Hello everyone, it's the start of a new challenge at Allsorts and Lynn is hosting with her optional theme of "Flowers". We'd love to see all your floral creation and of course the option of Anything Goes is there too. Prizes are from Aall and Create and you have 2 weeks to join in.
A few months ago I won this beautiful stamp by Aall and Create - Overgrown Wonder, and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to ink it up. It's such a detailed stamp and instead of coloring all the fine details I decided to use a homemade circles stencil (made out of an acetate sheet and a variety of circle punches) and various colors of ink on the background, then I stamped the image directly onto the colorful background. After mounting this onto a black mat I used a simple but matching background paper I've had in my stash for a long time. On this background I used stamps from the set Fly Free (also by Aall and Create but retired). The sentiment "Fly Free" is part of this set and the cut out sentiment is from Tim Holtz' Tiny Text stamp set. A white card base and some stickyback enamel dots on the butterfly body finish off the card.
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Beautiful floral butterfly Ellie - well done for winning it - and great use of the bokeh technique - it really showcases the detailed stamp beautifully xx
ReplyDeleteA lovely colourful background for the A&C stamps Ellie, there is so much detail on it and works very well left uncoloured.
ReplyDeleteB x
Beautiful card Ellie, I love the background you’ve created behind the lovely stamped image.
ReplyDeleteLiz xx
Stunning card, I like how you created your background, beautiful image and message!
ReplyDeleteHow fun to win a new stamp. Such an interesting and beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteThat bokeh background is a perfect setting for a black image - very pretty! Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble :)
ReplyDeleteGreat image!
ReplyDeleteBackground sets it off nicely!
Lovely color palette and a beautiful card. Thanks for sharing at Double Trouble.
ReplyDeleteI love the background Ellie! And the stamp is so beautiful... x
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely Ellie with your pretty background. The stamp itself is gorgeous too.
ReplyDeleteThat is a beautiful image and I love the colorful background!
ReplyDeleteYou're right - that is a beautiful stamp and so effective over your background.
ReplyDeleteHelen x
Ellie, I love the colorful background, bubbling over with so much life and movement! Beautifully done! hugs, de
ReplyDeleteLove how the pretty, colorful BG also colors the image. Beautifully designed with a bit of a grunge feel (which I love & works so perfectly with AALL images). Thank you for sharing at Double Trouble.
ReplyDeleteA great idea to use the stamp on your stencilled background, it's worked out beautifully.
ReplyDeleteSo many creative ideas put together for such a lovely card! Love the colored circles background, thanks for joining us at Double Trouble.
ReplyDeleteSuch a striking card! The black stamp and border on the colored background is beautiful. The bottom layer is also very pretty and makes the top layer pop even more. I love it! Thank you for sharing with us at Double Trouble.
ReplyDeleteI love your style of cards... the silhouette stamp of the beautiful butterfly and florals are perfect against your gorgeous framed background and border. Stunning card. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble.
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