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Saturday, January 3, 2015


Gorgeous Flowers Blooming just for you!

Happy New Year! We hope you have had a wonderful time over the holidays and wish you an amazing 2015!

Today we are excited to be sharing a new release of beautifully illustrated flower stamps from Make it Crafty. They are intricate and delicate with lots of detail and are the perfect choice for many occasions.

These gorgeous new flowers are available in both digital and rubber and the rubber stamps also come with a hand written sentiment, which of course you could use between all the different flowers.

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I am so happy to be participating in Make it Crafty's January Blog Hop.  The two stamps that I am using are Birthday Daisies and Roses of Love. 

 I stamped PTI's Stone cardstock with MFT'S wood plank background stamp using MFT Grout Gray hybrid ink.  Over that I stamped MIC's new Birthday Daisies using MFT'S hybrid Licorice Black.
For the colored panel I stamped Neenah Solar white in MFT'S Grout Gray to create a very soft image.  The image was colored with my new Faber Castell Polychromos.  These are an ink based pencil and I love how smooth they go on the paper and how well they blend without a build up of wax.
I then attached the ribbon from my stash to the back of the image and attached it with dimensional tape. 











For the Roses of Love I wanted to try a watercolor resist so I stamped with Versamark and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I watercolored with with Kuretake watercolors and then tried the hot iron technique to remove the embossing.  It almost worked, you can't feel the raised embossing but you can still see a little shimmer of it on the image.  I then took Simon Says Stamps Stitched Square dies and placed three together on the image and ran it through my big shot but kept them attached to each other with washi on the back side.  I matted with a piece of Bazzill gold metallic paper onto PTI 120 lb white cardstock and embossed the sentiment from the stamp in Filigree gold embossing powder.  











Direct Links to the stamps I used:

Birthday Daisies Rubber Stamp -

Roses of Love Rubber Stamp -

Hop over to Zoe's next! 


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54 comments

  1. UnknownJanuary 3, 2015 at 7:16 AM

    Beautiful cardsc. I love the resist stamping makes the image pop . Water colours are amazing . Beautiful work

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  2. Melissa T.January 3, 2015 at 7:18 AM

    Wonderful coloring! Thank you for sharing. :)

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  3. BeachsidelynnJanuary 3, 2015 at 8:14 AM

    Both cards are wonderful. Have to try the polychromos.

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  4. IrisJanuary 3, 2015 at 8:14 AM

    Gorgeous cards - love the your water coloring,
    isoscia@aol.com

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  5. UnknownJanuary 3, 2015 at 8:20 AM

    great techniques and makes hun, love the watercolouring

    hugs

    Sandie
    sandie.gough@ntlworld.com
    http://fairytaledaydream.blogspot.co.uk/

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  6. louisevbgJanuary 3, 2015 at 8:22 AM

    so beautiful! Love it :)

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  7. CorinneJanuary 3, 2015 at 8:40 AM

    fabulous job on both! awesome job
    hugs

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  8. SandraJanuary 3, 2015 at 8:44 AM

    Both cards are just gorgeous Ellen!! Love how you used the image also as background on the first one and the second one is beautiful with the white lines!!
    Hugs,Sandra

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  9. applejack cards by sueJanuary 3, 2015 at 8:46 AM

    I absolutely adore your projects.. looks like you're a natural with the watercolours. I especially loved the background paper on the daisy project using the same stamp. x

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2015 at 8:51 AM

    Your projects are stunning. An honor to have you sharing this event. Hugs

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  11. Lady FairJanuary 3, 2015 at 10:02 AM

    Both cards are stunning! Love the softness you created for the daisies by using the gray ink.
    And the roses, well, what can I say? Lovely!

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  12. UnknownJanuary 3, 2015 at 10:18 AM

    Oh my goodness....two beautiful cards. The roses are so life like and the coloring perfect. Daisies are my favorite flower and using a purple color makes them so happy!!! I love how you used a repeat stamped image behind the colored tag. Great job. Lovely cards. TFS

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  13. Theresa's StudioJanuary 3, 2015 at 10:38 AM

    Beautiful cards!! Just love your designs and colors.

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  14. MarikaJanuary 3, 2015 at 10:58 AM

    Your card and colouring is awesome! XOXO Mi

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  15. Ellen BornsteinJanuary 3, 2015 at 11:06 AM

    Thank you everyone for your lovely comments. Much appreciated.

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  16. PeggyJanuary 3, 2015 at 11:56 AM

    Great cards!! You did a wonderful job on them both. I love them.

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  17. BunnyJanuary 3, 2015 at 12:33 PM

    Okay, I keep commenting and it keeps disappearing. I was trying to say that the daisies image was my favorite. I love the colors on both cards. The matting on the second image is beautiful

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  18. Rosa AJanuary 3, 2015 at 12:39 PM

    Amazing cards!

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  19. Lady Bug StampersJanuary 3, 2015 at 12:52 PM

    such beautiful cards. I love them both. Great coloring and great images. Love flowers as well.
    Linda K.

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  20. craftyJanuary 3, 2015 at 1:31 PM

    Two beautiful cards. I love how you have mirrored the daisies in the background of the first card

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  21. RAFIJanuary 3, 2015 at 1:34 PM

    Genial estas tarjetas, he encontrado precioso el diseño de la primera

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  22. Denise GoeldnerJanuary 3, 2015 at 2:25 PM

    Beautiful cards, absolutely stunning.

