Sending Big Hugs
Hi readers! Happy Sunday, and welcome to another creative uses post with the fantastic Debby Hughes! Her creative genius never ceases to amaze! Read on to see what she used to make this lovely card below.
Enjoy!
Hello, Debby here with a look at stretching your supplies just that little bit further; this card takes one die and turns it into something completely different! The STAMPtember release had a bundle of fabulous dies and I thought the Tattered Poppy set had a lot of different options than the one intended. You can see a gorgeous example of the Tattered Poppy dies in a card Nichol Magouirk used for the STAMPtember blog hop – so pretty with its rich red colours.
However, one of the poppy petals reminded me of a butterfly in flight with the poppy stamens as antennae and some of the other petals looked like ginkgo leaves. I die cut the flower twice from Canson watercolor card and reached for my watercolors. Cutting the die twice made sure I had enough ‘leaves’ to create a simple ginkgo stem. I love this patchy watercolor style at the moment with areas of white left to show through for highlights.
I also loosely watercolored a panel of Canson card as the background and splattered spare paint and a solution of Perfect Pearls to give it a dreamy bokeh look. The sentiment is from the Big Scripty Greetings set stamped in Versamark and Silver heat embossed. All I added as an accent were a couple of sequins from the Little Things by Lucy’s Cards range.
Thanks for joining me today and perhaps you can take a second look at your new supplies for alternative uses?
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so elegant and lovely colour combos
What talent! This is so gorgeous!
Adore your ‘loosely water colored’ panel Fabulous design – the placement of the sentiment creates beautiful movement towards the pretty butterfly and the flowers :)
Very beautiful card!
Oh Debbie
I think you painted this card
this is so AH MAZING woooww wooow and wooow
I adore her card STUNNING Debbie your card
Wow, gorgeous! I love the color combination.
Great way to use a stamp! Love the 3D effect on the card and the color palette.
Gorgeous card, Debby you are amazing, love the simplicity and beauty you create. I really like that sentiment. SSS rocks.!!
Gorgeous card, Debby!
Beautiful card. I always enjoy your creativity in using a die in a way I would never have thought of – I wouldn’t have thought leaves when the die is a flower! Also really enjoyed the colors.
Soft & stunning–love it!
Wow is this beautiful! I love the combination of dies and stamping.
Love the free flow and dreamy feel of your card.
What a clever way to stretch your dies!
Beautiful card, so very creative!
I love this card! Very pretty!
Beautifully creative.
So pretty. Always love to see how Debby stretches her supplies.
Wow! I love ginkgo leaves and this is beautiful! Amazing how you spotted their shape in the poppies. What a fabulous repurposing.
What gorgeousness! I could only dream of having such talent.
awesome way to stretch your dies and gorgeous presentation.
Such a beautiful card.
This card is so stunning! Debby always does a great job!!!
Lovely–beautiful colors you have used!
Interesting…..
Absolutely gorgeous!!! Debby does it again!
This is such a creative use of the die, and I love the soft look of the watercolouring!
Very pretty!! Love the colors..
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
The colors work amazingly well. The card looks great.
Beautiful! Love the color combination!
This card is so beautiful. Debby’s flowers look real and the butterfly is perfect.
Debby, this is so gorgeous! Love the soft colors and the fun images and design. Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous, gorgeous card! I love that you took one die and turned it into two completely different things! Both the butterfly and ginko leaves are colored perfectly (in my opinion anyways). Just wonderful work! TFS
This is fabulous – love the colours and the way you’ve used the die in an inventive way!
Love the colors in your card and how you used the die.
love how you watercolored the card and used the die..
This card is really breathtaking and dreamy. The colors are terrific.
I love the subtle watercolor background with the beautiful flower & leaves!
So pretty. Debby always has unique ways of using her supplies!
Buena técnica para mayor versatilidad de los productos. Gracias por la lección.
Really beautiful card!
Such a good idea to use the stamps differently! Thanks for the tip!
What a very pretty card. The soft colors and the white background really make for a great combination. Thanks for sharing the tip on the stamps and dies.
This is a brilliant way to repurpose the poppy dies! Gorgeous card.
This is beautiful!
I love this card, the colors are amazing!
Nice!
Gorgeous card it looks so 3 dimensional
Oh this is just lovely!
WOWOWOOWOWOWOWOWOW!! Just BEAUTIFUL!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)