Sunday 27 April 2014

Garden Goodness


As you know, I love playing with my Distress inks and getting inky.  This card is another one using the Embossing Folder inking technique.  I LOVE it!  You can watch the video posted with yesterday's card.
I began by inking up my hexagon folder from Stampin Up with Distress inks in these colours:  Peeled Paint, Shaded Liliac, Dusty Concord and Spun Sugar.  When you add water, the colours blend together so well.  When it was all dry, I stamped the flowers from Unity and added the sentiment.  

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- KEEP it CAS 




CASology- #92 GARDEN




Thanks so much for stopping in...very appreciated!

Supplies:  stamps- Unity, Mama Elephant/ Distress ink/ EB folder-SU/ Memento black ink/ bl pearls

19 comments:

Virginia L. said...

So artistic and beautiful, Karen! I am loving your use of EF with the watercolors! Enjoy the sunshine today :)

maria's knutselplezier said...

Great card Kare, I really love those beautiful colours and how you use them!!! Great ART!!

Greetings
Maria

Dana said...

Wow!! Gor-geous!!! Love it!!

sandie said...

I love the look of this Karen and am off to check this video out. Thanks for joining us at ATCAS

Diane Jaquay said...

This is gorgeous, and I tried this folder inking technique yesterday and love it! Thanks :)

Peet said...

ohh, love this, Karen!

dnisme@blogspot.com said...

Love it, LOVE IT, L O V E I T ! ! ! ! !

wienerhoneymooners said...

I LOVE this Karen, as I love all your works of art! I really love that I get to see you join up at CASology time and again, so awesome!!! Wonderful, I love distressy and grunge and this is grunge ELEVATED!! Lovely!!

Thanks for joining your friends at CASology!! We love it!

Bobby said...

This is so beautiful I hate to call it grunge. It's really more "art". Thanks for sharing the idea. I watched the video and will definitely be doing this technique.

Joyce said...

Such a beautiful card, and I can see you had fun with your inks. I am going to have to check out that fabulous technique you used. It really adds such an artistic look. Thanks so much for playing along at CASology this week.

Anita in France said...

Wow, Karen, this is beautiful ... what a gorgeous background effect, so lovely with the silhouette flowers! Thanks so much for playing along with ATCAS! Anita :)

Sandi said...

Love the background and then the stamp in black..very eyecatching!

Anonymous said...

This is gorgeous Karen. Your background is stunning and the black flowers are the perfect contrast for all that inky lusciousness - a beautiful card! Roz M

Princess Judy Palmer said...

This is just so gorgeous! You chose some lovely colors!

Emily Leiphart said...

This is a wow card, Karen! Absolutely stunning in every way. Thanks so much for playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Keep It Clean and Simple!

OH Babs said...

Love the embossing folder technique and silhouette. Another great card Karen.

Sheila in Cyprus said...

WOW! I love this. You have used some lovely shades of distress inks.
What a great way to use embossing folders, I am going to have to try this technique out, it makes for stunning backgrounds.
Love Sheila

Kathy Schweinfurth said...

I just LOVE your card! I wanted to let you know that I’ve chosen your creation as one of my Weekly Picks and linked back to your blog! Thanks so much for sharing your talent. Kathy at stampsatplay.blogspot.com

Daria said...

Beautiful. I love the overall design and wonderful colors. The silhouette image looks wonderful against the background you created. TFS.