The Rejects

I made this set of cards and submitted them to an Australian magazine, hopeful of getting them published....unfortunately a few days after I sent the email to the mag, I received my subscribed monthly copy of said magazine in the post which contained a lovely set of cards made with the same "Bloomin' With Beauty" stamp set.... I just knew my cards wouldn't make the cut.....oh well, it was worth a try I guess. I still love the cards so I'll share them here with you instead :)


My colour scheme is Not Quite Navy, Bordering Blue and Very Vanilla with Bella Bleu DSP for contrast. The ribbon is Pretty In Pink taffeta and I've coloured the flower with Pretty In Pink and Regal Rose inks. I used the En Francais background stamp in Not Quite Navy ink onto the main card.




For this one I stamped the flowers three or four times onto watercolour paper, coloured them with Regal Rose and Rose Red inks and then trimmed out various sections of the flowers. I layered the pieces onto the main image paper tole style to achieve a 3D effect.

I switched the colour scheme around a little bit here....Bordering Blue for the main card, Not Quite Navy accents and a Pretty in Pink panel to offset the main focus of the flowers. I used Bashful Blue taffeta ribbon and some Rhinestone Brads to finish the whole piece off.

I'd love to have seen these cards in a magazine but it's not to be so thank goodness I have this blog to share them with you. Enjoy