Hello … bonjour! Happy Mother’s Day to everyone celebrating in the USA and Australia! I’m popping in with a card that feels a bit different for me … not sure how it came from my fingers, but it was fun making it happen …
I started with a panel of watercolour card, made a paper mask to place where the vase was going to be, and stamped the blossom-y leafy sprigs three times, using a Molotow pen to mask them where needed. First time with the Molotow … needed to be really gentle taking it off … there were one or two spots that ended up a smidge raw! The paper mask was removed, the vase was stamped, I used Zigs to do some loose layered watercolouring and topped off the sprigs with some Wink of Stella. All the stamps are courtesy of Winnie & Walter. The panel was adhered to a card base, I added a slender strip of colour along the edge and finished off with a STAMPlorations sentiment.
I’m playing along with …
Muse – Michele’s gorgeous card is below (voila, Michele, see you in the gallery!!)
TE Share Joy – Sketch/Inspiration … I went with the photo
Winnie & Walter Rerun – In Bloom: Addie’s Garden … blossoms/leaves
Winnie & Walter – Join In To Win
STAMPlorations CAS – Anything Goes … without the option of Magenta
That’s it from me for now … see you Thursday for a top up over at Time Out … have a great week! Thanks so much for coming by, your visits and comments are always a joy! Anita 🙂
My Papercraft World 
This is just lovely, Anita! Soft and soothing – wonderful card.
This may not be your typical look but it is awesome. You do amaze me. 🙂 Barb
Anita, this is gorgeous! Your coloring is perfect especially the shadow around the base of the vase – I can never get mine to look that good!!
Gorgeous card Anita. Great job with masking and grounding your vase. The flowers are beautiful. xx
Why do you think it is not you? It’s beautiful and perfect as all your cards are! Great job masking, too! Really wonderful card down to the last detail!
This is a bit out of box for you, Anita, except that it has your unmistakable flawless execution and design!! I think it is gorgeous and so fitting for all the challenges! Missing you, mon amie!! Hugs, Darnell xxoo
Look at you!! Stretching oneself is very good for the creative soul, I’m told!! You’ve had a gorgeous first try with the Molotow, Anita! You’re masking and floral arranging have truly paid off – so beautiful! You’ve made me SO happy that you’ve played at Muse this week – it has been such fun having your beautiful creation in our gallery! xx
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Miss Anita…what an amazing card! I just love your sweet card, those flowers are simply wonderful. Hope you are doing well…miss you lots.
This is so lovely and I can totally still see your style in this design. Fab idea to colour the leaves from the W&W set and such a great CASE of Michele’s card. Looks like a winner to me!!
Oh, my. This is stunning and so well done. I love the look of those flowers masked and colored. I used the same ones, but I like your way better. Your vase is colored and shaded so perfectly.
So darn beautiful, love the way that you have used the same image and coloured some green and some purple… so clever!
It’s stunning Anita ! Oh my gosh and the shading is gorgeous,the masked flower are perfect! This is so you gorgeous ,crisp and clean ! Hope you have a wonderful week ! Hugs
This may be out of the box for you, but it’s absolutely gorgeous, Anita! Beautiful details, and lovely take on Michele’s Muse card…I love it!
Beautiful Anita, love the vase and the way you used that stamp to make the delicate flowers.
Your colouring is so beautiful! The vase is done perfect! A great way to sent some flowers through the mail! Hugs, Gerrina
Superbe carte Anita !
Tu as fait un très joli travail d’aquarelle. Bravo !
Beautifully done – love how you used the same stamp for the flowers and leaves! So glad you joined us at Muse this week, my friend!
What beautiful card. The person that receives it will know you care.
What a beautiful card, Anita! I love how you used the same leafy image to create the “bouquet” in 2 different colours!
This is gorgeours, Anita! Love the vibrant purple & green foliage and amazing shading on the vase!
Wow, this is a beautiful card Anita! I love the way you colored your vase and of course the foliage just is stunning in those colors. Your shadow on the “table” looks amazing as well. Very beautiful card to let someone know that you are praying for them. Hugs, Brenda
Your arrangement of leaves/flowers in that perfectly colored vase is terrific, Anita, and the shading gives so much dimension. Beautiful, beautiful card.
Your card turned out wonderful! Beautiful, soft and a great design!
Splendid! The blossoms and leaves are just gorgeous, and I love that pop of purple strip!
Whether you think it’s different or not, it’s a beautiful card. The color pops against that lovely grey vase. Just the perfect image for that sentiment. Can’t imagine the patience it took to mask those sprigs with the Molotow…but the coloring came out perfectly.
It’s a beautiful vase of flowers. Still with your CAS skills in play, but your coloring is fantastic. The pen was good to use on the stems I expect. I’ve had pretty good luck with the Molotow pen, and no raw places as yet. What I did find, is that one pen did great, but another one, sort of left ‘blue spots’ on the surface after I had rubbed off the mask. Not sure if it was the paper used, something wrong with the pen, or operator error. The first pen worked nicely…TFS & Hugs
Lovely card, Anita, Beautiful coloring.
wow… gorgeous card, anita!! beautifully colored!!
Oh this is simply gorgeous, I grabbed me right away in the muse gallery. I knew I’d see it again in my bloglovin list. Your masking made for the perfect arrangement.
I am in love with this Anita, just beautiful!!
Beautiful and serene – sometimes those cards just happen! Molotow pen??? I only know Molotow cocktails, LOL!
LOVE your flawlessly colored card!!
Patti
Congrats on your Featured Member at MUSE!
Ahhh such a pretty card Anita, love the fern leaves in the vase and the colours are lovely 🙂
Jenny x
Gorgeous card Anita 🙂 Love the colours and great stamping…i don’t think ive used the vase stamp yet , after seeing this i think i will finally get it inked up.
Kate xx
Pretty, pretty, pretty! Perfect CASe of this week’s card!
Oh, this is such a pretty card, Anita – your flowers are so beautiful and the vase is so lovely!!! Wonderful shading with the greys and the strip on the side!!!!! The sentiment looks great – lovely fonts and fit perfectly into its spot!!!!! Big congrats on being in the winner’s gallery at Muse!!!
Hugz
This is a really lovely card! Very tranquil & elegant. Your watercolouring is gorgeous & I’m so glad to see it made the final 3 at Muse. Well deserved.
Oh WOW!!! LOVE the shading you did on that vase. Total perfection!!
Beautifully coloured Anita – you’ve really captured the light bouncing off the vase with your colouring. Such a pretty image!
Your vase filled with blossomy, leafy sprigs is so beautiful; an arrangement I’d love to set on my kitchen table to brighten up the room. Impressive colouring. After allll this time of having them in my possession, I STILL can’t create anything presentable with my Zigs! Yeesh! You’ve provided incentive to try…just once more *grin*
Hugs~c
Such pretty design …. beautifully coloured too. Thanks for playing along with the STAMPlorations CAS challenge xx
Beautiful card, Anita! I love how you used the leaves in the vase to create a delightful arrangement. Many thanks for joining in on our Rerun Challenge.