Thursday, January 3, 2013

Just Peachy - Er, I Mean Beachy!!!


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One of this month's Hero Arts challenges is a color challenge using  3 -4 of the colors in the new Just Beachy ink cube pack:

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I don't own any inks close to soft cantaloupe and after photographing my card I think the patterned paper I used just might be a bit too peachy:



Used my favorite inking technique on the stamped panel.  After white embossing Hero Arts CG330 Flower Dot Pattern on a piece of watercolor paper I dabbed Ranger broken china, peeled paint and picket fence distress stains all over and spritzed heavily with a water and perfect pearls mix.  It's difficult to see in the pic but I also stamped the Flower Dot Pattern in white on the eight vellum die cut scalloped circles.  After crumpling all of the circles into a ball I flattened them out, stacked them and secured them together with a Basic Grey brad.  The sentiment was die cut using Cricut cart Beyond Birthdays.
Other Supplies Used:  Papertrey ink white cs for card base, W R Memory Keepers corner rounder

Thanks for all your supportive comments!!

13 comments:

Unknown said...

Robin, this is beautiful!! I love the flower you created and yes, since you pointed it out, I can see the flower dot pattern on the white as well. you should enter this in the Die Cut Diva's challenge on Flickr too!

Rosemary said...

who cares if the paper isn't an exact match???? its close enough for me cuz....this card is absolutely GORGEOUS, robin!!

Judy1223 said...

OK, I have stared at your gorgeous card long enough, now I need to comment! (It may have been ten minutes, maybe fifteen, since I checked in?) The colors, the embossing, the Perfect Pearls, the vellum flower...oh my goodness, such gorgeous goodness all in one card! You should post a warning before we are knocked over by your gorgeous cards, Robin!

Barb said...

I REALLY love the way you used this month's colors, Robin! Your background is so pretty and what a gorgeous flower!

Sue McRae said...

I think all your colour choices are spot on Robin, love how you combined them to show off the pretty white flower!

Nancy said...

I saw this on Flickr and just had to stop by and see it more. The background is just stunning. The colors are beautiful, and the delicate stamping on the flower is so lovely! Great design!

Cindy C. said...

Beautiful flower and gorgeous bg! Very lovely card Robin!

Maria said...

Very pretty card with gorgeous flower!

Maureen Morton said...

Wow, Robin - that background is spectacular! I can't take my eyes off of it. I am not crazy about trying these colors, but you nailed it! Love that you made your own flower. Now, how do you fit that into an envelope?! Ha! Thanks for sharing.

Greta said...

Oh, Robin, this is one gorgeous card! That flower is incredible--gotta try it! You are one talented lady!

Greta said...

Oh, Robin, this is one gorgeous card! That flower is incredible--gotta try it! You are one talented lady!

Brenda said...

That background stamp really just lends itself to be inked that way Robin! An exquisite creation for sure!

Michelle said...

Amazing background and frilly flower! The brad matches perfectly!