Saturday 12 June 2021

Gerbera

Today I am sharing a card I made after I was lucky enough to win a random draw from the very generous Bev at Uniko. I do love her stamps.


This card uses the Gerbera stamp set. I stamped the flower and leaves, coloured them with polychromo pencils and fussy cut them out.


The picture doesn't show it, but I have put a little sparkle in the flower centre with a sparkle pen, just to add a little extra interest.
The basket weave  embossing folder was cut to size and gently inked with distress ink.


The sentiment was heat embossed on the coated card base. I know I use this card for my bases a lot, but that is because it embossed beautifully, it comes in all kinds of different colours and it is a very good weight for a card base (300gsm). Just some of the reasons why I love it.

I am sharing this card at:
Uniko challenge 65 - Anything goes, unusually for me I don't have any die cuts on this card





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Supplies:
Cardstock: Adorable scorable; stamping card
Ink: Distress ink; Versafine toffee
Stamps: Uniko pure florals Gerbera
Embossing Folder: Spellbinders 3D M-Bossabilities - Basket weave


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21 comments:

Viv said...

These are one of my all time fave stamp sets Hilary - and you've made a lovely card! x

crafty-stamper said...

Congrats on your win and love the beautiful stamp and embossed background
Carol x

Cardsbymaaike said...

from the thumbnail I thought it was a sunflower, but a gerbera is even better, my favourite flower. Thank you for playing at AAA Birthday Cards.

GerJanne said...

This is so lovely and subtile with the embossingfolder. I do like it! It's a wonderful gerbera too...

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

You have a great eye for clean and simple cards, this one is very effective with that embossed panel that enhances the beautiful gerbera!! And love the matched envelope! Surely you put your winning to a great use!

brenda said...

What a lucky win Hilary and used to great effect, the embossing folder lightly inked really draws the eye to the focal bloom.

B x

Bonnie said...

This is such a pretty flower, Hilary! I love how you've colored it! The embossed and inked basket weave background it awesome! Great inking!

Brenda in IN said...

A pretty card and I like the inked basket weave folder.

I Card Everyone said...

Hilary, you've highlighted my favorite of all the Uniko sets in a really beautiful way today! Love that swipe of ink on your fun basket weave embossing!
=]

Greta said...

I love that flower stamp & you've colored it beautifully, Hilary! I have a million embossing folders, but you make me think I need one more--haha!

nancy littrell said...

Love your basket weave dry embossed background and your beautiful die cut Gerber Daisy, Hilary. Beautiful CAS design. I received your email notice from follow-it just fine:-) TFS my friend. Love and Hugs...Nancy

Ashwini Rao said...

Such a fantastic card - love that embossed background, love that gorgeous Gerbera! I love how you come up with these easy, but gorgeous designs, Hilary! I could learn making some CAS designs from you!

Jane said...

You can't really go wrong with that Uniko gerbera! Fab card. Thanks for playing at AAA Birthday, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!

Mac Mable said...

The texture from the dry embossing looks great behind that pretty flower and congratulations with the win from Uniko Hilary x.

Loll said...

Gorgeous gerbera Hilary! I can see the sparkle in the second photo. Great colouring with your pencils. Love the basket weave background ... so much lovely texture and love the "kiss" of colour! xx

Cat Craig said...

Beautifully done Hilary. Love the texture added to your card base.

Leslie Miller said...

Congratulations on your win, Hilary! I love, love your card with the pretty flower and basketweave embossing. Soft colors. Very nice!

Beverley said...

LOVE this! Such a delight to see you enjoying your Uniko goodies. Thanks for sharing and for joining in the fun at Uniko. Crafty Hugs Bev

Izzy Scrap said...

Beautiful card with this gorgeous stamp ! Love your basket weave background to highlight your amazing colouring. Thanks so much for sharing and for playing along at Uniko.

Hannelie said...

Beautiful card Hillary! You made that Gerbera shine :) Always happy to see your cards in the Uniko gallery!

Wei said...

Beautiful card with the embossed background. Thanks for playing along with us at AAA Birthday Card Challenge. Looking forward to seeing your creative projects in the future galleries.