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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

YELLOW PEONIES

I made my card for three challenges today - the colors are from Altenew's "From Places Abroad-Australia" challenge, the heat embossing, stamping and watercoloring are for CAS Mix-Up and Simon Say Stamp's challenge is "flowers".


I heat embossed the peonies and leaves in white and colored with my Zigs - blended out the colors with just a slightly damp brush.  The background piece was die cut and I added the blue dotted section.  I did my stamping of the sentiment before I put it all together tho - knowing me I would have stamped it wrong!  Also did the flourishes beforehand and then popped the piece up with foam tape. I arranged my flowers and added a few clear sequins and done!!


Thanks for visiting and love to read your kind comments.

23 comments:

  1. This is just beautiful Betty! Great minds think alike, I posted a card made with the Altenew 'Peony Bouquet' today! I find all Altenew sets so beautiful, I can't resist! A gorgeous design my friend! Have a lovely day! Hazel xx
    My Card Attic

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  2. Wow Betty this is outstanding!! Love the colour combo!! Btw, thanks for letting me know about the links on my blog post, it's fixed them now. :)

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  3. Love those gorgeous yellow peonies and the split background with the rich blue polka dots! Gorgeous use of colors! Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up!

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  4. Gorgeous card Betty. Love the design with the dotty blue paper. Your flowers are so beautiful with white embossing and bright watercolouring. Love the addition of the flourishes in the background. Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up! xx

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  5. Oh, Betty, this is gorgeous! These colors work beautifully together, and that curvy dotted panel sets off the amazing flowers perfectly! Thanks for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!

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  6. This is a beauty Betty! I love the look of the flowers, perfection!

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  7. Oh my Betty, I Love every single detail of your Gorgeous and Creative Card. Thank you for joining us at CAS Mix Up. Hugs, Nancy

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  8. This is amazing ,Betty.... beautiful flowers

    Ha ve a great day

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  9. Every time I see your Altenew cards I think, "Self... you really should go order some Altenew." AH! You always tempt me with your amazing creations, Miss B!

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  10. LOVELY :-) And, great that it is for three challenges, thats brilliant planning!

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  11. Wow, beautiful design, Betty! The coloring on the flowers was beautifully done and the wavy element in navy with the flourishes make the card more feminine!

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  12. Gorgeous Betty! Love that swirl element.

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  13. If ever a card was designed to flow perfectly from one element to the next, this would be the card! This took my breath away, Betty!! I'm pinning it! Enjoy your day! Hugs, Darnell

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  14. Oh Betty...this card is absolutely GORGEOUS! Beautiful watercoloring with your Zigs, and the flourishes are so elegant! Love the navy and white polka dot papers with your wavy design, too! Flowers are 'your thing', my friend...that's for sure!!!

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  15. Very pretty
    Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge this week

    Jo x

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  16. bonita tarjeta
    felicidades !!

    para latina Crafter también hicimos algunas parecidas
    claro que la mía es más básica ( es del 2 de mayo)
    https://mi-scrap.blogspot.cl/2016/05/reto-59-latina-crafter.html

    suerte en el reto
    saludos desde Chile

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  17. Gorgeous flowers & I love the flourishes in the background, Betty! Gotta remember that!

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  18. Stunning! Fabulous job of colouring the flowers with your Zigs - the yellow tones are lovely with the white heat embossing. Great layout and use of the flourish and the band of dp. Thanks for joining us at CAS Mix Up.

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  19. Hi Betty! What a stunning floral card with fabulous colors and I LOVE the swirls. Great job. I'd like to tell you about two great challenges where I'd LOVE to have you share your talents. I hope you will stop by to link up with us here. It would be such a blessing to me.
    Word Art Wednesday - www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com
    CropStop - http://www.cropstop.com/blog/uncategorized/crop-stop-linky-party-16/

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  20. Betty this card is so pretty, your flower is coloured perfectly and that spotted panel works perfectly with it.

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  21. Beautiful!! I just love the b/w polka dots with your beautifully colored flowers!!

    Patti

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  22. Beautiful card. Congrats for being one of the outstanding design for May Mix Up Challenge.

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