Here's another sample from Flourishes' new Lilac set that was released last week. I chose to use SplitcoastStampers.com's weekly Color Challenge #167 (soft green, soft pale blue & navy) and Sketch Challenge #177, so almost all the choices were already made for this card except choosing the papers I wanted to use!
I was delighted to find Memory Box's Inspire paper pack has most of these colors! I added Stampin' Up's Night of Navy as a 5.5" card base and matting around the image I stamped onto a more solid sheet of this paper pack's colors. I used Ranger's Adirondack Espresso dye ink to stamp the image and then quickly clear heat embossed it while the ink was still wet. This gave me a good outline to add the Dark Blue Stickles for the lilac flowers.
Here's a closeup, so you can hopefully see all the sparkle this lilac has -- there's actually a lot of purple in it:
I used these Copic markers to color the leaves & branch: G24, G28, E25, E27; and T3 for shadows. The sentiment is from Flourishes' Siberian Iris set. The edges of the focal image and mat were distressed using Tonic's Edge distresser. These layers are popped up on dimensional foam tape.
A piece of striped paper from the Inspire pack was used for the right vertical element in this sketch, topped with Water Dew Drops. I let the pattern of the paper serve as the left vertical element of the sketch. A little paper piercing finishes off this card.
Today's my 14th wedding anniversary, so I'm off to make a card for hubby and will post it later!
