Today is the 18th so time for a reminder for the current challenge over at We Love Stamping. The challenge where we love to see you using your stamps.
Pinky has chosen our theme this month:
** Close to Nature**
OR
**Anything Goes**
I have been enjoying using my Faber-Castell Polychromos coloured pencils recently, so here is another of my efforts. The stamp is called celebration bouquet by Chocolate Baroque. It was stamped in versafine clare green oasis ink and coloured. When I was happy with the look I cut it using an oval die and then matted it onto a dark brown oval mat. The sentiment is from a press plate set by Pinkfresh studio called always smiling. It was foiled of course.
Don't forget there is always a prize to be won and this month it is a very large stamp by Tom Holtz called Glorious Bouquet from Buddly Crafts. Why don't you head over to the challenge blog to check it out? The prize winner is selected randomly and in addition the DT will choose a top three for special mention.
I hope I have inspired you to join us this month, all you have to do is ensure stamping (including digi) is seen somewhere on your card front, it no longer needs to be the main focus. Please also mention the products used. It would be great if you could join in with our theme, but anythings goes is always an option if you are out of ideas. The challenge will close at noon (UK time) on Wednesday 2nd July
I am looking forward to seeing you in the gallery.
I am also sharing this at:
The Flower Challenge #103 - Embossing heat or dry
Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. challenge - Week 3 embossing wet or dry
Try it on Tuesday - in the garden
To reward you for reaching the end of my post, here are a couple of photos of my rambling roses. They grow along the length the fence on both sides of the garden and smell wonderful. These photos were taken on the 11th June and now they are past their best and it is raining white petals, but I have made a point of sitting and enjoying them this year, before I need to start pruning again to keep them under control.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.
24 comments:
Such a beautiful and delicate card. The hand-coloured flowers are absolutely stunning—so soft, detailed, and full of grace. You can really see the care put into the colouring. Beautiful roses too.
Stunning card Hilary, the stamp is beautiful, and your colouring is superb with a gorgeous and very effective colour scheme xx
Your floral bouquet is so pretty Hilary and your coloring with the colored pencils is fabulous!! Your embossed background is perfect for our challenge and also a perfect finishing touch to this lovely, lovely card! Thanks so much for sharing with us at The Flower Challenge!! Marcia (DT) :0)
Love this card, Hilary - gorgeous basket weave background with the delicate flowers, colored so beautifully! Love the stamping in the green in too!
Wow - what wonderful roses; that's quite a covered fence you have! Thanks for sharing!!
Absolutely beautiful card and floral image, beautifully coloured and love the colour combination and embossing.
Carol x
Hilary, your pencil work is stunning, and I love the brown mat with this lovely green, embossed panel! [thanks also for embracing our challenge at TFC!]
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Hilary, your card is absolutely beautiful and your coloring with the pencils amazing! More, please! Such a pretty stamp, and I love the green basketweave. It's disappointing that your magnificent roses can't stay longer, but that's the way of a garden. I'm glad you made a point of enjoying it. Raining here today, too. I'll be glad to get more done inside.
Oh I am not such a fan of green...except when I look at your creations. Your create such magic with green. This is a beautiful card and definitely hits my top 5 of yours.
Lovely card!! The flowerstamp is marvelous. The embossing is so beautiful and so are the roses....
I'm spoiled for beauty with this post, Hilary! Your card is so pretty and feminine and I love the basket embossing. The image looks like a needlework of art with your coloring and I love the bling. As for the roses, wow. Just WOW! I've never seen anything like it and I'm glad you had time to soak them up. Thank you for using this week's I.D.E.A.S. Calendar and linking in the gallery to motivate others!📌 Hugs, Darnell
What a pretty bouquet on your card, Hilary! Love these colors! Your roses are so pretty. I'm glad you took time to sit and enjoy them. We all need to do more of that.
Gorgeous card in beautiful Green and yellow colour scheme. Let's enjoy the pretty things In the garden, happy summertime!
Love your choice of colours to showcase what was one of my fave B stamps. Beautiful rambler.
B x
Gorgeous card and colours
I love your elegant card Hilary, it looks like it's stamped onto vellum, so very beautiful, love the EF too. LURVE your roses, hasn't it been a wonderful year for them. I miss them now, whilst waiting for another flush of flowers. x
WOW--gorgeous card, Hilary! Love your coloring, the embossed background, the colors--everything! How wonderful to have those beautiful and fragrant roses to enjoy! Careful with the pruning. I strained a muscle reaching above my head pruning my lilac and it's still giving me grief.
Beautiful card, your colouring is outstanding and I love the addition of the stamping on the envelope ♥
Absolutely fantastic colouring Hilary. I love using pencils to colour with.
Your roses are exquisite
Blessings
Maxine
Your card is AMAZING! Love your beautiful flowers that look fantastic being stamped in green and coloured with pencils. I LOVE the oval shape of your main panel, with the basket weave background. This card is a STUNNER, Hilary! xx
Wonderful card, love the colouring. Love the rose. Anesha
This is so very beautiful Hilary the image and your colouring skills are top notch
hugs
lorraine x
Wow, what an elegant card! The flowers look so delicate and you coloured them so beautifully - love it 😊. Thanks so much for joining in the fun at Try it on Tuesday! Hugs, Jo x
Your florals are just exquisite with your amazing colored pencil coloring, Hilary! The depth of color you achieved is remarkable and I love the simple setting with the oval die and the basket weave embossing in the background. Gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing over at The Flower Challenge!
Such a gorgeous card with the flowers and all the pretty color! Fab embossed background, also! And, those roses are so beautiful, too!
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