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| Hello Friends, Penny Black is getting a jump on 2012 and kicking it off with a bang! Welcome to Penny Black's first blog hop featuring artwork using Penny Black stamps & Flower Soft. I'm sure you will be inspired by the Design Teams' creative projects as you hop along to their blogs. Join us for a weekend-long celebration with prizes, challenges & more prizes! If you are just starting you might want to start at Penny Black's blog. If you are arriving from the talented Lisa Murphy's blog you are in the right place. I welcome you to my blog & appreciate your visit. |
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| I have always enjoyed incorporating Flower Soft on my cards & in my projects. Typically I love to use the Ultra Fine Flower Soft as I did today in both of my cards. My cards can get fairly detailed so I have a more simple version of my first card below this one. |
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| I used this glue pen to add the blue flower soft on the lines of my flower. Flower Soft was also used on the mound of dirt in the "planter"& the flowers center. For the background I used this stamp with this Memento ink & distressed the background after stamping using Tumbled Glass. The flower pot is from Spellbinders & I find myself using this die a lot. The flower & leaves were colored with Copic markers then I added some distress ink on the leaves to enhance my coloring. |
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| I had to finish off the inside to carry the rest of the sentiment message. |
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| This is a simpler card that is just one layer. I did stamp the flower center & leaves an extra time to cut & color with distress ink. Now it's time to hop to Jeanne Streiff's beautiful and creative blog. Thank you so much for your visit and I hope you enjoy the hop. Wishing you all the best in 2012. Hugs, Kathy |
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117 comments:
so beautiful Kathy.
Both so stunning Kathy... I love your mound of dirt in the flower pot :)
It's gorgeous! Love the details.
So very Beautiful!
What a lovely card! That stamp is so pretty and I love the use of flowersoft. I am gonna hop along now to see the rest of the creations. Hugs, Hanneke
Stunning!!!! Your flower soft dirt made me smile....and the coloring is beautiful!
That is gorgeous!
so beautiful!!! lovely fresh colors and a lovely sentiment!!
Beautiful! I love the detail of the blue on the flower lines, and the pile of earth in your flower pot. Did you get a good hold with the glue pen?? Thanks so much for sharing!
Kathy, Beautiful as always. LOVE the mound of dirt...I just want to touch it. Hopping along now...
Just Beautiful ! Love the colors ! what a great layout, use of stamps and the flowersoft, everything just came together perfect !
I like your idea of using a glue pen to get the Flower Soft on just the accent lines of the flower.
Nice job!
I really like the saying as well.
Beautiful cards, thank you for sharing them.
Penny Black, Flower Soft, and Valentines......oh my!! Three of my favorite things in the whole world!
Beautiful card, love the colours :)
Very beautiful Kathy! love that long card!!
Love the bright, cheerful colors on this card and the saying is just adorable!! Thank you for sharing it.. great inspiration!
What a beautiful card! I love the dirt pile in the pot...fabulous detail!
So very pretty! i am really liking the color palette of this card. Thank you for sharing it with us. :D
Wow, this is awesome. Just love it.
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gasp! now that's awesome! love the detail!
your artwork is wonderful and I love it, hugs, patty
Awesome and amazing really! I've never been overly thrilled with using flower soft (not that I don't love seeing people's projects with it), but you have converted me! I love it!!!!!!!!!! I could totally see me using it the way you did!
I am seriously so fascinating by your amazing coloring...Love this new stamp the flower is so amazing...Thanks for sharing..
Happy New Year.
Very elegant. I love it!
That is GORGEOUS! Love love love it! The flower soft in the pot especially really makes it come alive. You are so creative. I always enjoy checking into your blog and seeing what you are up to! Thanks.
The flowers just pop right off the page with the addition of the flower soft to accent. Great job on the beautiful design
Beautiful cards Kathy, that mound of dirt in the flowerpot is so realistic
Hello!
What a pretty card! I love the look of the Ultra Fine!
Wishing you a Happy New Year!
Hugs,
Barbara Diane
Stunning, Kathy! Love your coloring! Such a beautiful job! :-)
The depth you achieved with your coloring is fantastic. Clever idea using the flower soft to mimic soil. Thanks for sharing!
Stunning card, and thank you for taking the time to do two versions both are beautiful, lots of insprition from you I have never used flower soft before but will now, Thank you so much x x x Happy 2012, Hugs May x x x x
Love the flower soft dirt!!
wow... amazing card!!
Love your card I like how you used the flower soft as dirt in the pot.
Very creative use of the flower soft. And I can really relate to the sentiment.
your coloring is always so amazing Kathy! I just adore this card and you always use the FS to such nice effect in your work!
As always your cards are stunning & I really like how you use the flower soft to give the card dimension. The blue flower soft on the first flower is lovely.
Cheers!
I like how you used the flower soft at the base of the flower. Very pretty
Great job Kathy (as usual)!
Fabulous designs Kathy! Happy New Year!
Wow flower soft certainly adds depth to the cards, really lovely work! Hi I'm visiting via the blog hop!
Jane x
So much detail! But I have to say I love the idea of making dirt with the flower soft!!! Very nice card!
Wow! Flower soft has come a long way! Beautiful colors!
