Hello … bonjour! This is the first non-DT/GD card I’ve posted since the beginning of the year … goodness, haven’t the weeks just flown by? Seems that suddenly, we’re on the edge of spring (on this side of the world) … and soon, the chill of winter will be over for another year … yay! So, to celebrate, I’m sharing a little floral number with you today …
This card started life as a Brusho panel, created at the Lake House (thanks to the lovely Darnell for the lesson and use of the Brusho’s). It was trimmed, heat embossed with Concord & 9th’s floral cluster and a Papertrey sentiment … and then I went to work with a waterbrush and paper towel to lift some of the colour from the flowers and leaves. I let it dry, adhered it flat to a card base and that was it … quick and easy and CAS … even though the white space isn’t white!
I’m playing along at …
AAA Cards – Watercolour
Happy Little Stampers Watercolour – Anything Goes
SSS Wednesday – Anything Goes
Where Creativity Meets C9 – Love
So happy to have had chance, at last, to meander through blogland this week … and leave some love on my way round … it’s been wonderful to see so much delicious inspiration! Thanks so much for coming by, your visits and comments are always a joy! Bon weekend! Anita 🙂
My Papercraft World 
Absolutely STUNNNNNNing!
Miss Anita….this is just so beautiful. I love that gorgeous and vivid blue. I remember watching you created this wonderful masterpiece and just love that incredible stamp you used, but you truly made it shine! Miss you!
Ditto Jodi, and then some!!! I am quite surprised that you could still lift that color after all these months … were you surprised, too? and even after the heat from embossing that gorgeous C&9th image! Just wonderful, Anita!!! with all of this lovely Aqua, perhaps you should send it to E.H. Pin-Sights, too? just a thought xx
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Wow, stunning background, Anita. It makes the perfect background for your beautiful embossed bouquet!
Your cards are always lovely Anita and no one would have noticed a white space wasn’t white. It is fun to see you experiment with new techniques and nothing beats playing with stamps, ink and paper with a friend.
Such a pretty card. I haven’t tried Brushos yet but this card is making me want to!
Lifting the color in the center of the beautiful Brusho panel gave your image so much dimension, Anita. This is truly glorious.
Love those rich colours, Anita! The background looks almost iridescent.
This is beautiful, Anita. Gorgeous embossing and lovely color. Thanks for playing along at AAA Cards and HLS too. 🙂
Brushos look waaaay to scary for me, it’s the lack of control lol. But looking at the colours in your beautiful card could nearly persuade me…..
Tee hee … too scary for me too, Therese … the Lake House experience was my one and only! Hugs, Anita 🙂
Oh I remember that fun day and how we watched this come together!!! Dear friend, this card is way beyond gorgeous!!!! The colors alone are enough to make one swoon, but the white embossing was such a smack-me-in-the-head great idea! Sure wish all of blogland could see this in person… I owe you an email, too. Hope to get to that in a bit my darling sweetie pie. LOVE this card. xoxoxo Missing you every day. xoxoxo
A real stunner!!! Love the dimension the lift off has given the central image
This is so gorgeous! Such a fabulous Brusho background and the lifted heat embossed image looks so cool! xxx
Lovely, lovely brusho background. (this would make a terrific sea background too!) It looks beautiful with the white embossed flowers. Bet it brought back such good memories of your visit with all those skilled crafts ladies! TFS & Hugs
Wow Anita, this is a beautiful card! The brusho background is fabulous and I love that you got a real life tutorial from Auntie Darnell! Fun, fun, fun! I so love those flowers embossed on that background and I love the way you have lifted some of the background color within the flowers. Very cool look indeed! I am ready for spring too even though we have had a very mild winter here, it’s still winter non the less and spring and summer are always welcome! I used to like the cold, but not anymore! lol I guess that happens with age. Here’s to spring Anita! Hugs, Brenda
You have totally inspired me to take out my Brusho’s, Anita ~ This is GORGEOUS! I love how you removed some of the color from the blooms, and your sentiment is perfect! Love this card so much!
Beautiful card Anita, love how you lifted the colour to make the flowers pop, so clever!
Those flowers look so perfect on the great background! Beautiful blue colours in your Brusho panel! By this time of the year I am looking forward to a bit more dry and bit more warmer weather and some colour in the garden…. Enjoy your sunday!
