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Come join us in a special blog hop with The Flower Soft & Our Daily Bread Designs Design Teams!
As you make your way through the hop make sure you comment on each and every post. There will be two prize winners chosen randomly among the blogs.
Flower Soft and Our Daily Bread Designs will each be selecting a winner for a $20 prize package!
The blog hop ends on August 30th. The prize winners will be announced on The Flower Soft blog and Our Daily Bread Designs Blog on August 31st.
If you came here from Lisa Sommerville's blog you are in the right place. If not please start at the beginning at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog.
For my project, I used the He Watches Me stamp set from ODB - I loved the sentiments included as well as the gorgeous bird on a thistle. I colored my bird with watercolor pencils, and cut several layers to layer. For the base image, I stamped it directly on paper from Authentique (Journey and Uncommon lines) and colored the stems with Copics, but used Violet and Lavender Flower Soft to create my flowers.
Don't you love all of the dimension and texture? My husband teaches high school choir, so this will find its way into his classroom.
Now hop on over to the very sweet and talented Grace Nywening's Blog - I'm sure she will have something gorgeous to share with you!
Challenges:
Our Daily Bread - sketch ODBDSLC73
at first glance i thought this was stamped on cross stich material. it has such great dimention. the way you used the flower soft on the flowers gives them that wispy look like they just bloomed. wonderful layering too. i just love this card.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous mix of paper and design. Your layers are dreamy! The Flower Soft gives your blooms a wonderful "reality". Beautiful work!
ReplyDeleteVERY BEAUTIFUL! Love the elegance of the card! http://visionsofpaper.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteOh my this is fabulous, the flower soft is perfect for this but the bird is fantastic!!
ReplyDeleteOoooh!!! I love this!!! So beautiful and creative! I am seeing this sparrow in a brand new light! The colors and addition of Flower Soft are perfect! Blessings, Angie
ReplyDeleteSUPER CARD
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What beautiful colors! I love how you colored the Sparrow and the thistles are just gorgeous!! Fab card!
ReplyDeleteTremendous job with these wonderful stamps. I love how you used the flower soft to add dimension to the thistles.
ReplyDeleteOh WOW of WOW!!! This one makes me smile all over!!! GORGEOUS coloring of the bird and the depth you achieved with the flower soft on the thistles is so realistic! Just incredible! Love your ribbon too.... fabby card!!! So glad to be hopping along with you today!!!
ReplyDeleteYour bird is just lovely...I adore all the brillant colors.
ReplyDeletei love the colouring of the bird!
ReplyDeleteso shining and sparkling!
hugs and kisses from germany,
silvi xoxo
Absolutely beautiful card! I can't stop staring at it. I love the sentiment so much. Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful laying and use of very effective embellies. Love the flower...amazing. Just a fantastic card using our wonderful Flower Soft and Our Daily Bread stamps/sentiments. Ty for sharing. God bless. ekc
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, Gini! I love this set! The thistle looks almost real with the Lavender FS! Your coloring is so soft and yet vibrant!
ReplyDeleteLove your card. The bird is pretty. I really like the color you used. Love the sintmena. Love the flower soft colors you used.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card! The colors in the bird are just great! Love it!
ReplyDeletesuch a beautiful card. I am a new follower. TFS
ReplyDeletemjblahnik56@hotmail.com
One word---> O U T S T A N D I N G!
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
KimberlyRae
kreationsbykimberlyrae.com
What a beautiful card. Love the colors and your coloring technique it wonderful.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful 'thistle' how smart are you. Absolutely love it.
ReplyDeleteThistle looks fabulous with the FS and WOW on the coloring on the bird!!! Beautiful card.
ReplyDeleteLove the PURPLE flowers, they look real. Great texture in this! Almost as God's real creations!
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syd
sydegan@hotmail.com
So, so beautiful! Love your card! The bird (I looove birds) is precious and the colors simply beautiful! Great job!
ReplyDeleteBarb O.
