Tuesday, October 15, 2024

The Flower Challenge #96

There's still time for you to make a card for the stencil challenge at The Flower Challenge.

I was filing away the cards I had with me at the lake back into my regular boxes and saw one made with Altenew's Dancing Sunflowers.  I had forgotten about that set and was anxious to use it for this challenge.


I'm not very fond of the second and third layers of floral stencils, preferring to shade them myself on the first layer like I did here using Distress Inks in Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey and just a touch of Aged Mahogany.  The center is Brushed Corduroy which is also what I used to stamp the image and the leaves are Peeled Paint and Forest Moss.   After die cutting, the sunflower was layered onto a panel of Warm Cocoa from GinaK, embossed with the Tasteful Texture folder from SU.

There are more cards from the Design Team over on the blog.  We hope they inspire you to make a stenciled card featuring flowers for our challenge. 






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10 comments:

JoAnn said...

Wow, what a gorgeous sunflower. Love all your shading with the different inks. It looks great on that brown textured background. Thanks for sharing this lovely card.

Lisa Elton said...

Your shading looks wonderful and the textured brown background is perfect for this time of year. This is such a pretty card, Bobby!

I Card Everyone said...

I cannot believe I have never seen this one, Bobby - or am I losing it? LOL LOve how you've personalized the shading ... would you believe I still have nearly every piece of that paper we bought in Wisconsin at GinaK's? What a stunning panel that made!
=]

Bonnie said...

What a beautiful sunflower, Bobby! Your blending with the stencil is amazing and it's so pretty on the warm cocoa background!

Marcia Hill said...

Big, bold & BEAUTIFUL Bobby! Who needs extra stencils when you can shade like that on your own?!! LOVE the textured brown background too...a perfect fit! Hugs. :0)

TK said...

Sunflowers just seem happy, summery and now even a great way to usher in Fall! Your sunflower is gorgeous and very warming to the heart -- great shading

Tracey McNeely said...

Absolutely stunning, your colouring is perfection!

Stef Perry said...

I agree with you about some of the multi-layer stencils and you've used a wonderful way to get around it. Your ink blending is beautifully done on that gorgeous sunflower and the SU ef provided just the right texture in the background. Lovely card, Bobby!

Loll said...

Gorgeous Autumn card Bobby! Love the colours you've used and your shading is perfect!! Agree with you about controling the shading instead of using the layered stencils. It looks so natural. The texture of the background is gorgeous in the dark brown. xx

Darnell said...

Your own shading of this stunning bold sunflower is way better, Bobby! I love the warmth that just bounces off the card and the texture of that background is mwah! ❤️ Hugs, Darnell