Ultraviolet Succulents!
Hey!
Well, it looks like I tempted fate a little bit with saying how well I was doing with making a card and blogging every other day! It’s been quite a few days since I posted and mainly because I was hit with a chesty cold again, zero energy and two CRAZY beans back at nursery and ‘structured’ routine.
Anyway, I am back today with a card I’ve been making for a few days and finally finished today.
I was inspired by a couple of challenges when starting this card. Firstly the current challenge over at “Less is More” seen HERE and below. This fortnight their challenge is a colour challenge and they want to see purples. Which fits in wonderfully with Pantone’s colour of the year, Ultraviolet!
I have to say I am rather enjoying this years Pantone colour and it suits so many different styles and themes. I decided to use Happy Succulents as it was one of the Top 5 popular clear stamp sets in 2017 and I feel I didn’t give it as much love as it should have had 😉
The second challenge I was inspired by was the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches seen HERE and below. I really like the clean lines and open space of the sketch, which lent itself wonderfully to using the large succulent cluster.
I used my trusty Prismacolor pencils to colour the succulents and I have to say it was very therapeutic colouring in and I did a little reverse dark to light shading on the succulent too, which I think has turned out pretty good!
The sentiment is from my current ‘go to’ set, Simply Said Blocks and both the succulent cluster and sentiment block are fussy cut and adhered to the card using foam adhesive.
That’s all I have to share for today, I had best be off as The Beans are due home any moment from Grandma & Grandad’s house fingers crossed they’ll have fallen asleep on the way! I’ll be back again before the week is over with more to share. Until then, thank you for stopping by.
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Comments (12)
Stunning, Classy CAS as ever Bev! So elegant and I can’t believe how neat your fuzzy cutting is! Great use of purple tones and thanks for playing along with us at Less is More x
OMG, Bev, this is so beautiful, first with this purple gradient and secondly with this wonderful CAS design ! Love how the purple pops up over this large white space ! Amazing take and combination on the two challenges ! Thanks so much for sharing and for playing along at Less is More !
Beautiful card. I love the simple lines and the contrast of color!
That’s such a gorgeous floral card !
Love, love this card. I think the succulents is one of my favourite sets and you’ve used one of my favourite colours too! Wonderful! xxx
Your ultraviolet succulents are gorgeous, Bev! I love every. single. detail of this card! Your colouring…impressive! Excited for this set to join my collection!
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This is lovely in shades of purple. I love how beautifully the succulents are shown off against the crisp white background. Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches!
Just realised that my card for the revisit is a total CASE of your fabulous card! Thanks for the inspiration. xx
So pretty and classy. Beautiful colouring and a great design. Thank you for joining us at Less is More.
Absolutely gorgeous! Those flowers are just beautiful and perfectly coloured! Thanks for joining us at FMS this week!
Absolutely gorgeous, Bev. Loving those vertical strips, so stylish. Polychromos were my ‘treat to myself’ last year. Might have to get some Prismas this year now! And this stamp set!
Thanks so much for sharing with us at Less is More, Anita x
Bev, this is so stunning! What a gorgeous arrangement of succulents and they look magnificent in the purple tones. Your colouring is sensational – love the reverse effect. Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Less is More xx