Sunday, 12 January 2025

Pretty Petals for The Paper Players 720

Welcome to a new year of challenges here at The Paper Players! I hope you are all feeling relaxed and keen to play along with us. Our hostess, Elizabeth, has started the year with a bright colour challenge.


I couldn't help but think floral with this combination. I'd recently purchased the Pretty Petals bundle from the Online Exclusives, so had a play around with it with these colours. 

The first job was to choose which pink, orange and green to use. I opted for Garden Green, Melon Mambo and Pumpkin Pie. 

The leaves and flowers are separate stamps. I started by stamping the leaves in Garden Green and adding in flowers in Melon Mambo onto Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper. Then I painted over the images with a Water Painter so that it created a kind of faux no-line watercolour.

While it was wet, I added in some touches of Pumpkin Pie to the flowers, using a drop of ink. As the flowers also have a separate die, I stamped and water-coloured a second set so I could add some popped up flowers for extra dimension.


I diluted the remainder of the Pumpkin Pie ink drop further and splattered it over the image before cutting the flowers out with one of the dies from Spotlight on Nature. I cut a different circle with the same set from Melon Mambo. 
 

I stamped the sentiment in Garden Green from the same piece of splattered water-colour paper using the banner from Stylish Shapes as well as a shadow from Pumpkin Pie. The sentiment is from Country Birdhouse.

I embossed the Garden Green card front with the Starstruck embossing folder, which is one of the free gifts you can earn with a qualifying purchase during Sale-a-bration. Isn't it a pretty folder?

The finishing touch was a trio of Peach Pie Glimmer gems.
We'd all love to see what you do with these colours. You can see what the rest of the design team have done, and link up your entry, at The Paper Players page.

Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
  1. Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
  2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
  3. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
  4. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
  5. Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!
Don't forget to check out the great inspiration from the rest of the design team.

Jan Clothier - You are here


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7 comments:

  1. Jan... loving so much about your sweet card! Envying the circle die and background embossing folder. I get my wish lists from my friends! Wonderful card... the splatter is just perfect!

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  2. Jan, I love how you incorporated just small touches of the orange. They complement the fabulous florals and colors you chose. The circle die is fabulous and the whole card has a wonderful, almost nostalgic, Norwegian feel. Love it.
    hugs
    jaydee

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  3. I adore those sweet flowers and I love the faux watercolor look you achieved - it's beautiful! And I could see the drop of PP in the second photo; love that and all the splatters! Fabulous design, Jan!

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  4. WOW! This is gorgeous! That Garden Green background is a perfect way to show off these pretty flowers! Love all the little details too...sumptuous!

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  5. What a lovely card, Jan! I really need the Spotlight On Nature dies...I have resisted them for far too long! The embossed background is gorgeous - the perfect backdrop for the flowers! Have a wonderful week!

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  6. Those florals are really pretty Jan and I love the layered circle and the splatters, that seem to suit the watercoloured look. The embossed background is really great too; it shows off the design really well and is much nicer than I thought it would be (says she adding it to her next shopping basket!!)

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  7. Jan, this is just fabulous! I love the embossed Garden Green background and the lovey florals. The sweet little flowers made me smile! Such a happy card! Have a great weekend, My Friend!!!

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