Just a note

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Once again I raided my healthy stash of backgrounds to create this card for the Altenew August 2019 Inspiration Challenge

The Altenew Virginia Rose & leaves were made from Colorburst powders on watercolour paper. The main flower centre was painted with gold watercolour paint in two different colours. I used Altenew Sketched Lines stencil with Ranger Texture Paste & Weathered Wood distress ink on the main card front. To finish I added a few clear gems as water droplets.

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Favourite flower

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Trying to pick a favourite flower is nearly impossible but when it comes to stamped images I'm always drawn to peonies. There are just so many lovely designs out there & I was thrilled when I saw that Alex Syberia  had released some digital images. Her work is always so beautiful & these digi designs are just stunning. My first thought when I saw them was how beautiful they would be using the Foil Quill. With a few simple steps they came out just perfect! I tried the design on both Canson Mixed Media paper & Strathmore Bristol Smooth with near perfect results each time.

The flowers & leaves were coloured with Daniel Smith watercolours. I used the Altenew Bubble Wrap stencil for the background with Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polish in Blossom. The sentiment was also done with the Foil Quill using Golden Rule Sketch Font from the Silhouette store.
I am sharing this at The Flower Challenge #35 - Use your favourite flower.

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Back again

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Once again I've been caught up dealing with health & life issues. I have been trying really hard to keep creating in one form or another for therapy. Even it means just dabbling with creating backgrounds and just having a bit of fun. Taking the pressure off myself to try & make challenge deadlines and fully completing projects to post. As someone with perfectionistic tendencies this can be very challenging lol.
Anyway, I made this card to send to my 98 year old mum with a parcel of ginger goodies which she just adores.

I love this Memory Box die for its simplicity & I have no shortage of backgrounds to use it with. This one was an alcohol ink piece with gold detail.
I'm sharing this at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Add a Die-Cut.
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