Happy Spring! It's Saturday and time for this week's new inspiration over at Inspired by All the Little Things! It is my week as your hostess hostess and I chose this beautiful Magnolia bloom as the inspiration for the challenge. In my part of the world Magnolia's are usually the one of the first flowering trees to bloom in the Spring! My Guest this week is the fabulous Lynn Mangan!
I used the Essential by Ellen Mondo Magnolia stamps and dies for my card. I stamped the bloom three times using VersaMark ink and embossed them with white embossing powder on vellum. Then I used both the large and small dies to cut out 1 large and two small blooms. I used Dusty Concord Distress Ink to sponge the back of 1 large and 1 small bloom and I used Crushed Olive Distress Ink to sponge the back of the second small bloom. From the green I fussy cut two petals which I used as leaves. I adhered my magnolia using foam tape for dimension and a bit of tape runner on the leaves. The sentiment, from the same set, was stamped with VersaFine ink.
Hop over to the Inspired by blog to see the beautiful card created by Lynn and the creations from our Challenge Team.
I am also submitting this to the Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge: Make it Girlie!
Hope to see you play along, have a fabulous weekend!
perfect Tracey!
ReplyDeleteThis is a huge awesome wow for me!
ReplyDeleteThe distress ink looks stunning. Thanks so much for inviting me to guest design! xx
ReplyDeleteReally lovely, Tracey - you've captured the inspiration perfectly!
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous! LOVING that flower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteTracey, this is so gorgeous. So soft and lovely on the vellum.
ReplyDeleteOh my this is lovely and delicate. So perfect.
ReplyDeleteBefore I saw your stunning inspiration piece, I knew that if I entered this challenge, I would be die cutting vellum and coloring it in. That is the first thing I thought of when I saw the photo. I LOVE your beautiful flower that you created with the stamps and your use of color. Really pretty card.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty, Tracey! I love the idea of sponging the back of the vellum.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous flower Tracey. So soft and pretty on the vellum.
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous Tracey!!
ReplyDeleteYour bloom is so gorgeous! Your inked vellum has such an impact!
ReplyDeleteSo lovely! Very creative to use the flower for the leaves too! Really love your vellum flowers!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous, Tracey!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning Tracey! The white embossing on this large bloom is so elegant, and I love the sponged color on the back. What a gorgeous card!! LOVE this! Simply beautiful. Have a great Sunday. Bev
ReplyDeleteTracey I adore Magnolia's - the photo inspiration is just so lovely! As you well know, I am a sucker for anything vellum - oh so perfect!!!
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So beautiful, love technique you used to sponge the back. I've copic colored the back of vellum but never thought of sponging.
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This is gorgeous, Tracey! I love your beautiful take on the inspiration photo!
ReplyDeleteSo soft and gorgeous, and very clever of you to use part of the magnolia to make leaves!
ReplyDeleteThe stamped image on the vellum is BEAUTIFUL! I just LOVE this card! Pretty and inspiring too!
ReplyDeleteTake Care!
Michele
Such a gorgeous card, Tracey! I love how you used the flower to become the leaves - brilliant.
ReplyDeleteOh how beautiful, Tracey ... you captured the soft delicate nature and colours of those lovely magnolia so perfectly ... this is stunning! Hugs, Anita :)
ReplyDeleteOh my that flower is just heavenly Tracey! So beautiful embossed on the vellum!! I haven't tried this before and I need to! It's just lovely!
ReplyDeleteThis is so gorgeous. I love the vellum and how it looks when you color the back.
ReplyDeleteWow, Tracey, that inked vellum looks amazing and I love your brilliant leaves!
ReplyDeleteSo soft and gorgeous! Love your beautiful flower for your lovely card!
ReplyDeleteTracey...this is just gorgeous. Love your use of vellum, really makes for an incredible card.
ReplyDeleteSigh...this is so beautiful, I just don't know what else to say...
ReplyDeleteMONDO gorgeous bloom Tracey!
ReplyDeleteThe white embossing on vellum looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Magnolia, Tracey! I love this shade of purple, and that you embossed in white on vellum...Stunning card!
ReplyDeleteOooo! LOVE that soft, bold bloom! Gorgeous, girl!
ReplyDeleteLove the soft feel that the vellum gives these large floral images - such a wonderful inspiration challenge, and you nailed it!
ReplyDeleteSo lovely! A perfect take on the inspiration picture. Love it. :)
ReplyDeletebeautiful card!!! :) thank you for playing along with us at simon says stamp wednesday challenge!
ReplyDeleteThis is a stunning take on the inspiration. Your vellum flower is so soft & pretty.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is so beautiful! I love that you turned a couple of the flower petals into leaves. Magic!
ReplyDeleteYour vellum flower turned out so lovely! I just posted a card on my blog as well featuring one. They are so much fun to make!
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