Saturday, 21 March 2026

Magnolia

Hi and welcome!  I made this card using the sketch over at Card Challenges, but it also fits the theme at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge as well as CAS on Friday and Addicted to CAS.  For both of these challenges, I hope my card is CAS enough.


I don't colour anywhere near as often as I used to and I don't know why.  So today, I thought I'd make myself colour and guess what?  Once I started, I really enjoyed it!  I coloured up this magnolia using Copics and die-cut it with the co-ordinating die.  In keeping with the sketch, I lightly stenciled a circle shape onto the card base using the English Brick Wall stencil and Lost Shadow Distress Ink.


For the bottom panel, I embossed a strip of Pink Lemonade cardstock with the Subtle EF and then adhered it to a strip of lightweight vellum and then onto some black & white striped patterned paper.  The vellum softened the boldness of the black and white in keeping with the rest of the card.  Finally I stamped the sentiment and added some pearls to match the pink of the magnolia flowers.


Thanks for visiting!








Products used:

Stamps: Magnolia Blossoms, More Essential Sentiments (MFT)
Ink:  Amalgam (Gina K.), Versafine Clair Nocturne, Lost Shadow Distress Ink
Cardstock: White, X-Press-It, Pink Lemonade, Black & White Stripes (MFT), vellum
Dies: Magnolia Blossoms (MFT)
Accessories: Copics, English Brick Wall Stencil (MFT), Holiday Pearl Stickers (Honey Bee Stamps), Subtle EF (SU)

Cheers
Karren

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Edited to Add: This card got a shout-out at Addicted to CAS and CAS on Friday.


5 comments:

Jane said...

Gorgeous magnolia, they're just starting to open up here in the UK. Thanks for playing at CAS on Friday, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!

Dawn T said...

Su h a beautiful card Karren. Great take on the sketch.

Keep It Sweet and Simple said...

Beautiful colouring, and I love the idea of adding the vellum, to soften those stripes. I've filed that idea away* xxx

I Card Everyone said...

I couldn't leave before telling you how gorgeous your purple Magnolias are, Karren! So nice to see you coloring again!
=]

Deborah Hellman said...

Beautiful 😍