Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Water Flowers, Not Weeds

     I'm posting a reminder for those of you who haven't yet played in our Anything Goes challenge over at Jan's Digi Stamps.  Our challenge will run until the evening of Sunday, May 3, and you may use any products from any company.  However, if you choose to use an image from Jan's, your entry will be put into a separate draw just for those using Jan's and that increases your chances of winning by a huge amount.

      For this card, I used an image from "Friendship Flowers 702J."  I printed the colored version but in gray scale instead of color, then used a highlighting technique wherein I colored only a small part of the image, making that part seem 'highlighted.' 

     The sentiment is from that same set and seemed very appropriate for our current days when it's so easy to focus on all the deprivations instead of finding a few blessings.  :-D


I used colors from Color My Heart #38, starting with
the diagonal colors from top right down to bottom left,
and then added all the other colors on the board
 before it was all finished, except for the Candy Apple.  :-D


Colored with ProMarkers
Image cut with stitched, Tutti Designs die
Sentiment cut with Sizzix die, edges inked with chalks
Papers from DCWV
Signature, hand-sewn bow w/ gem

     Challenges:
Arty Divas
Creative Inspirations
Digi Choosday
Double D
Ike's World
Lemon Shortbread
Paper Funday
Passion for ProMarkers
TTCRD

     Come play with us, won't you?  We love being inspired by you!  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

26 comments:

meg said...

love the sentiment you teamed with the gorgeous image love it in grey-scale with the highlighted areas

Barbara said...

Powerful sentiment for this gorgeous card. I love how you illustrated and colored it. So glad that you found time to join us at Double D challenge. I do appreciate that. Stay healthy and safe.
Barbara DT

Lori m said...

Gorgeous colored floral card, pretty image with the watering can,
Hugs, Lori m
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Anne Buckingham said...

Beautiful card. The image is lovely, great choice of colors. The sentiment is terrific, advice to live by.

Diane said...

Very pretty card and a fabulous sentiment, so true!! Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
Diane DD DT {Nellies Nest}

Darlene said...

Oh Connie ... this is so pretty! Great job! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Showers & Flowers’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
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Linda Simpson said...

Fabulous card and I love the sentiment. I hope you are well.
Hugs
Linda xxx

jimlynn said...

Beautiful card Connie! Love the image - of course - and that border at the bottom. Great sentiment too.
Lynn

Petra-loves-paper said...

What a lovely card and a beautiful sentiment, thanks for joining our challenge, greetings Petra DT digichoosday challenge

Vicki said...

This is so pretty! And, what an amazing sentiment you've added. I love the gray shaded flowers mixed with ones in color. Thanks for joining the Double D, "Showers and Flowers" Challenge.

Monica C. said...

So pretty! Great spotlight coloring and that sentiment is perfect. I love this card!!!
Hugs Monica

Lisa Lynn said...

Those flowers are just so gorgeous.

Susan Renshaw said...

Love the highlighting technique! Great make!!
Thank you for sharing with Color My Heart Color Dare!
Susan
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A.Rose said...

Wow! Lovely creation. Thank you for join8ng us at Color My Heart Color Dare!

Cat Nowak said...

Beautiful card! I love that sentiment. Thank you for joining us at Color Dare!

Ella's Design said...

Fab card, Connie! Great spotlight colouring of that pretty floral image and the sentiment is just perfect.
Thanks for playing along with us at Passion for Promarkers this week! Lisa x

Julie said...

Gorgeous card and a great sentiment! Thanks for joining in my Add a Sentiment challenge at Passion for Promarkers this week, good luck, Juliexx

Rose Andrew said...

Gorgeous card. love the style .. great coloring .
Thank you for joining us at Digi Choosday Craft Challenge
Good Luck
Rose DT

Suzanne Reynolds said...

Nana, gorgeous coloring, and love that you used so many of the colors. Great design and beautiful card. Thanks for sharing with us at Color Dare.

Melanie R said...

Such an uplifting card, Connie! I especially like the gray-scale technique. Great coloring, too. Thank you for playing along with us at Color My Heart Color Dare #389.

Donna Walls said...

What a clever idea for coloring Nana, I'm going to try it and the perfect image for it. Thanks for playing along with us at The Paper Funday Challenges. Donna - DT Member

Sall said...

Beautiful and great combination of colours Thank you for taking the time to join in with our challenge and sharing your creativity with us, I love to see your talent, creativity and imagination at work. I hope to see more of your creativity in the near future. Love 'n' hugs Sall IkesWorld Challenges DT

Borqna said...

Absolutely stunning! Love the highlighting technique!
Thank you for coming to play at IKEsWORLD Challenges.
Stay safe.

Art by Zowie Dixon said...

Beautiful! Thank you so much for entering our ATG challenge at Arty Divas this week. Looking forward to seeing you again next challenge.

Hugs, Zowie xx

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ike said...

A very pretty card and excellent colour highlighting :-)
Thank you for coming to play at IKEsWORLD Challenges.
Hugz
IKE x

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CraftyNatalie said...

Great card. Thank you for joining us at Creative inspirations.