Wow, how beautiful this is. Love the colours of the background and wonderful stamping xx
Simply beautiful! I love the white embossing. Thank you for joining us in the Where Creativity Meets C9 challenge.
Oh, you have achieved such a gorgeous look with the brusho’s and doing the stamped image by lifting some of the colour, Anita!!!! That floral cluster is really beautiful and sings of spring, hey!!!! The sentiment going from side to side is just fabulous and the white on the coloured panel is so striking!!!!! For sure a lovely CAS look, my friend!!!!!
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!!!!
Hugz
C’est absolument magnifique Anita ! J’ai l’impression de nager au dessus de la barrière de corail ! J’ai récemment acheter des Brushos (en soldes !) car après avoir vu plusieurs projects faits avec je n’ai pas pu résister ! Par contre je n’ai pas Darnell pour m’expliquer toutes les petites astuces pour les utiliser ! Je dois dire qu’en voyant ta carte, elle t’a super bien coachée ! J’adore !
Profite bien de ton dimanche (ici plutôt gris !).
Bises
This is stunning!! I need to get some Brushos and play. That background is beyond amazing!!!
*GULP* Holy moley girl. This is so dreamy…you can get lost in it for a while. Such a luscious color and the doily like fussycut floral is the perfect accessory. I’m totally impressed with the finished product…just staring at it is a delight.
Amazing background, Anita, and lifting off the color gave such a cool effect! Absolutely gorgeous!
gorgeous card, anita! that brusho background is stunning!!
So happy for you that you got to play just for fun! What a wonderful background! Absolutely love those colors! And the white embossing makes the flowers pop! This is just stunning!
I finally ordered some Brushos today! A very belated birthday gift for me.
Anita, this is lovely…I love the effect of brusho’s. I find them fun to play with. You’ve made a fantastic card with your panel.
I agree with those that said this is a stunner, as it truly is!! Love the gorgeous colors! And you’ve made that lovely Concord & 9th floral cluster really shine!
Oh my Anita this really is frame worthy such a stunning vibrant background and you respected it beautifully with that gorgeous white embossing, this really is a stand out card.
Marie
THE most beautiful non-white-space EVER!!!! Made my heart ache (in a good way) wishing that we could all live closer so that we could have more real life visits! I love how beautifully the floral images and simple sentiment blend with the background! You knocked this one clear out of the ballpark!
Hey Anita!!! I love your card. The colors are so pretty!! I love the white embossing on top of it. Super clever!! Thanks for playing along with the Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge.
WOW is this ever artsy and pretty Anita!! Love the color too. Beautiful work!!
Isn’t it wonderful when you can make something just for fun! Your brusho background is amazing. Beautiful!!! Thanks so much for playing along at Happy Little Stampers xx
Aqua/turquoise heaven!!!! You know I’m going to fall in love with this card and I’ve admired this stamp image for so long (on my wishlist). I don’t get much time these days for non-DT cards either, which is such a shame. This one is stunning and I’m so glad you shared it with us at Happy Little Stampers!!
Gorgeous, beautiful card
Thank you for joining us at Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
Luv
Debby
Ah, how fun to think back on that play date we had with the Brushos! This is absolute genius and you’ve no idea how much this has inspired me, Anita. After the LH, I bought that stamp and I’ve tried painting the flowers after white embossing and I haven’t really like any of the designs I’ve come up with. But this! Wow, this is remarkable, my friend! Now I just have to check and see if I have some bgs waiting to be used or if I get to play again with my Brushos! So thank you, mon amie! ILYAMYATYAS!! Hugs, Darnell
That colour is soo pretty and I love the fact you picked out the image in simple white. Thank you so much for sharing with us at AAA Cards! Jenny x
What a fabulous technique, Anita! There’s so much depth of colour and I’m really loving turquoise lately. 🙂
Hello sweet friend! I’m tuning in late (as usual…sighhh) and oh, what a pretty start to my stroll through your gallery! An amazing background, rich with varying depths and hues of colour, that is absolutely perfect for the white embossed C9 image! Gorgeous!! By the way, have you seen their recent release? I soooo need a lottery win! At my mom’s, heading back over the weekend…and then we need to get some “moving’ going! Sooooo excited!
Hugs and love~c
I could have sworn I left a comment – apparently not….probably wanted to and got distracted or had too much to do…well, better late than never….another stunner!!! I just bought the set – what an inspiration to ink it up!