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8/29/2018

Birthday Flowers

Good morning. Back to share a card that has been received. Quiet day yesterday, but somehow I managed to stay busy (and I didn't sit down and read either!!!) That can usually be one of my excuses for not getting anything done. Didn't have to leave the house today either. Oh, one thing that took up my time: Cleaning an old turntable my Yankee friend found for me at an estate sale. I'd seen a youtube where this lady was doing dirty pours using a sink strainer, and she had it on what looked to be a surface that turned. Mr. said "I bet an old record player would do that", so I asked my friend to keep an eye out. Yesterday morning when I went out to water the porch plants, there's this big box sitting by the door. He sends us New England apples fresh from an orchard about this time, so I just thought "what a heavy box of apples". Mr. came in, said he'd had a phone call  -- that our friend had sent my record player. It was old, very grubby and had to be cleaned (and I'll need to clean it again) so that took some time. Then I had some phone calls to make, blah, blah.

EDIT: Forgot to give a welcome shout out to a lovely new follower: Doreen of Doreen's Dream. Thanks for becoming a follower Doreen, and I hope all my old friends will hop over to visit my new friend, and enjoy her beautiful work. She has some recent pan pastel cards that are stunning! 

Here's the card:



- Penny Black First Blush (colored with copics and some white gel pen)

- Altenew Pinstripe (clear)


Stamped the floral image on Xpress c/s, colored. Then used Avery Self-Adhesive Labels to restamp the image and use the just the flowers as a mask (saw this trick on a Jennifer McGuire video). Cut inside the inked lines of the flowers so that I didn't get a halo, but in some places I still did. After placing the mask, stamped in one direction with the pinstripe image...(since it's clear, it makes it easier to see placement). Re-inked the stamp and turned the opposite way to create a crosshatch pattern. Added some white highlights with a gel pin. Die cut with a stitched die. Used a linen look DP for another stitched mat, punched a label from that same paper to do the sentiment. Added some red pearls! That's it!

Today is exercise day for us, so we'll be out of the house today, and it's hot. Got some other errands to run as well. So ya'll stay cool, if it's still hot where you are, and have a super great day. Thanks for visiting, come back when you can! Hugs 









36 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous card,love the design and fab image.
    Thank you so much for the warm welcome.xxx

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  2. Hi Mary, Hope you get the record player how you want it.

    Lovely card. Sue

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  3. Seeing that background I thought this is a must have stamp! But clever you, you just used a striped one. Well, I don’t have a striped one either, so must get that:) the background makes the flower stand out beautifully.

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  4. Hi Mary. What a lovely card this is. It has a country kitchen look to it and is in one of my all time favourite colour combos. What a brilliant way to use an old turntable!! I still have a record player and regularly play vinyl from my teenage years...I have been known to sing and dance too!! xx

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  5. This is beautiful Mary, pretty flowers, they look fabulous against the blue background - such pretty card.
    Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
    x

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  6. Such pretty flowers and love the pinstripe background and a great idea to use the linen look background for the sentiment tag too, and the red enamel dots finish it beautifully Mary. x

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  7. Super card, Mary. The background is really lovely for your beautiful flowers. Looking forward to seeing what you create with the turntable. xx

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  8. As the lucky recipient of this card it's fabulous! Love the way you stamped the background- incredibly clever and so perfectly done around the blossoms. Now sure I'd have the patience to do this much less stamp it so perfectly! Thank you, Mary for making my day!

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  9. Brilliant background Mary and the lovely image really stands out on it. Great card.

    Kath x

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  10. Such a pretty card and love you did the striped background. The flowers are beautiful and what a fabulous card. How kind of your friend to find you the record player.....looking forward to see what you create with that X

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  11. Oh gosh, those flowers are so pretty and colored so well! I love the little tag on the bottom too! Good luck with that old record player - I hope you accomplish what you set out to do, and how nice of your friend to send you one :)

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  12. It's so gorgeous, Mary!! I love the beautiful red flowers!! They pop against the background!! So stunning!! Have a great evening!! Big hugs :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  13. Another beautiful floral card Mary... Love it!

