Floral Splendour

Good morning all!  I bet you weren't expecting florals today!  I'm not there for a few weeks so I have to keep you on your toes, don't I?! LOL  We have two new stamp sets that I have been playing with recently.  These have just been released for sale and I believe they will be premiering on one of Dawn Bibby's shows next week also.  I made about eight samples for her and this is one of them.  I really like these carnations as they are just so bold and easy to stamp and colour.  I started this card by making a background using a couple of the edgeability inserts.  I used two and cut them along the bottom of the card three times to create a lovely lacy look to it. I mounted them over a pale rose coloured card.   I stamped my sentiment in black archival in the upper left corner.  Using some whit American seam binding, I tied a messy bow and adorned it with a medium round Dazzler for a bit of the bling!  I stamped my carnations in black and embossed them.  I coloured them with pencils, and used a few Copic markers to add depth and shading.  I must admit, I did a quick job on this and might have taken more time to soften the shading with a blender pen, but I was under a bit of a time constraint.  I thought the image was bold enough to handle the definite shade lines for a bit of the dramatic.  If you wanted a more pastel look, then definitely soften the shade lines and you can easily achieve it.  I went around the outside of the flowers with a blue pen to give them a shadowed effect too.  I cut the flowers out with a circle nestie and shaded them with a light inking of Tattered Rose distress ink while in the die.  I cut a matching larger circle as a mat, then placed them both in a lacy circle die cut as a frame and then on to my background.  I finished the card by my usual edge piercing to frame and soften it.  If the weather isn't giving you flowers, then at least I can today!  All for now, Sue x