Saturday, March 21, 2015

stampers anonymous. . . .

has always been one of my favorite companies.  I just received the new Tim Holtz flower garden collection last week and it is absolutely beautiful!


I used Prismacolor pencils to color the cone flower.  The stitched rectangle die and the happy die are from MFT.  The scalloped layer was cut from MFT's plum cardstock and the die is from Mama Elephant.  I added some of MFT's glitter glaze to the top of the flower - it is beautiful in real life.  Kinda' like putting glossy accents over the wink of Stella, only much prettier in my opinion.  The 4mm sequins are from Pretty Pink Posh.

The stamp, the happy die, the cardstock and the glitter glaze are all new to me and have never been used, so I am linking this up to Darnell's 4th NBUS challenge.

Other challenges:

Casology:  blossom.



RetroSketches:  Sketch #157.


See you soon!

24 comments:

Mynn xx said...

What a beautiful card! LOVE that amazing bloom--the colors you used are perfect! HUGS and happy weekend! :) Mynn xx

Becca Cruger said...

OOoo! This is springy and lovely! I bet you're going to have a ton of fun playing around with the garden set. Can't wait to see all of your creations.

Cathy said...

Such a pretty card Joy, the flower is beautifully coloured, Cathy x

Dawn T said...

so pretty Joy. Your flower is beautiful

Greta said...

Super beautiful, Joy--LOVE this card! I've been wondering about that Glitter Glaze--may have to get some.

alexandra s.m. said...

Gorgeous card and wonderful coloring Joy!
Thank You~

Linda Kunsman said...

that is a gorgeous stamp Joy , and of course you have presented it so beautifully!!

Cat Craig said...

Beautiful card Joy, perfect for each of the challenges, and just the right amount of sequins!

walchowDesign said...

This is absolutely beautiful, Joy! Great colouring!

Cindy C. said...

Beautiful colouring, the cone flower looks awesome Joy!!

Tracey McNeely said...

So pretty Joy! Thank you so much for sharing with us this week at CASology and RetroSketches!

scrappymo! said...

This is so lovely! The stamped flower is coloured so lifelike and the random gems are perfect with this.

Helen F. said...

Simply beautiful card, Joy! LOVE that flower is amazing, and your Spring colors are so bright and cheery.

Joyce said...

What a beautiful card, and you have colored that blossom so perfectly. Thanks so much for playing along at CASology this week.

Carol McCready said...

Gorgeous card. You did such a fantastic job coloring.

JD/ Jill said...

Pretty card! Nicely colored!

Darnell said...

You've outdone yourself coloring, sparklerizing, and designing your card around this brilliant cone flower image, Joy!! I love every feature of this card and I love that you used so many different NBUS!! Thank you so much for playing in my NBUS Challenge #4!! Enjoy your day!! Hugs, Darnell

Shirley said...

Good to be hopping again and see beautiful art like yours! I love how you painted your flower, used the sequins, and that happy is awesome too!

Jacee said...

Such a pretty card, gorgeous colouring, lovely!
hugs Jacee
Simply Paper Card Design

lostinpaper said...

Flowers are my favourite thing to colour and yours looks so lovely, thanks for the inspiration!

Theresa's Studio said...

Love that stamp and your coloring is perfect!

Deepti said...

This is so pretty, stunning coloring :)

Barb Ghig said...

Beautiful coloring on your flower, and I love the color palette of this card, Dawn...so striking!

Robin K. said...

Love everything about this card Joy!!