Paper Cuts

Feb 24 2008

More Silhouette Blooms

Published by Shel9999 at 8:25 am under Cornish Heritage Farms, My Designs

Hello! I hope you are all enjoying your weekend! I’m so sick of being cold…and having a cold…I’ve had enough of winter and am looking forward to spring! We were in DC yesterday for my son’s six-month post-surgery MRI and decided to lunch in Georgetown. Well, of course the parking is terrible so we had to do some walking and it felt like 10 below with that wind. (I’m exaggerating but it was really cold.) The kids and I were chilled to the bone. We ended up popping into Johnny Rocket’s for some burgers. It was ok, but I think the waitress had some of our onion rings on the way to our table…$4 for 12?! And some were very small. Wow. lol. Oh well. It was different. Anyway…

Birthday Wishes

I thought I’d brighten things up a bit using one of my favorite Stampin’ Up colors, Cameo Coral. (Although I can’t seem to photograph it well…it looks a little too bright here.)

I used Silhouette Blooms I and II from the Kim Hughes collection by Cornish Heritage Farms.

I colored directly on the stamps with Stampin’ Up markers using Certainly Celery for the stems and Blush Blossom and Cameo Coral for the blooms. I wanted all of the flowers to be nice and bright, but to get the variations of the stems, I did something a little different. On the center stem, I colored with the Celery marker, added the flower colors and stamped. For the stem on the left, I colored the stem, stamped off lightly onto scrap paper, then I ran the marker just along the edges of the stem and leaves, colored the flower and stamped. On the right, I only re-inked the flower, huffed to re-moisten (lol-that always cracks me up) and stamped. Doing this gives just enough variation so that all the stems aren’t either really dark or really light.

The background pieces were both stamped in Cameo Coral using the Burlap backgrounder, also by Cornish Heritage Farms. I didn’t have ribbon to match so I colored white taffeta with a Light Prawn Copic marker. (I love being able to do that!)

Thanks for looking!! Have a great rest of the weekend!

Cardstock: SU Cameo Coral, Whisper White Stamps: Silhouette Blooms I & II from the Kim Hughes Collection by Cornish Heritage Farms, Burlap Backgrounder by Cornish Heritage Farms Ink: SU Cameo Coral, Brilliance Graphite Black Accessories: Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral and Blush Blossom SU markers, edge distresser, brushed gold eyelet, Crop-a-dile, SU white taffeta, Light Prawn Copic marker. Card size 5 ½” x 4 ¼”.

22 Responses to “More Silhouette Blooms”

# Taraon 24 Feb 2008 at 9:18 am

The flowers look lovely…
# christina fischeron 24 Feb 2008 at 9:22 am

I love this, Michele! The coral is beautiful, and I love how you varied the ink on the stems! I just received an order from CHF, and I can’t wait to ink it all up! Hope the MRI went well!
# Bevon 24 Feb 2008 at 9:27 am

Beautiful card-thanks for describing so well how your inked the stamps. Helpful. tfs Bev J.
# Bonnieon 24 Feb 2008 at 10:21 am

This is beautiful!! and I agree….ENOUGH of winter!!
# sophia landryon 24 Feb 2008 at 11:19 am

It’s funny how hard it is to capture the true color on film. I can never seem to get it just perfect. Lovely though, I can in my head change it to the proper Coral tones and it looks gorgeous! Love that soft look in the flowers!
# lacyquilteron 24 Feb 2008 at 11:42 am

This is beautiful. This is one of my favorite colors too, and I know what you mean about photographing it. I just did a card and it looks orange in the picture.
# Adelinaon 24 Feb 2008 at 12:12 pm

This color combo is beautiful! I love how delicate this card looks.
# terion 24 Feb 2008 at 5:54 pm

This card looks so pretty. I really love the color combo too. Great job!
# Julia Staintonon 24 Feb 2008 at 6:25 pm

Beautiful card Michele! I love the gorgeous variation of color you got on those flowers! Stunning!
# Jackie W.on 24 Feb 2008 at 7:20 pm

That is stunning! And I’d forgotten about coloring the ribbon and I just bought Light Prawn yesterday - I’ve gotta try it! Woohoo! TFS!
# Linda Marieon 24 Feb 2008 at 8:29 pm

Lovely!
# Julie Koerberon 24 Feb 2008 at 10:11 pm

Wow! This is absolutely stunning! Love the stamps and the colors!!!
# twinkson 25 Feb 2008 at 1:22 am

Love the card and the coloring of the ribbon.

I can’t get over those onin rings :D$$$ Unless they were our huge Maui onions? I can’t magine how cld, cold winters are but I would probably feel the same - ready for spring.

With get well wishes…
# Susan (rainy)on 25 Feb 2008 at 6:10 am

Oh those flowers are gorgeous. Love the effect you got with the different amounts and methods of ink. The ribbon is fabulous. The Copic Light Prawn looks to be a perfect match with the Cameo Coral. I love that Burlap backgrounder. I actually have that stamp but it has been terribly neglected. I see this and wonder why. This is an absolutely beautiful card.
# Mercyon 25 Feb 2008 at 6:34 am

michele…this is gorgeous….the coral just pops!
# leslierichon 25 Feb 2008 at 10:57 am

I love this color, too. Wow! What a beautiful card! You know I love flowers and I love your style. This is just wonderful, Michele!
# stacyon 25 Feb 2008 at 12:27 pm

This card is just beautiful. I love cameo coral too. The flowers look great. TFS
# Rose Annon 27 Feb 2008 at 3:31 pm

This is beautiful, and I love Coral as well! I’m also thinking that I need to be checking on some of those gorgeous “Kim stamps”. *wink*
# Sharon Harniston 27 Feb 2008 at 11:16 pm

Thanks so much for sending this to me on my birthday, Michele — it’s so soft & pretty in person!
# trudeeon 29 Feb 2008 at 4:04 pm

Oh these colors are yummy!!! how pretty, M!! Lucky Sharon!
# cwilliamson 02 Mar 2008 at 8:19 am

Beautiful and love the colors!!
# Tiffinyon 03 Mar 2008 at 1:52 pm

This is gorgeous. Nice job!