A 'Blooming' Birthday

Another gloomy overcast day has given me 

a rest day from gardening and a day just to play 

in a few of my favourite challenges.

I got out one of my favourite stamps to ink up - 

Rubbernecker W/C Poppies #719

 with Versafine Clair Nocturne

and heat embossed clear.

Coloured with Tim's Oxide inks and a 

touch of Lindy's Magicals and Perfect Pearls for shimmer.

Flicked a few 'splats'.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

Die cut is Scrap Dragons.

Background coloured the same as the poppy,

 cut with SB square die.

Adhered to the back and

attached to cream linen card base. 

This is heading over to - 

 Color Hues has a great colour combination - 

Orange and Green

The Flower Challenge are celebrating

Use a Sentiment & 6th Birthday

and Seize the Birthday

Challenge#249 

(without the topping)

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This IS for 'Someone Special'

Hello and Welcome

Today's card was made for my BFF so

of course it had to be 'Special' and her birthday

is just a few days before mine.

I was keeping this for a challenge that I thought

fitted in with my card above and I found that at

Seize the Birthday for their current challenge to use

Die Cuts or Punches

I recently bought the Retired SU  Botanical Blooms Set

and a few of you would have seen me use it before.

It was perfect for this card with all the dies.

I wanted the background to be a little subtle and

knew I had some patterned vellum in my stash. Perfect!

I know she likes browns/copper colours so I went with that

and some gorgeous teal card stock that was purchased

when I was staying with her a while back.

I cut out a number of flowers and stamens

and the leaves from gold card stock and some 

painted paper using Rustic Brown Metallic Paint.

I inked the stamped centres with Tim's Gathered Twigs.

I decided to add a strip of embossing on the side

from Couture Creations. Adhered it to my card base

with the vellum and gold ribbon from Christina Re.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Fluttery Set

 heat embossed in gold with gold thread

added to the back and popped.

Finished with a tiny flower on the side,

Pearls and a sparklet to the centre of the flowers and vellum.

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