Flowers Fair for AYSI

It's time for a fill in the blank challenge at As You See It. This is the challenge where we ask you to complete a sentence then show it to us in craft. 

I did have to wonder to begin with whether or not it was Christmas cards I sent the most of. It certainly is the most I send in one hit - I feel as though I need to remortgage the house when I go post my overseas cards! Birthday would surely be the next largest in number for me. 

My design team card for the last challenge was inspired by (enabled by) Joanne James and it's true again this week. After the things she'd made with Flowers Fair made me buy it myself, I set about emulating a card that she had made for Colour INKspiration, where I also design. 

Her lovely card made me realise that it had been many years since I'd attempted colouring on dark card, so there was something of a re-learning process involved in getting here.😀

I started by white embossing the image onto Basic Gray card. Then I painted the interior of the flowers and leaves with diluted Basic White ink with a water painter.

Once the white ink was dry - and it takes a little while - I painted over the white with the colours I wanted: Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green. I used re-inkers and a water painter for this. Because I diluted the white ink, rather than using it at full strength, the final painted effect is translucent. 

I mounted the panel on a piece of Melon Mambo, then onto a Basic Gray card base. The sentiment is from Rolling Waves, stamped in Basic Gray and cut with a banner from Stylish Shapes with one end trimmed. The sentiment is popped up on dimensionals. The Melon Mambo embellishments are from the retired Glossy Enamel Dots assortment.

Thank you, Joanne for the impetus to get this gorgeous background stamp. 😀

So what kind of card do you mail the most, after Christmas cards?

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