Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Addicted to Stamps & More - Challenge #127

Hi there - Today is my first post as a designer at Addicted to Stamps & More and I am so excited to be joining the very talented team!

The theme for the challenge this week is 'Make your Mark' and for my card
 today I have used a copic multi-liner marker to outline all my flowers and leaves after stamping them as I really wanted them to stand out. 

To create my fun border I ruled a pencil line to follow and then cut some of the flowers/leaves out before popping up my panel with some foam dots. Finally I added some ink splatters for a little interest.


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Supplies: Cas-ual fridays stamps:Truth is, Wplus9 stamps: spring blooms
Memento inks: rose bud & bamboo leaves

20 comments:

Tenia Nelson said...

LOVE!!

Rahmat said...

Lovely CAS card, i like how everything is on one side and the colors are gorgeous!

sandie said...

fabulous colours Karen, love the black border with the pink x

Marika said...

I just really love this design! I think the border effect is just awesome! Wonderful colour combo, the black just brings the flowers to pop more and I am sure the black lines made flowers to stand out even more. You are pretty amazing too! :)

Kylie said...

woah! Great card Karen. What a way to kick off your first DT assignment. Go you! A schedule post AND a permalink. You are awesome. The design of this card is genius and I love how you went over the edges of your stamps with the black. Welcome to the team! xx
PS - I received a gorgeous, gorgeous card in the mail today. You are so very sweet xx

Julie B said...

What a fab card Karen, love the way you popped the flowers up against the black panel. The added touch of outlining the ones not cut away was genius. :)

*Vicki* said...

Wow! This is so pretty!! I love the cut out flowers along the side and your colors are perfect! :) HUGS

Sazzle Dazzle said...

Stunning image, gorgeous colours and colouring and set off against that black background ... simply AMAZING!
Love it Karen x

Lee-Anne said...

Love the border, Karen! Such a striking design!

Sue said...

Hi Karen, welcome to the ATSM DT! This is such a great design and layout and what a good idea to outline the flowers!

cm said...

Welcome to the team, Karen; so thrilled to have you on board! Your debut card: nothing short of stunning! Gorgeous blooms that have planted a bright smile on my face. WOW!
Hugs~c

Anita in France said...

So lovely, Karen ... the outlining of those sweet blooms is brilliant ... makes them really striking ... and gorgeous! Anita :)

Dana said...

Awesome card!! I LOVE the flower border, the flowers really pop against the black border!!!

Deborah Frings said...

Welcome to the team Karen. I think this is so pretty - love the bold pink flowers and touch of spatter too!

Wei Wei said...

What a pretty card! love your black border with pink flower! very eye-catching! Welcome to the team!!

Loll said...

Hi Karen. Congrats on being on the Design Team for ATS&M. You have started out this year with a bang!! Gorgeous card and beautiful design. Love the cut away border and your bright pink flowers. Wonderful inspiration, my friend! Loll xx

Unknown said...

FABulous BOLD card and fun neon touch :)

Barb Ghig said...

Truly gorgeous card as always, Karen! I love how you outlined the flowers with your Copic markers and how you cut around them! Such a beautiful effect with both techniques!

Deepti said...

This is so pretty! Love the trail of flowers :)

Neets B said...

Welcome to the team, Karen, and sorry it's taken so long for me to get to you! I LOVE your card, the bright pink blooms against the black border is such a fab combo x