Wednesday 5 August 2015

Birthday Blossoms

Ok - today it's release day for Clearly Besotted's August products. All their new stamps and dies are now available HERE!
Today I have a floral card for you featuring the new Beautiful Friend stamp set. Clearly Besotted design the most AMAZING floral sets, and this set is no exception. This gorgeous blossom image is simply stunning. I stamped it onto kraft card and coloured with Prismacolor pencils. They work so beautifully on kraft card. I confess, originally, this were going to be a one layer kraft card… but I messed up the sentiment. So instead, I cut out my flowers - they had taken AGES to colour after all and I was NOT going to waste them - and I added them to some Fancy Pants striped paper. The sentiment (from the same stamp set) was stamped and heat embossed on vellum for a subtle look to keep the focus on the flowers. The finished card looks completely different to what I intended, but is still quite pretty I think.
Birthday Blossom by Lucy Abrams
Kraft paper absorbs Prismacolors so beautifully… I love this look.
Birthday Blossom 2 by Lucy Abrams
Again, make sure you head over to see what Stephanie and the rest of the team have created. They all rock.
Bye for now. And happy shopping later. ;)
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30 comments:

Michelle Short said...

Absolutely beautiful! x

rian said...

very nice card, I like the flowers very much.
hugs rian

Stephanie said...

A beautiful card...by my beautiful friend ;) xo

Sazzle Dazzle said...

Simply gorgeous, beautiful stamping and colours.

Unknown said...

Beautiful card Lucy :)

Judith said...

Michelle took the words right out of my mouth. I was going to say the same: absolutely beautiful!!!

TamiBabs said...

Wow - it's gorgeous!

cm said...

Echoing the others: your flowers are absolutely stunning! I had no idea Prismacolours on kraft could be so beautiful! WOW!
~c

Jan G said...

Beautiful card!

Mandy said...

Your card may not have turned out quite as you expected Lucy but it is absolutely stunning. Love the Prismacolors on the kraft card stock. x

Julie L. said...

LOVELY card!

Anonymous said...

Very pretty and elegant :-)

Debbie said...

So delicate and pretty.hugs xxx

terriavidreader (IN-USA) said...

so beautiful!

Leni said...

Beautiful! Lovely flowers.

Carol said...

A delightful card, Lucy - elegant and classy.

conil said...

So lovely...wish I was in that orchard.

Linda Langes said...

Thanks Lucy for the inspiration to colour on kraft with Prismas - I'll definitely be giving that a go. These flowers look absolutely beautiful.

Titta said...

Beautiful card!

Marianne said...

You did a great job salvaging those pretty flowers, Lucy. Love the soft colours on the kraft cardstock.

Karen D said...

Beautiful card! the mistake just added to it :)

loulou said...

Absolutely gorgeous card. I really love the colouring. I bought some prismacolour pencil a while ago and they haven't seen the light of day yet. They are coming out now!!

Diane Jaquay said...

So beautiful, Lucy!!

Katia said...

Your card is super sweet and cute!

helenbrendan said...

Simply beautiful!

Brenda Lee said...

Beautiful card, Lucy. Your embossing always turns out so perfect. How do you do it?!?!?!? Guess I need more practice, LOL. Fantastic coloring job...such a delicate look to the flowers. LOVE it!

Patty said...

Soooo Soft & Beautiful!!

Mandy said...

Absolutly gorgeous... Thank you so mach for this awesome inspiration

Carol McCready said...

Such a soft gorgeous card.

Unknown said...

A gorgeous card