Cased Blended Bloom

This card was cased from the super talented Nikki Spencer Here I have changed it up a bit as I didn't have all the same products available. I love how this card has turned out. The leaves are from the French Foliage stamp set, I stamped them with Memento Tuxedo Black and then coloured them with the Old Olive Blendabilities and I was very pleased with the result.

Blended Bloom 3 D

I have been spending a bit of time using my blendabilities, I have found this colouring is very enjoyable and satisfying, it does take a bit of practise and everyone finds the way that best suits them. This card has a 3D effect by stamping the mat with blended bloom and colouring and then stamping further flowers, fussy cutting and popping up on dimensionals over the base mat. I have also cut out centres for the red flowers and popped them up with dimensionals, although that is hard to see in the photo.

Cardstock: Hello Honey, Whisper White

Ink: Memento

Blendabilities: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight

Stamp: Blended Bloom, Itty Bitty Banners

Blended Bloom

 I have made a blended bloom card using some of my new products that arrived earlier this week. I'm not sure I like the colours I've used but they are growing on me. I tried using the skin tone assortment of the blendabilities on the blended bloom flower which ended up darker than I wanted so I used the colour lifter to lighten it up. The base card is in natural white cardstock with an early espresso mat and another mat in natural white, which I sponged with early espresso and sahara sand inks using the Hearts and Stars decorative mask. I cut out the blended bloom and used dimensionals to mount it on top of a wood grain embossed piece of brushed gold card and natural chevron ribbon. The centre of the bloom is coloured with Old Olive blendies with a few pearls thrown in.