Wednesday 25 May 2011

PTI Blog Hop: Violet wishes...

Hiya!

When I saw this month's theme for the PTI blog hop I knew I had to play along:

May is the month when many flowers finally go into full bloom after a long winter's sleep. For the blog
hop this month we want to see your favorite take on flowers. You can stamp backgrounds, create
custom floral embellishments, showcase unique flower center additions (buttons, rhinestones, beads,
etc...), flowers die-cut from different materials (like fabric, felt, vellum, etc...) or anything else you can
dream up! We are looking forward to seeing all of your amazing creations!

I used my Year of Flowers: Violets set and got colouring to create this:


I used the gorgeous colours from the CR84FN challenge this week as my starting point:


The flowers and leaves were coloured with copics and cut out - I added some chocolate pearls to the centres of the flowers for a bit of extra dimension. The parisian doily in the background was die-cut from cream card. The sentiment ticket was created using the Just the Ticket set and coordinating die plus a little butterfly from Butterfly Dreams. I added some lace trim and Concord Crush ribbon and button to finish.

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

17 comments:

Marisa said...

Gorgeous violets - happy sigh - and a great use of the colour challenge. Your card is fabulous :)

Elizabeth Hart said...

Your flowers are so realistic!!

Jessica said...

Beautiful card!! Great coloring :)

Ally said...

Beautiful card. I love all the lovely layers that go so nicely together. Great job! ;-)

Michelle said...

GORGEOUS!!!

Luanne said...

Just beautiful!

Deborah Frings said...

Oh wow!! Such stunning violets and beautiful lace and doily embellishments! Thanks for playing along with CR84FN this week!

lesleyworth said...

Love it! You have used my fave flower set and your card is beautiful!

Babies-Beth said...

So pretty! The flowers look so life-like!

Sue Lelli said...

Amy, this color combo calls for PTI violets, doesn't it??! LOVE your flowers and that ribbon and the lace! THX for playing with us at CR84FN!

Lisa Elton said...

What a pretty card! Great colors and I love all of the little goodies you've added!

Wendy ten Hove said...

Loooove the colors!! The purple is sooo pretty!! My fave color, wihoe! Gorgeous flowers!
Hugs, Wendy

DF said...

What a beauty! I like how you layered the violets on the doily - so pretty.

Jen Adcock said...

What a stunner! You have colored those violets to perfection. The overall card palette is so pretty. Wonderful job!

Tracey McNeely said...

Lovely card, your violets are so pretty.

Mona Pendleton said...

So very pretty Amy! Great job coloring those gorgeous flowers! Thanks for playing along with CR84FN :)

Kristii said...

Soooo very pretty!!! I love the violets and the doilies are the perfect touch!