose. Thanks for the inspiration and thanks for joining us at FSC!

Lisa Somerville said...

Beautiful tag! You always make cardboard look so good! Love the colors and added butterflies!

Linda R said...

What a beautiful tag.. That corrugated background gives it a wonderful shabby feel..

Sue C said...

Beautiful tag, the stamps you've used are gorgeous and I love the corrugated cardboard background. Thanks for joining us at FSC. Sue C x

Mrs.B said...

A beautiful tag an gorgeous stamps.
Love the corrugated card background.
Thanks for sharing with us at FSC
Avril

Lynn Stevens said...

Love the grungy look on your beautiful tag! Gasp...
hugs Lynn

Fliss said...

This is gorgeous Suzz. love the corrugated tag and your shabby chic stamping is fabulous.
Thanks for joining in with our FSC Bingo challenge.
Fliss x

Shirley said...

Simply wow!~ A really stunning and great technique for your beautiful tag!!