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Loving Nature with Botanical Blooms

Welcome back, after a lovely day spent in the Mt Lofty botanical gardens last weekend I am feeling in touch with nature with the amazing Botanical Blooms Bundle



When I saw the colour challenge at The Paper Players and the theme for the Global Design Project I immediately drew from the inspiration of the autumn colours of the Botanical Gardens

 

I've used Sponge Daubers to add colour the flowers, I mixed and matched Melon Mambo and Pumpkin Pie, and oh  my, how amazing is the result - the flowers are so intense and bursting with colour.  The veins on the flowers are added using an Aqua Painter.


I also cut some of the leaves from Pumpkin Pie and stamped and sponged with Mossy Meadow to get a lovely autumn hue for the leaves, also adding sponging to the larger leaves cut from Mossy Meadow and used my Bone Folder to curl the petals and leaves to give added depth and dimension.

I've used One Big Meaning for the sentiment for this card - this is such a lovely set, one of my favourites



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  1. Stephanie Fischer, the Crafty Thinker14 April 2016 at 22:03

    Just stunning!

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  2. Kim Oliver15 April 2016 at 06:26

    WOW love the card....Beautiful Sue

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  3. Teneale Williams15 April 2016 at 08:16

    Stunning! One of the best cards I have seen using Botanical Blooms. Thank you for playing at Global Design Project.

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  4. Satomi Wellard15 April 2016 at 18:08

    Really pretty.I love the sponging part!

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  5. Jessie Holton15 April 2016 at 20:05

    So beautiful! You've nailed it! Xx

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  6. Nance Leedy15 April 2016 at 21:10

    Gorgeous sponging and beautiful use of our colors...Thank you for joining us at The Paper Players!

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  7. Stephanie Fischer, the Crafty Thinker15 April 2016 at 21:22

    You're so in you're creative stride! This is absolutely stunning!

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  8. Cheryll Miller15 April 2016 at 21:42

    Those flowers are just gorgeous!! Totally love the effect you have achieved Sue! Oh and congrats on your International Blog Highlight win too! :) xx

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  9. Rosalie Desmond15 April 2016 at 21:49

    Love it!

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  10. Paula Dobson16 April 2016 at 04:07

    Wow, the colours on the flowers are gorgeous Sue!! Thank you for playing at Global Design Project with us this week!

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  11. stampwithsandy16 April 2016 at 09:47

    This is SO pretty, Sue! The die cut flowers are fabulous, especially how you sponged them for extra depth. So glad you joined us this week at The Paper Players!

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  12. crucibelle18 April 2016 at 03:25

    The coloring that you did on the flowers and leaves is simply breath-taking! So beautiful!! :)

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  13. Brian King18 April 2016 at 08:20

    Sue, This is beautiful! You've done such a great job of arranging these flowers - I have a hard time with that. Thank you so much for playing along with this week's Global Design Project Nature Theme Challenge.

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  14. Sarah21 April 2016 at 22:27

    Wow. Love how you've coloured the flowers. Just stunning.

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  15. Darnell23 April 2016 at 00:55

    Holy wow, Sue, your coloring is DIVINE!! Congratulations on the Cut Above win at the Paper Players!! Hugs, Darnell

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  16. one red kelpie12 June 2016 at 13:39

    Wow! Your flowers are stunning and I just have to case them. I hope you don't mind.
    I have posted my project on my fb page if you'd like to check it out. https://www.facebook.com/veronicatreenstamps/photos/a.1562566777310029.1073741829.1562553533978020/1796119567288081/?type=3&theater

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