Sunday, October 12, 2014

Going Green ......




Thought I would 'Go Green' with this card, but neither green in the environmental way nor with envy either.  No, green as in the colour Green instead !

I diecut some paper flowers from an old book (Tattered Florals TH) on the Sizzix.  They were then sprayed with Dylusions ink sprays and allowed to dry.  I cut a piece of white card and applied 3 of the flowers onto the card with Mod Podge glossy paper medium and a brush and allowed to dry.  The card was then trimmed and the remaining white areas treated with peeled paint Distress ink.  Where the Mod Podge hadn't sealed the card the ink soaked into the porous paper and produced a shaded background which I liked.







I then added a length of lime grosgrain ribbon and a diamante ribbon slider and applied the ribbon on red-line double sided tape.






Three fabric flowers were added for dimension over the paper flowers and were secured with green pearl brads in the flower centres.

The plate was matted twice. First on some printed paper and second onto gold mirri board before being stuck onto the white card blank.





Finishing touch was to add the round green sentiment saying 'Thankyou'.

This card meets the requirements of the Artful Times Challenge No. 66 whose theme is 'Green'.  So why not hop over there and enter one of your green creations too.

Sid xx

15 comments:

  1. Great card Sid, I like how you used an old book for the tattered flowers, love the background too, Cathy.

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  2. Fab flowers... Like the bit of bling too.

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  3. Oooh lovely shades of green on this card Sid, love it, well it is my fave colour!!

    Thanks for playing along with us over at AT this week.

    Sam xx

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  4. Great card Sid, love how you've combined the different elements. Karen x

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  5. Definitley very green (my favourite colour!) and the background looks fab with the Mod Podge/no Mod Podge variation in ink take up!

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  6. Beautiful green card!! love the flowers!!

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  7. A wonderful creation Sid, love all the green and that gorgeous ribbon slider. Carol x

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  8. Beautiful green colours Sid, fabby design.

    Warm hugs
    Maarit

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  9. Loving all the green

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  10. Красивые оттенки! Замечательно все подобрано.

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  11. Another stunning card from your magic fingers!!!

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  12. You can go greeen more often; it is a beautiful card! Enjoy your week, Gerrina

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  13. Love this card Sid. Love how the background turned out especially.
    I think it is especially good when you get so many shades of one base colour - you have and it works so well.
    Thank you so much for joining us at Artful Times.
    Hugs, Neet xx

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  14. A lovely cad Sid, love all the greens and the composition. Thank you for joining us on Artful Times.

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