It looks so 3D what an amazing card!
both of these are just fabulous!!! Hugs Juls
The colors on your cards are georgous, Kathy, I especially like the simpler version..it really pops.
WOW Kathy!! I love your take on using the flowersoft! Love the effect in the flowerpot :)
Beautiful sentiment too.....a lovely friendship gift x
Hope you have had a lovely Christmas and all the best for 2012!
Jenny xx
This card is just beautiful! Love the look of the soil!
Stunning card, as always!
Totally gorgeous! love the beautiful color pallette!
Stunning Kathy!! Love inside and out.
Happy New Year!
Very pretty card, Kathy. Thanks for the inspiration. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com
Wonderful flowers!
Ooo, how cool. Love the cards. They are both so pretty. Love the dirt.
Always love your work. So talented and innovative. Both these projects are stunning.
Wowzers Sista, this is stunning, love how you added soil to the pot!
Love both cards and love how you have used the flowersoft for the soil x
Beautiful cards and adding the flower soft is a great touch!
Very vibrant - love the little 'dirt mound'.
This blog hop is a lot of fun today.
I really like the way you did the blue flower soft centers and the mound of dirt in the flower pot.
Gorgeous, Kathy! I love your cards.
gorgeous card. love your coloring. Thanks for the inspiration.
wonderful as always!
My goodness Kathy what did you do to that flower to make it glow so? It's just coming off the screen . I love the way you matched the seam binding colour to the background stamping. It's the detail in your creations that I love so much.
Paula (PEP)
Lots of detail this is so beautiful:) Sandra H
very beautiful - thank you for the details
Barb Housner
Beautiful card - love the dirt!! Thanks so much!
I knew your card for the hop would be amazing, and I was right! Gorgeous work, as always, Kathy! :)
TOtally sweet. Love the cards.
Gorgeous! Your creations are just stunning!
Now that is just too cute!
Wonderful card. I so like the depth and dimension the Flower Soft adds to your (already) nice image. Well done.
I love how your cards don't scream Flower Soft, but just there subtly there and blends in perfectly.
Beautiful cards! Your coloring is always fabulous!
DeniseB
Gorgeous card Kathy!!!
Absolutely gorgeous! I love the colours you have used and the Flower Soft just enhances the image so much. I love all the detail you have used and the fact that you also did a simpler version. Thanks for sharing.
What a lovely floral card! Very nicely coordinated colors with a nice tactile effect. Happy New Year!
Clever flower pot effect with the die cut and flower soft 'dirt'
Gorgeous cards! You have such a talent for creating light in your images!
Wowzers!!! This is stunning!!! I love going on hops and finding such wonderful inspiration!!! The shading and the flower soft really make it look and I'm sure feel so real! Wonderful, thank you so very much!
Lisa
Gorgeous card!
You are very talented! Thanks for sharing such great work!
Really a beautiful card! The flower is gorgeous.
Oh, your cards are stunning!! The flower soft really takes the images to the next level!
Ha-ha! That pile of dirt really tickles my funny bone. Great cards as always - you never fail to inspire me.
Lura
Love the card.
Very effective use of the flower soft. I love it!
The use of the blue FS makes that flower POP! Love it! :)
Absolutely lovely! Dirt never looked so beautiful!
wow, that flower really pops!
As always Kathy - an amazing creation. Wishing you and your family a wonderful New Years Eve and a happy and healthy 2012. Hugs, Deirdre
Hi, Kathy! Awesome works as always!
Hope 2012 will be more wonderful year for you and your family!
Hugs, Tomo
Love your layout, FS certainly makes that pot look real....nice stitching and great looking background behind the flower....very nice.
Love these blog hop! So many different ideas!!! Love it!
Very pretty. I love that brown flower soft with all the pink and blues.
Stunning Job Kathy, such a beauty!!
You always do such fantastic work!
Thanks for sharing
hugs
Donna
Happy New Year!!
Wowsers! You never cease to amaze me with your beautiful creations! You are definitely one of my favorite artists!
Happy New Year,
Katherine
Very pretty!! Fabulous card!!
Very beautiful! Love all the detailed work with Flower Soft and the lovely background you created!
Just gorgeous, love that flower!!! Love the background, so creative!!! TFS your talent.
Beautiful job!! My favorite though is how you deconstructed the card for your daughter's congrats card (following post). SUCH a great idea!!!
Happy New Year!
Fondly,
Ellen ♥ CardMonkey
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Stunning. Love how real the dirt looks.
It really added some depth!
Wow--I'm so impressed with your card, Kathy! Gorgeous!
What a sweet card. Flower soft really makes a polished presentation.
This is beautiful...and the sentiment is so touching!
Lovely card, and very intricate work with the FS!
WOW.. fantastic Kathy xxx
I love the dirt in the pot, such a great effect!
Love love your card Kathy. TFS
Such a pretty card...and the flower soft is the perfect touch!
Happy New Year!!!
What a terrific one layer card you created to show off the Flower Soft and the Penny Black items.
WOW. That flower soft "dirt" looks real! Love it!
Wow! Just gorgeous.
Love that card. Great use of the FS. Like that you used it for "dirt"
It looks like a real one. very pretty design.
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