Monday 8 April 2013

Thinking of Spring

Today at Take a Word they challenged us with 'Botanical s'.  It seems so long since there were beautiful spring flowers, so here's one I created.

Time to smell the flowers
 This is an ATC (2.5" x 3.5") backed on to thick card stock.  The background is plain honey coloured paper that I stamped using Versamark and the polka dot stamp from Hero Art, using Bridal Shower embossing powder before heating.

The small framed stamp is actually a large stamp with four different flowers that I cut down to a single bloom and coloured using Inkensils.  Once it was coloured I stamped over the image with a crackle stamp using Archival ink in Pale Ochre.  I wanted the image to have some gloss so I painted over it with Golden Gel Medium in Gloss and left it to dry.



Across the bottom is a strip of Tim Holtz washi tape and  the text was 'Sweet Tulip' on my computer.  The faux bow and the brad were bits from my stash.

Thanks so much for looking, it's always appreciated

12 comments:

  1. Everything fits together in a most harmonious way, Liz. I love the crackle effect. xx

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  2. Dear Liz,
    you made a wonderful collage, love the combination of the tulips, warm colors and other elements.
    Hugs Anja

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  3. Liz, this is a joyful, colourful and sunny piece. A perfect herald of spring.

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  4. your atc is so awesome! i love tulips!

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  5. I really like this, each part and the whole, and of course I like the description of how it was made. Fine work, Liz. Thanks for the tulips when we don't have any in the garden yet. That is a very nice brad.

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  6. Gorgeous artwork! Beautifully created.

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  7. What a lovely ATC. I like how you've glazed it. In fact, I like everything about it.

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  8. Hi Liz, your ATC is very beautiful with the lovely tulip, love the crackled background paper. Liz I think that the 3D effect is in the images I used.
    Anni

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  9. It's amazing how much detail you are able to pack into a tiny ATC. Beautiful work!

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  10. What a treasure, Liz, love your piece - perfect Spring card!

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  11. I was going to say the same thing. So many details! Wonderful! xx

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Thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment, I really appreciate it - Liz