Thursday, June 9, 2011

Fabulous Florets

I recently had fun visiting with my SU! demo Deanna and playing with some of her new stamps & punches. This is the Fabulous Florets set found in the summer mini catalog. I stamped the image and leaves several times with Memento black ink, then colored with Copics, hand cut, and popped up the images with dimensionals. I created the vertical panel with SU! Poppy Parade dp and stamped the card base with a retired favorite "stitched" background stamp. The ribbon was tan, but I colored it with a Copic marker to match it to the color theme of my card. The image was matted with garden green cardstock, and the stem was stamped using Memento Cottage ivy ink......even though most of it was covered up! LOL I'll add a sentiment to this when I need to use it.
The temps are going to top 100 degrees today here in PA, so I'm going to hibernate indoors again! Summer is still 12 days away! Hello?!?!?
Have a fabulous day and stay cool!

Carol

18 comments:

JD/ Jill said...

Beautiful! Okay, Now you have me putting yet ANOTHER stamp set on my wish list. LOL

Deanna Wolfe said...

Wow, this turned out beautiful. You will have to come and play again. I love the coloring with the copics.

Benzi said...

Ooh, so yummy and colored so beautifully, Carol. That is awesome dp to go with that image. Isn't it great that we can color our ribbon to match?
Stay inside and keep cool, my friend.

Emily (stampingout on SCS) said...

This is gorgeous! What fabulous coloring! Thanks for all of your sweet comments on my blog. :)

Dolores said...

Thanks for sharing the details...
the flower turned out beautifully.
Must try that hint on coloring the ribbon to match.

Donna Hanley said...

Carol, Another beauty. I love the stitched background and that stamp is just so nice. It did not excite me when I saw it, but now you've made it look impossible to avoid getting it. The ribbon looks so pretty. Talk soon. I'll email you later on today.

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Fab, fab, fab! Glad you are keeping cool, my friend! This is gorgeous popped out like that! I love how all the paper was done on the diagonal.

Diane Jaquay said...

Gorgeous!! Love the dimension of the beautiful flowers!

Marlene said...

Ooooh and ahhhhh. Lovely card. I love how you colored the ribbon with a copic marker to match. I do the same thing....very versatile, those markers are!

Sue from Oregon said...

so realistic Carol...lovely!

Wendy said...

Oh WOW, this is so pretty, Carol! I have been admiring this set in the Summer Mini and after seeing your card I may have to get it!!! You enabler you! LOL Love your layout and your color combo! Beautiful card! :)
Stay cool....it's been about 96 here since we've gotten back. Yuck is all I can say!

Monika/Buzsy said...

Lovely card Carol. The flowers look so real! Awesome. Hope you stayed cool inside! :o)

Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...

Stunning Carol!! I just love the colors and all the dimension. So elegant!!

merrymstamper said...

this is just Gorgeous!!! the colours you used are fantastic :-)

Stay cool :-)

Elise said...

YOU have such an excellent sense of composition, Carol! I love how expertly you always feature your favorite images, and STILL get some excellent DP into the mix! Texture, color, craftsWOmanship = the complete package! This is SIMPLY stunning!

Denise Marzec said...

Wowwwwwwwwwww! This is GORGEOUS, girlie! ADORE this one!

Marilyn said...

OMGosh Carol... this is stunning! Love the layout and how you've coloured the image... beautiful card!

Jennipher said...

Carol, this is absolutely incredible.