Maidenhair & Gardenias
Hi there
Well, I've finally found a few minutes to myself to share this card with you. It was one of those weeks when my agenda was buried underneath the work, home and husband agendas! I started this card last Sunday and despite my best efforts it has taken until now to get it finished, photographed and posted.
Anyway, onto the important business. I've used the lovely 'Growing Green' stamp set for the first time, and the outline images lend themselves to some type of colouring. I've decided to go with my Watercolour crayons, which I haven't used for ages, but now I have my new colour update kit in place I'm set to go. I'm not sure what the flower images are intended to be, but they say 'Gardenia' to me. I have a large Gardenia bush underneath a window near the back door and it has flowered profusely the whole summer this year and the perfume has been amazing. I've used Very Vanilla and River Rock for a (hopefully) creamy offwhite look to the flowers, which are positioned mostly on the Rose Red panel for contrast. The fern image is coloured with Wild Wasabi and a touch of Garden Green.
| Project Details | |
| Stamps | Growing Green, Perfect Punches |
| Card stock & Papers | Wild Wasabi, Rose Red, Very Vanilla, Watercolour |
| Ink | Stazon Timber Brown, Rose Red |
| Accessories | 1/2" Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon, Basic Pearls |
| Tools | Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Wide Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch, Scallop Border punch, Dimensionals, Aquapainter, Watercolour Wonder Crayons (Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Very Vanilla, River Rock) |
Have a lovely weekend.
Beautiful card Judy – yes they remind me of Gardenia too – a plant I absolutely love but every time I own one I end up having to move house and have to give the plant away …. so we made a resolution not to buy another one LOL
Very pretty card, Judy! Great job on the coloring. Our minds must be thinking alike (scary)! I made a card with this set last night using similar colors for the OCC challenge so the post won’t go live until Saturday am. I used Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive. oh, and I used 3 pearls in the lower corner too. Ha! I just got this set but I think I’m going to like it! Great job, Judy!
Well it was worth the wait Judy, such a beautiful card.
This card is really beautiful. I love everything about it.
Lovely, Judy. Seam binding, hey? Wonder how you got THAT???!!!
Just beautiful, Judy…and gardenias are one of my favourite flowers, too…had them in my wedding bouquet! Haven’t they just loved this humid Melbourne summer? My plants have never looked so healthy. A lovely, lovely card.