Hello … bonjour! Thanks so much for all your lovely comments following my last post … reading them all was like having a great big group hug … and they gave me a smile to wear all over my face and heart! It’s been a delight to be back in blogland this last few days and to be be inspired by all you’ve been creating … what talent there is to enjoy in this wonderful community of ours! I’m popping in today to tell you about our new challenge that’s just gone live at Time Out … for the next two weeks, we have a Home Sweet Home photograph to inspire you (it’s a little further down) … here’s my take on it …
… and here’s the bold, floral inspiration …
Guess you can see what I was drawn to! Isn’t my poppy die gorgeous? It’s from Penny Black and was a gift from the lovely Loll (thanks so much, my friend!) … and it’s making it’s debut. It’s cut from mixed media card and coloured with Zigs … with some Distress Ink sponging on the edges of the flowers. The base card background was masked and sponged with Distress Ink … and then stencilled over using the same colour ink to give it a tone on tone look. I wanted the blooms to be dimensional but curling the petals up meant that the background could be seen beneath them when they were adhered in place. See through flowers … hmmm! I took care of that by cutting duplicates of each flower head, colouring them, trimming off the edges so they’d fit inside the originals and slotting them into place inside each poppy. The sentiment is from Simply Graphic and I finished with a scattering of sequins. Here’s a closer look at the dimension of those now non-see-through flowers …
What grabs your imagination in our photo? There are so many ways you could be inspired … and we’d be delighted to see what you make in our gallery! This time around, we’re sponsored by STAMPlorations, who are offering a $25 GC to our winner (thanks, Shery!). All the details are over at the Time Out blog, where there’s a whole heap of ideas to spark your creativity … from our fabulous DT and from our super talented Guest Designer, Greta from GG Creations. Do go and have a visit with Greta … there are so many gorgeous ideas to meander through and enjoy … you won’t want to miss it!
I’m playing along at …
CAS Stencil – Stencilling Over A Coloured Background
Simon Says Stamp Monday – Use Stencils
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – Bright Colours Inspiration Board (Below … Top Right Picture)
The Paper Players – Clean And Simple Plants
Thanks so much for coming by, your visits and comments are always a joy! Anita 🙂