Saturday 12 January 2013

Saffron Secret Garden...

Hiya,

It's time for another fab Dynamic Duos challenge and this week we've got some beautiful and soft colours to play with...


My pre-order goodies from the Spring catty coming in Feb arrived this week and I knew which set I had to get inky first... Secret Garden! This set is so gorgeous, with oodles of possibilities but my first card had to use colouring - my favourite thing!


How pretty are those flowers??! I'm gonna be using those a LOT! I stamped them on watercolour card a couple of times each, die-cut both then hand-cut an inner layer for each to give added dimension. I coloured them with So Saffron ink and an aquabrush, together with a So Saffron marker, and added some dazzling diamonds to the centres. The leaves were stamped with Certainly Celery and die-cut with the matching die (so cool that there are matching dies for this set!!). The background was created with the Very Vanilla card and the honeycomb embossing folder (LOVE!!!). I added a little bee (from Nature's Walk, stamped with Crumb Cake and coloured with a So Saffron marker) and some Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon and brads to finish. The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Banners, hand-cut and layered on a coordinating die-cut.

The layout for this card is from the sketch over at IN{K}SPIRE_me this week...


The Design Team have really knocked it out of the park this week - their samples are AMAZING! Make sure you pop over to Dynamic Duos to get inspired and to play along.

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x


16 comments:

  1. Симпатичная открыточка!

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  2. Beautiful card! Love the bee in combination with the embossing folder. Thanks for joining us this week at Inkspire me.

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  3. What a pretty card. I'd think spring will come :0)

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  4. Very, very pretty, Amy. ;-) I love the flowers - thinking I need to pick up this stamp set! You've done them so beautifully here, and I love how you blocked the honeycomb background. Beautiful. ;-)

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  5. Hi, Amy, just had to leave a comment for you today. Your cards are always so crisp and clean, with a touch of artistic elegance in each one. How lovely this "color block" looks in reverse action, with the kraft below the embossed white. Looks amazing! Your sunshiny flowers are beautifully shaded. I'm no longer just a visitor. I have now become your latest follower and look forward to seeing all your creative inspirations this year! hugs, de

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  6. Amy, your colouring is just amazing! And I didn't see your cute little bee until just now - what a great touch :o)

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  7. Amy, I am sitting here with my jaw dropped....can you see me? (Ha!) Your coloring is absolutely gorgeous on this one and I love how you used the layout. As always, your details are perfect, right down to that little bee with the sparkly wings. Love it! Hugs! :)

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  8. Hi Amy, this is so fab! I love the honeycomb background done in those little panels and the bee and I especially like your little banner! Kx

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  9. What a totally gorgeous card in every way, Amy. The colouring is fabulous as well as all the little details that add to it. I didn't think this colour combo could look so good!

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  10. Gorgeous is right! Great layout and use of the honeycomb embossing folder. Simply lovely!

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  11. Unbelievably gorgeous! The details are just amazing, I would have a hard time giving this one away.

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  12. Amazing card!! Those flowers are beautiful and I love the added dimension. I'll be adding this card to my list of cards to CASE. LOVE IT!!

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  13. Absolutely lovely!!!!! I just got this amazing stamps and dies and I just can't wait to play with them. Thank you for the inspiration and ideas!!

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