    Hugs
    Chris B
    http://thecardphilelady.blogspot.com

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  14. Hi Mary, re. your query about Velvet card, it is made by Frisk and is a good weight and a nice bright white and is good for stamping and watercolouring. I think they call it velvet card because it is really smooth and silky in texture. Sorry, I should have made it clearer in my post. x

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  15. Your beautiful birthday flowers are gorgeous against the happy gingham background. Wonderful combination on your lovely card!

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  16. This is stunning, the background is fabulous-great job, and the flowers are beautiful, I like the slight halo, I was admiring it and would of never known it was not supposed to be there if you did not tell.

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  17. Mary the penny black flower looks stunning with the cross hatched background :)

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  18. What a gorgeous fresh card Mary - a real beauty
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  19. How kind has been your friend to buy and send you that old record player you wish!

    Fabulous card, those flowers are so beautifully coloured and the background is just perfect to make them pop out!!
    Hugs

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  20. Those flowers are very pretty and stand out beautifully against the gorgeous trellis background.
    Lorraine

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  21. Lovely card Mary, I quite like the halo effect! Good idea to do the cross hatched background.

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  22. Pretty card!!
    Have a great day!
    Marilyn❤️

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  23. Beautiful flowers, Mary! Love that cross hatch that you made! Stay cool!

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  24. Beautiful card Mary! The flower branch is so colorful and really stands out! I have seen Youtube videos on dirty pours and the look awesome! I would like to try them myself, lots of paint though.
    Welcome Doreen!
    Hugs, Pam
    scrap-n-sewgranny.blogspot.com

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  25. I love your beautiful cheerful card, the background is so lovely, as are the flowers! Good luck with the old turntable, it sounds like a great find! Hugs, Anne xx

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  26. So gorgeous are those flowers and I love the open space around them by masking them off before you add the background. That looks so awesome. You made a wonderful card design.

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  27. OH! LOVE the colours on this Mary, such beautiful stamping, it all sounds very complicated to me, but you have done it all so Beautifully. I love the "halo" around the flowers and the label with your sentiment, a Beautiful card.
    Faith
    x
    PS Thanks for the lovely comments :)

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  28. I am loving this card Momma Mary! That background your created is so cool, I am loving it!!! Makes your flowers pop, and speaking of flowers-they are gorgeous and you have colored them so well! I also love the background mat, it looks like parchment paper or linen paper. How cool to get a record player! Even if it is for the dirty pour. It should work out perfect for that! I've seen them use a tiny strainer too, makes such a pretty design. I've not tried this technique as I don't want to spend money on paint, but it looks like lots of fun! Hugs, Brenda

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  29. Beautiful flowers and love how you created the background--hope the turntable works for you
    Carol x

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  30. Mary, this is really beautiful! Love that background. It makes your perfectly colored flowers pop of the card. I like the tag with the embellishments too. Lots of my time has gone to a new travel trailer that we just bought. Trying to get it stocked and ready for a trial run at some point. Not Labor Day weekend as the campgrounds will be overloaded with people. We'll be visiting my FIL this weekend. I hope to take some crafty material with me so I can get something done. Have a wonderful weekend. Thanks for sharing your beautiful creation!

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  31. This is a beautiful floral card, Mary! Great colors and background! Your plans for the RP sound so interesting! Can't wait to hear how it works for you for the dirty pour!! Hugs, Darnell

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  32. This is beautiful and I love the cross hatch background. I'm so happy to hear you are going to exercise. I saw that video of the paint through the strainer on the turntable. Can't wait to see what you do.

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  33. Beautiful card, Mary! I love how the blue pattern in the background brings out the colors in your flowers.

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  34. Gorgeous card Mary! Those red flowers are so bright and beautiful. They look amazing with the blue pinstriping!

    Dirty pours are so fun ... and messy. Using a strainer?? ... sounds even messier. Let me know how it goes. Great idea to have a turntable. Nice of your friend to find you one and mail it. xx

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  35. Your flower branch is so pretty! The background looks great, too!
    Can't wait to see the results of your dirty pours using the turntable!

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