Tuesday, May 7, 2013

The Craft's Meow's May Blog Hop: Flowers

Welcome to The Craft's Meow's May Blog Hop. Our theme this month is Flowers. If you came from Lindsay's blog, then you're at the right spot. Please check the TCM blog for the complete list.

I used a few sets for my card today. First I created a background collage. If you follow me on Pinterest, you might have noticed that I've been inspired lately by mixed media which is gaining more popularity among cardmakers lately. This card was inspired by that art form. I stamped the hexagons (from Thanks Bee to Thee), I love you collage (Sent with Love), cancelled stamp (Telegram) with Versamark ink onto a white card stock. I then heat embossed it with white. I blended a few Distress inks to achieve the colorful background.
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I stamped the stems (from Flower Garden) on a Want2Scrap tag. I fussy cut the stamped flowers (also from Flower Garden) and adhered them using foam dots. I distressed the edges of the tag, sentiment and background panel. The sentiment is from the Telegram set. I finished the card with a natural Twinery twine and Want2Scrap LeCreme pearls.
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One commenter will get a stamp set of their choice. He or she will be chosen from the comments left on ALL BLOGS. Deadline to be eligible for prize is11:59 EST, Thursday May 9th. Winner will be announced Friday, May 10th. Your next stop is Sharri Seffens. Happy hopping!
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38 comments:

  1. Love the vibrant colors. Beautiful card

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  2. Nina this is a beautiful card - love the bright colours against the white emboss resist you have used.
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  3. Bright and beautiful, lovely inking on a gorgeous card!!

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  4. This is beautiful! I love what you did to the backing paper. Just gorgeous. The distressed edges really add a nice touch and the stamping and fussy cutting were excellent, of course. The tag is cool. It kind of looks like a window on the card. Lovely.

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  5. WOW!! I am loving that embossed and inked background so much! It really makes the tulips POP!

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  7. Hi Nina,
    Beautiful mix of stamps and colours in your background, love your tulip tag and perfect sentiment :-)
    Donna Jones

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  8. I absolutely love your colourful style, Nina, this is just stunning and I'm going to have to sit and stare at it awhile - fabulous!

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  9. bold beautiful n bright ..liked the stamping.

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  10. Very beautiful flower. I think this is my favorite.

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  11. Absolutely gorgeous. I love that tulip stamp and the blended background is total magic.

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  12. Love love love! Mixed media background is awesome....love tulip tag (-:

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  13. Beautiful card with great colors! Love the sentiment too!

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  14. Love the distressed background.It's a very beautiful card. TFS!

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  15. your card is soooooooooooo awesome congrats

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  16. I love the mixed media/collage look of this card, Nina! Wonderful choice of colors and stamps!

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  17. Absolutely stunning! And I love the new look of your blog. Thanks so much, Nina! xx

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  18. Hey Nina, Just love the way you combine stamps in your designs!!! Would love to win a Stamp!!

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  19. This is SO pretty, Nina! Love the colors!

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  20. Wow! So many awesome effects and beautiful usage of color! It screams flowers and spring!!

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  21. Such a great card!! I just love those bright colors!

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  22. So beautiful! Loving the flower and pop-up color you used.

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  23. Very pretty--I like the background you created.

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  24. Wonderful colors and I really like how you used tag to mat and give focal flowers more pop!

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  26. Such vibrant colors in your background and love that background stamp! Your flower is gorgeous and love it on the tag :)

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  27. One of my favorite techniques perfectly done for your gorgeous background!

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  28. Love your colorful card Nina. TFS

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  29. Gorgeous card! I love the white embosses stamping over the gorgeous background!

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  30. Beautiful cards.

    craftymom205 at yahoo dot com

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  31. What a beatiful card.
    Whay a great idea to use a tag on your card. Love every part of your card.

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  32. I love your card. It's vibrant and interesting. I really want to get into mixed media cards, so it's great to see other people's art go in that direction. Great work.

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  33. One of the most beautiful cards I seriously have ever seen. Just beautiful.

    Blessings to you this day in the Lord Jesus!

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  34. wow what a beautiful background...the flowers are stunning too!

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  35. Love the card. I'm going to have to try the mixed media. I think about it but haven't tried it yet. The colors really pop. The honeycomb background is great. thanks for sharing.

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  36. Gorgeous card! Love the colors! Beautiful embossed resist technique on your background! Pretty tulips!

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  37. I love that beautiful background, and how the flowers come off the tag, gorgeous card!

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Thank you for your kind comments.

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