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Tuesday, 21 January 2014

A Bottle of Poppies

This will be my second entry for JustRite's challenge #112, to use red, peach and green/blue. I didn't start off with the intention of making another card for the challenge, I just had an idea to use the bottle from the JR Baking Antique Tags, as a flower vase and I wanted it to be a greenish blue. I then started going through my stamps looking for some flowers. I thought the poppies from the JR Botanical Medallions and Banners would work, so I used Faber Castell Big Brush markers to colour the stamps and Faber-Castell Water Colour pencils to colour them in. I, and it seems like everyone else doing this challenge, was strangely enchanted by the unusual colour combo. Peach is not on my favourite colour list and would never put it with red, but all the cards entered are beautiful. So since I had the red and blue, I dug out some peachy coloured paper and here's my card!


This doesn't much look like my idea of a JustRite card. In fact, I think it will look a bit strange next to the other entries, but I am very pleased with it and plan to send it to someone very special recovering from cancer surgery.
As usual, you probably can't see that the layered flowers are all covered with Wink Of Stella in clear, and that I applied black Stickles to the poppy centres (carefully with a brush, to keep it out of the very centre and not too thick).
 I used Spellbinders A2 Curved Borders One along the edge. I used Copic marker YR00 to colour the tag, as I don't have the exact marker for the peach colour given, which was YR01, and did match the red on the tag to the given colour, R29.

Seriously, go see Sheri's sample card and all the entries for this challenge, you just may want to try this unusual colour combo yourself!
http://justritestampers.typepad.com/justrite-inspiration/2014/01/justrite-friday-challenge-112-color-inspiration.html

15 comments:

  1. Another beautiful card you are on a roll girl love the curved edge . Great coloring of the poppies.

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  2. Beautiful card, Shona! I like how you used the jar stamp for the flowers...so smart and pretty!
    Good luck with all of the snow tonight...it will be higher than River!!

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  3. It's gorgeous! I love the colors, the die cut edge, the vase color, the flowers are out of this world, and that bow is perfect! A work of art, Diane!!

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  4. This is lovely Shona! I love the curved side....I must dig that our as you inspire me! Your poppies are colored beautifully. I had to try this color scheme again too....not sure I succeeded as well as you though!

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  5. Your card is gorgeous Shona and the colour combo works very well. It should cheer your friend up, who I'm sure will need it. Cheers, Shirleyx

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  6. Wonderful card shape, colors and design.

    Hugs Diane

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  7. Shona, this is stunning. I love the vibrant colors of the flowers. Thank you so much for the sweet comment you left on my blog.

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  8. Wow -- pretty, clever and perfect fit for the challenge (again)!!! Totally rockin' this one, GF!!!

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  9. Wow!!
    loved d curved edge and the flowers r gorgeous..!!

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  10. Wow! Your card is stunning!

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  11. OH MY! I am definitely stealing this layered scallop thing you did here - GORGEOUS! The flowers in the spice jar is very clever too!! Thanks for sharing again at JustRite Inspiration ;-)

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  12. I love how your flowers look. So pretty :)

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  13. OMG!! This is BEAUTIFUL!! I LOVE the FUN design and the edge to your card!! Your FLOWERS look so real!! Great coloring!! =) THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

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  14. This is so Beautiful, Shona!! I love how you used the border dies, and your flowers look spectacular!!

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  15. Shone love the way you colored the poppies and I had to smile reading your blog title..dog fur is something which creeps into many of my crafts!!
    Cheers
    Dr Sonia

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