Happy Mother's Day to all my friends. I hope you had a wonderful day being spoiled by your families. I had a pretty relaxing day, made a few cards, and am now waiting for the dinner my DH is cooking for me.
I saw this beautiful card of Anita's, and knew I had to try something like it myself. I started out using the 'get well' die cut words from Paper Smooches. They have these fabulously long tails that I did not know how to work with, but once I saw Anita's card, she showed me the answer.
Inspired by Anita, I used sponge daubers and three shades of pink ink to sponge a gradient on a piece of white scrap paper. I put that piece behind the negative space made by the 'get well' die. I used a Paper Smooches alpha set to create the word 'soon', and Cutting Garden stamps for the flower and leaves. I inked the flower in Hibiscus Burst rolled on the edges in Raspberry Fizz.
I wanted to use that white 'get well' die cut, so decided to make another card. It turned out that it was too difficult to get the kind of gradient I wanted on that die cut, so I scrapped it, and started with a fresh scrap of white paper. I used some Distress Inks in various shades of green to make the gradient on this next card, and I used the actual die cut rather than the negative space. The flowers are from Ruby Rose and Reprise, and they are inked in SU Calypso Coral and Crisp Cantaloupe.
I am entering these cards in the following challenges:
Addicted to CAS #38: Off the Edge
Simon Says Wednesday: Spring Flowers
Hip on Handwriting Challenge in the Moxie Fab World
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These are so pretty Joyce. I love how you did the die cuts with color and the addition of those fabulous flowers on both.
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful cards Joyce, I love your off the edge and the inlaid die cuts! Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day Joyce!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you are all set with get well cards. Love them all , I do love the negative , at first I thought they were all negative. The flowers are gorgeous , sure to brighten anyones day. Enjoy your dinner.
Too cute...now I feel the need to be sick so I could have one of your sweet get well cards. I love what you did with your distress inks too, going to have to give that a try. And you flowers are just a beautiful touch. Happy Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful cards ... love how you've used both the negative and positive die-cut sentiments. Thanks for joining us at ATCAS.
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous! The gradient sentiment looks so cool!
ReplyDeleteHi Joyce, hope you enjoyed a wonderful Mother's Day and that dinner hubby made you!! PRETTY cards, I think the 2nd is my fave!!
ReplyDeleteThese are so beautiful :) love the bright colors and design layout ! Thank you for sharing with ATCAS.
ReplyDeleteWonderful!. Love the use of your "Get Well" die. You might wish to enter the Die Cut Divas' challenge for May - May's challenge: Use at least one Embellishment - pearls, sequins, gems, appliqués, beads & buttons, hair bow, lace & trims, rhinestones, charms, pendants, ribbon, feathers, flowers, bows,gears, findings, some type of ornamentation.and of course a Die-cut or Embossing folder. See Die Cut Divas at http://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2014/05/may-day-comes-up-daisies.html
ReplyDeleteLove both cards Joyce - that big loopy sentiment is showcased perfectly! Stay cool for the next few days :)
ReplyDeleteThese are both lovely, Joyce!
ReplyDeleteTwo great cards, Joyce. That die works well for "off the edge".
ReplyDeleteLove both of these, Joyce!
ReplyDeleteLove both of your Get Well cards, the CAS look is so elegant.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.
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Debby
Two fabulous cards Joyce - both stunning. Thanks for joining us at ATCAS.
ReplyDeleteKaren x
oooo love these!
ReplyDeleteOooh, Joyce, these are gorgeous ... the vibrant pink on the first is so delicious ... I love the graduated colour and long tails on the sentiment on the second! Thanks so much for the lovely shout out ... I'm honoured! Anita :)
ReplyDeleteJoyce, this is an incredible design, so beautiful executed!! Love, love!! Thank you for joining in the fun at ATCAS! I have been thinking of you with the fires down south and hope you aren't in any danger! Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteYou are becoming quite adept at using distress inks. Nicely done with these gorgeous cards!
ReplyDeleteBoth of these are very pretty and the technique with the diecut sentiment is so clever and effective. I love the colours you chose in the second one in particular-just perfect.
ReplyDeleteHeather T
Gorgeous cards! Great ideas to do with die cuts.
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