Tuesday, May 24, 2016

May Flowers Liquid Pearls Card

Hello Crafty Peeps! April showers bring May flowers...right?!! So today, I'm giving you much more detail on a card I made for the Ranger Ink booth at CHA this year that you may remember, using lots of Liquid Pearls and Specialty Stamping Paper...my fav! Enjoy the Purple Flower Garden Card.
 
 
I almost always use a reference photo when I'm painting or drawing. I didn't have any photos of this type of flower that I had taken sadly, so I found this photo on the internet, and I'll show you below how I painted them with Liquid Pearls...yes, you can use it other than just making dots or lines!
I stamped the images with Wendy's Archival Ink, and then heat embossed them with Seafoam Powder. It doesn't matter what color ink you use as the powder covers it up, but I just choose the colors I was going to use. Then I cut them out.
To do the flowers, I used the Liquid Pearls straight from the tube, adding lots of purple tones to really give them depth. Not watering down the LP really gives them depth as well. On the leaves though, I added the LP to the craft sheet and watered it down to paint consistency, because I wanted them to be flat so that the flowers popped more. The shimmer is still there.
I also used Specialty Stamping Paper for the background card. It really is my favorite paper. I squirted the LP out on the craft sheet, and used my finger to apply the paint, making lots of streaks to mimic other stems and leaves in the background.
I also used my finger to make flower petals, just barely dabbing, and using several tones. The shimmer is outstanding!
Everywhere I had purple flower blobs, I stamped a flower in Violet Archival. Then, I stamped lots of stems with Leaf Green Archival. I stitched around the card as well. This was beautiful as is, but of course I had to add more.
I inked the edges of the flowers with Violet, and the stems with Potting Soil, and then I adhered the stems to the card, and foam dotted the flowers. The sentiment was inked in Violet as well. Then I added this to a cardstock card base.
 
 
This card turned out to be my favorite of the ones I did for the show. I love the artsy look of it, and all that shimmer really amplified it. Thanks for looking everyone. Until next time!!!

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

22 comments:

  1. wow what a vibrant and clever way to use liquid pearls xx hugs x

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  2. Wow!!! This is so beautiful Anita x you have created the most wonderful background in such opulent colours. The flowers are stunning and I bet they are even nicer IRL

    Thank you for sharing and I hope all is good with you and yours

    Hugs
    Annie x x

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  3. Gorgeous, I love the flowers and the added stitching. The colours are gorgeous. Tracy x

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  4. OMG Anita, this one really has the wow factor!!! I can see why it was your favourite, it really is spectacular, those cone flowers never looked this good! The artsy background with the hand painted flowers makes for the perfect background, stunning, stunning, stunning!!!

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  5. that is super pretty! I bet the shimmer is amazing.

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  6. Oh wow Anita this is popping with colour! I love what you have created here. The perfect pearls and electric and a stunning match to the real thing.

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  7. Stunning!! love the vibrant colours totally gorgeous xx

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  8. Oh yes, this is very artsy indeed, I love how you 'finger painted' the gorgeous background and the flowers look amazing on top - love this - lots!! Hugs, Anne xx

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  9. Oh wow - what a great work!!! I love the colours and the stitched is a great Eyecatcher! A beautiful card!!!! I love them. Many Hugs, Dagmar

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  10. Gorgeous!!! And I'm sure even more so in person!!!

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  11. Outstanding. The flowers look so real. Thanks for the breakdown of how you created this card. I've got to go back and look at it again.

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  12. Anita...this card is awesome! I would never have put hose things together. Liquid Pearls...hardly ever use them but you have really used them in such a cool way here. Love the background, too!! You always give everything that artsy touch! I also wanted to thank you so much for the very very kind comment you left on my blog. ❤️

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  13. Love your new technique! Terrific work. Stunning and beatifully profuse card. Happy Weekend to you and yours! Nicola x

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  14. So pretty, Anita! Love it! The flowers look amazing! You're so good at new techniques. Hugs, Sandra

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  15. You have always great ideas! I don't have liquid pearls and now I want them all! Barbara

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  16. Wow Anita, this card is beautiful! Your flowers are just amazing!!! What a brilliant idea to use liquid pearls to colour!!! I have to try it one! Thanks for sharing!

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  17. liquid pearls are something I don't have much of.... you may have changed my mind... want my address!! LOL beauty of a creation

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  18. Hi Anita! I love your card, the perfect pearls painting is a great effect and your background is stunning too, such a rich and beautiful scene. Chris x

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  19. Wow! Your bold sense of colour has created a really eye-catching card, rich and luscious. I love how the shimmer catches the light - gorgeous!
    Alison x

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  20. Beautiful! I love the dimension that the liquid pearls gave to your beautiful coloring of the flowers. And that background you made is gorgeous too. (I'm impressed with your fussy cutting skills too.) Blessings!

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  21. Hey Anita!! Thanks for stopping by my blog. The Finnabair stule canvas was a lot of fun to do and honestly didn't take that long. It was definitely an experimental thing though. 😏 Hope you're having a good week.

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