Today I'm participating in Kylie Bertucci's International Blog Highlights Blog Hop, and I have a lovely card to show you. There are a number of participants in the hop, and I hope you'll take the time to visit the various sites and also to vote for your favorite cards. The winners get to showcase another card in another hop later in the month.
You can vote for your favorites
here.
And now on to my card. I moved to Oregon last year from California, and something I miss are the California poppies that are in full bloom every spring. They make the mountains look like fields of gold and are breathtakingly beautiful. So here is my rendition:
I love bright colors and the
Pigment Sprinkles (sadly on the retiring list) were the perfect colors to satisfy my need. So I pulled them out and soaked a piece of
Watercolor paper, sprinkling on the Daffodil Delight and the Mango Melody powders. The colors absolutely exploded!
Cut with the
Poppy Moments dies, along with the
Basic Black outlines, these are so bright and gorgeous! Adding some
Granny Apple Green leaves (embossed with the
Subtle embossing folder) only makes the colors pop more!
Lots of layers - A Basic Black card base has a popped up layer of Basic Black, embossed with the
Scripty embossing folder. Then there's a layer of
Vellum, embossed with the
Layered Leaves embossing folder.
And finally, another layer of black - this time embossed with the
Brick & Mortar embossing folder that I first inked up with
White Craft ink, to make the mortar lines stand out. This was cut with the
Stitched So Sweetly stitched, scalloped rectangles, and added over the
Granny Apple Green ribbon.
My greeting is from
Label Me Bold, another retiring set 😞.
I feel like I've taken a trip through the California mountains!
Thanks for visiting today; please be sure to check out the other contestants and place your
vote for your favorites (I'm number 34! 😊).
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