I discovered a long-forgotten CHF chicken wire background stamp from my collection and stamped it with versamark on a piece of watercolor paper, heat-embossing it with white ep. I sponged on some Ranger Mermaid Lagoon, Citron, and Spun Sugar inks until I liked the look. I die cut some Darice Daisies in black and white along with a few snippets of sponged blue cardstock for the butterfly and flower centers. I added a white die-cut stem to the bottom, along with a SNSS white embossed sentiment, done with a SU! oval punch. The butterfly was done with a Punch a Bunch, and I hand-drew the antennae with a fine marker.
I'll be taking this one over to the
Snippets Playground #215 since I used mostly snippets to put it all together.
Thanks for stopping by, and to my friends in the New England portion of the US, stay safe and warm in the snowstorm that's heading your way!
Carol
18 comments:
Wow! So pretty!! The background coloring is stunning! :)
I had never seen this chicken wire background stamp, such a fun item! Love the colours of your sponged background and the contrast with black and white flowers!
Gorgeous background with that sponging! LOVE the colors you selected for it too. Very pretty dies and they're placed just perfect. So very pretty!
Lynn
I love it Carol. The background colours are so pretty and that's a super big chicken wire stamp. Barbxx
I laughed to myself when you said you forgot you have the chicken wire stamp. It is one of your stamps that is one of my all time favorites.
This came out just lovely, great colors and those die cuts flowers and leaves are so very sweet. I don't think we'll be seeing any of those around here too soon. Supposed to be 6-10" today. Hope you didn't get it.
Wow, this is fabulous Carol! Wonderful flowers and I do love the chicken wire stamp! Loving the colours too.
Hugs
Di xx
Fabulous looking inky card.
Hugs, Sarn xxx
A fabulous card Carol, such a pretty background - lovely colours.
Pauline
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What a beautiful card Carol. I love the colours you have used and the chicken wire looks great.
Hugs
xx
This is a gorgeous snippets card, Carol! That's the best chicken wire image I've seen and I love it embossed like that as a backdrop! Love the colors, too! Enjoy your day! Hugs, Darnell
Love the fabulous find and what a pretty snippety card it turned into. Love the dark & white flowers over the colorful inks. Like the way you've tied in the blue butterfly of happiness with the flowers' centers colors too. TFS & hope you're not getting that snow again. Hugs
Love, love, love the way you did the sponged background over your embossed chickenwire. Fabulous card Carol! I always get new ideas when I visit your blog. Thanks for sharing.
Hugs,
Judy
Love the embossed chicken wire - I need to try that. Your card color and techniques are great on this card. Hugz
Beautiful and lovely colours here Carol.xx
Very pretty! Love that background. Chicken wire and flowers are the perfect mix. Who knew?!
Loving that background Carol! The chicken wire stamp is awesome and I love the way you colored it. The flowers, leaves and butterfly looks right at home on that colorful background. Hugs, Brenda
I have always been a big fan of the chicken wire for a background. This is lovely and reminds me of flowers growing near a chain link fence.
What a great stamp and your colouring, looks wonderful with the flowers.
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