The use of flowersoft here is absolutely beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! Love it! Olena
ReplyDeleteVery nice
ReplyDeleteI love the bird and the flower...those flowers are AWESOME!!! I love this flowersoft...very cool
ReplyDeleteOMGoodness! This is one of my favorite ODBD images and you have really created a beautiful piece of artwork with it!!!! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteLove the little bird and the flower soft enhances the card so much. Just wonderful.
ReplyDeletewat een mooi en geqeldig kleurrijk werkstuk gewoon schitterend!
ReplyDeletegroetjes van corry
This is beautiful! TFS!
ReplyDeleteOh how beautiful!! I just love your coloring of the bird, the flower soft blooms and your take on the sketch!! Thanks for playing along with the Shining the Light challenge this week!!
ReplyDeleteblessings,
Chris
Oh my goodness, this is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous, wonderful coloring of this bird and love how you used the flower soft on this.
ReplyDeleteWhat a very pretty card. Love the blue patterned background paper. Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card.
ReplyDeleteGini, this is absolutely stunning! Beautiful detailing with the stem and the flower soft! Wonderful card1
ReplyDeleteI love your beautiful card with the bird and thistle. The flowersoft on the blossom is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! :)
Gini, this is amazing. Love all the elemenets of your card. The soft blues, lavendars and grey are so pretty together. TYFS
ReplyDeleteVery pretty card and colors! The flower soft gives the flowers an extra pop. great job!
ReplyDeleteLovely card, what a great idea for the Flower Soft.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card and what a perfect use of the Flower Soft on that thistle!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty and the flower soft is perfect for these flowers.
ReplyDeleteslrdowney at hotmail dot com
Very, very pretty, love the colors and just love everything about it.
ReplyDeletethis is gorgeous!! I love your coloring of the bird and the flowers with the flower soft is perfect!! Wonderful work!!
ReplyDeleteMy what wonderful coloring on the bird ... just love it! The thistle bloom is awesome done with the two shades of Flower Soft! Lovely work!
ReplyDeleteVery nice,great colors on the bird and the thistle really pops.
ReplyDeleteStunning! Love the colors!
ReplyDeleteGini, this is beautiful! I love it!
ReplyDeleteI love your use of flower soft on this card. The bird is amazing--love your colors.
ReplyDeleteI love the Scottish thistle as a flower and as an image but you took this stamp to a whole new level. LOVE it!
ReplyDeleteWow! You've presented this bird so beautifully!! Truly a work that He will be happy to see!
ReplyDelete~Bev Gerard
Beautifully colored bird. Your use of Flower Soft is stunning!!!
ReplyDeleteYour bird and blossoms are stunning. What a lovely card - thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteTerrific coloring of the bird and the flower soft is a great touch to your flowers!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous bird!! love the flowers with the flower soft too!
ReplyDeleteThe flowersoft on the stamped thistles add so much dimension! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWOW, this is so pretty!! love the purple flowersoft on the thistles
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely card! I love the papers, color scheme, and the detail :) very well done
ReplyDeleteLove the coloring on the sparrow and that FS thistle... Wowzers! Beautifully done!
ReplyDeleteSooo pretty! Love the rich colors.
ReplyDeleteThe colors on the bird are gorgeous! And the flower soft is perfect.
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic card! Love the layers, your color choices, and your flower with the flower soft -- it looks so real, you just want to touch it. TFS!!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty card, your flowers are so realistic, and that background paper is lovely.
ReplyDeletegreat colors. very real looking plant.
ReplyDeleteI love the blue hues you used on this card! Wonderful work!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous card! I love the way you formed the sparrow. The colors in this card are stunning, and the way you layered the sparrow, really adds a lot to it! I love the way the Violet and Lavender Flower Soft brought the thistle to life! Amazing card!
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Traci Starkweather
http://He-IS-Able.blogspot.com
Beautiful card, love the colors chosen for bird. TFS
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