Hello and happy Tuesday everyone! It's time for the Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge #471 which was designed by our own Debbie.
I was playing with some Abandoned Coral and Black Soot distress oxide inks and came up with this background. I just smeared the ink pads on a non-stick sheet, spritzed with water and dabbed the wc cardstock here and there until I got the coverage I wanted. After it dried, I went back and added a few droplets of water here and there. I added a Darice swirl die cut, and then punched some tiny flowers from the remnants of the wc paper, using dark and light areas for contrast. I used Nuvo black drops for the flower centers as well as the 3 dots on the top right panel, then placed it on top of a stitched square die-cut SNSS sentiment. I put it all on a PTI Berry Sorbet card base.
And now it's over to you, but before you go, be sure and check out my DT member's creations here on the blog. You'll want to play along for the great prize this week too, just in time for those autumn cards with leaves.
I'm also adding my card to the Just Us Girls #458 color week challenge to use the following colors :
Thanks for stopping by as always and do have yourself a wonderful Tuesday!
Carol
Another great sketch and beautiful card to go along with it. I love that background! Wow!!! It came out so pretty. The sentiment is wonderful. Sensational card Carol!
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A lovely card Carol, a fabulous sentiment and great background.
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What a gorgeous card, Carol! I am always in awe of your backgrounds that you create! Love the look of the coral color and a tiny bit of the black! What a great sketch to use to show off that lovely background! Your saying is perfect with your swirl and little flowers! I SO love this! TFS
ReplyDeleteLovely! What a gorgeous background and I love those sweet tiny flowers!
ReplyDeleteReally stunning background here Carol! I love your mix with the oxide inks and that delicate die cut florish matches up PERFECTLY with that sketch! :) Really stunning card! Thanks for sharing! HUGS
ReplyDeleteYour smooched background looks so sweet and beautiful, such lovely colour combo!And love the Darice swirl... I have still one of those you sent me times ago... So I think that perhaps I can arrange a card for the challenge with it quickly enough! :D LOL The tiny flowers compliment the swirl so well!
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Very cool background. The little bit of black soot looks nice!
ReplyDeleteYou nailed the sketch perfectly and in such a beautiful way with that lovely colored background. Your card is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteOh I think your card is wonderful. I was just thinking I needed to make a card with some kind of vine on it. Thanks for the inspiration
ReplyDeleteIt's a gorgeous background and the CAS style is just lovely with the simple flourish and some tiny flowers and pearls. Especially perfect sentiment to go with this card! TFS & Hugs
ReplyDeleteLove, this, love the background. Not tried those two colours together may give it a go.xx
ReplyDeleteI just love the watercolor backgrounds you create! This one is no exception! Beautiful color combo for sure. Really makes the black pop. I need to play with my inks more.
ReplyDeleteI always love a good smooshed background, Carol, and who would have thought that Black and Coral could make such a beautiful one. The lovely flourish and wonderful sentiment finish it off perfectly. Thanks for sharing your card with us at Just Us Girls.
ReplyDeletelove it all, the colors are such a great mix!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun sketch to work with Carol. Love your card, that background is so pretty, love the black soot and abandoned coral together! Your flourish looks identical to the one in the sketch but I love the added flowers to it. And the sentiment, it is perfect and so true! Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteFabulous background and a marvelous take on that sketch!
ReplyDeleteFabulous background and love the beautiful flourish and sentiment
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Beautiful card!! I love the background you created! I think it's time for me to get some distress oxide inks!
ReplyDeleteHa ha I should have popped in here earlier in the week they all took the words out of my mouth above!!!! I love it what a great job you did on the background!
ReplyDeleteWow - this is so beautiful. I love the watercolored background. I tried to do this and it looked like mud. You are certainly very talented at it.
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