Thursday, May 31, 2018

More Beautiful Flowers...

Hi folks, it's hard to believe it's the last day of May already and that the weather's been absolutely glorious for most of the month. I love being out in the fresh air so I've been taking advantage while it lasts, out and about on little road trips in the beautiful Aberdeenshire countryside, with no route in mind, just driving, enjoying the views and stopping off for a coffee when the mood takes me. After all, it's not often this far flung corner of the UK gets almost 4 weeks of glorious wall-to-wall sunshine in a row.

or I'm just as happy pottering around in the garden with my Furry Helper and as always at this time of year, the azaleas are stealing the show.

With flowers in mind, I'm sharing another card made with the Beautiful Flowers stamp set from Simon Says Stamp Fly Me Away June Card Kit
I stamped the image with Simon's Intense Black ink on to a panel of Strathmore Bristol Smooth Paper, stamped again on to Simon's Masking Paper, cut out and placed over the image.
I applied Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide ink through the Hearts Mini Layering Stencil from Set 6 using a Distress Blending Brush and I love how you can get a gradient of colour by shortening or lengthening the bristles, it's one cool tool. I removed the mask, coloured the image using Zig Clean Color Brush Markers and a Distress Detailer Brush and used a Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen to add highlights to the stamens.
I stamped "Loved" from Beautiful Flowers with Intense Black on to the panel and "you are"with Versamark ink on to black card and heat embossed with Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder. I added Pretty Pink Posh Clear Droplets and matted the panel on to a black card blank.
I'll see you all tomorrow with June Card Kit Cards Nos 3 and 4
Toodle-oo for now
Hugs Kath xxx