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  23. ShirlJanuary 3, 2015 at 3:04 PM

    I tried, but couldn't choose the card I liked best. They are both gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.

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  24. Scrappin' Playground of DreamsJanuary 3, 2015 at 4:06 PM

    Both cards are fantastic!! I think the second is my fav!!

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  25. Andrea TullyJanuary 3, 2015 at 4:24 PM

    Wow Ellen you have rocked both cards! I LOVE them! Thanks for joining us for this hop xx

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  26. SharmanJanuary 3, 2015 at 7:20 PM

    FANTASTIC job on both cards. What talent on running the sticked dies that way. Very original. Great job.

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  27. UnknownJanuary 3, 2015 at 9:00 PM

    This is soooooo beautiful!

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  28. JeanneanJanuary 3, 2015 at 10:22 PM

    Your daisies really jump off the page! I love the roses; thanks for sharing the iron technique. Both cards are beautiful!

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  29. Jenn BeautifulJanuary 3, 2015 at 10:39 PM

    Wow Ellen!!! I am in love with your idea to die cut the finished image but put it back together on the card. This is stunning! Fair warning---I will definitely be scraplifting that technique!!! ♡♡♡

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  30. Teresa (Smeared and Creased)January 3, 2015 at 11:12 PM

    What a great reminder to use the iron-off embossing, you have done it beautifully! Gorgeous cards Ellen. :)

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  31. CarolJanuary 3, 2015 at 11:41 PM

    Incredible cards, Ellen. I especially like the techniques you used on the rose card - gorgeous watercolouring.

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  32. halomomJanuary 4, 2015 at 1:28 AM

    Your water-coloring is amazing! I especially liked the roses. You got such great shading on your flowers, which is difficult to do! Very lovely.

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  33. LarisaJanuary 4, 2015 at 1:47 AM

    wow fabulous creations! Happy New Year!

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  34. PattyJanuary 4, 2015 at 6:43 AM

    Wow! Both beautiful cards!

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  35. anderynJanuary 4, 2015 at 8:57 AM

    Those daisies are spectacular. I never would have thought of using pink. So soft and lovely

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  36. Cyndee ScholetJanuary 4, 2015 at 9:52 AM

    Very lovely cards!

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  37. Sari / GranneJanuary 4, 2015 at 9:53 AM

    Bot cards are fab but just love the first one, looks awesome!

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  38. Sherry ButcherJanuary 4, 2015 at 12:05 PM

    Happy New Year and may it be even better than last year. I love how you colored the beautiful Birthday Daisies and Roses of Love. The pencils sound great. TFS.

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  39. ZoeJanuary 4, 2015 at 4:31 PM

    Ellen! Wow wo wow - I absolutely love both of your cards and I LOVE how you created a background using the daisies! Thank you soooo much for joining us as a guest. <3

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  40. UnknownJanuary 4, 2015 at 5:40 PM

    Beautiful works of art!

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  41. DazzlingKiwiJanuary 4, 2015 at 8:54 PM

    Love your cards

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  42. Melanie SmithJanuary 4, 2015 at 8:58 PM

    Wow you coloring is truly beautiful!

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  43. UnknownJanuary 4, 2015 at 9:24 PM

    I love your cards and coloring. Your daisies look like they are coming off the page. Just beautiful.

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  44. LisaericaJanuary 4, 2015 at 10:35 PM

    Beautiful, you can tell you put a lot of love into your cards. I want to learn how to use those faber Castell's they really look pretty on paper. You really showed just how pretty that stamp set is by showcasing the actual stamp and digital as well. Thanks so much for sharing

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  45. UnknownJanuary 4, 2015 at 11:14 PM

    Cool card

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  46. UnknownJanuary 5, 2015 at 12:35 AM

    wow both the daisies and the Roses were so beautiful. The touch of gold on the card with the rose was just enough and made it sweet and elegant. Loved them both.

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  47. BethJanuary 5, 2015 at 2:43 AM

    So pretty Ellen!

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  48. UnknownJanuary 5, 2015 at 3:19 AM

    Beautiful cards!

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  49. rovianneJanuary 5, 2015 at 5:17 AM

    Oh my they both look so lovely. I just got my pencils and love the look you made with them.

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  50. cdoggett01@yahoo.comJanuary 5, 2015 at 6:20 AM

    Amazing....I am speechless! Both cards are gorgeous!

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  51. JudithJanuary 5, 2015 at 3:52 PM

    how gorgeous are these two cards! - I just love them both x

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  52. Michelle VataJanuary 5, 2015 at 4:10 PM

    I love both of your cards! The first one to have the stamp as the background paper is very nice! I will have to use that technique in the future! Thanks for the inspiration

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  53. Linda in SwedenJanuary 5, 2015 at 4:22 PM

    Love both your cards, you are so good in coloring, the flowers are almost looking alive.
    Absolutely beautiful work of art,

    Hugs from Linda in Sweden

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  54. CathyJanuary 9, 2015 at 6:43 PM

    Gorgeous cards Ellen, I love how you used the diecuts in the rose card. Thanks for your visit too, glad you liked my wedding card, Cathy x

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