Hi there,and happy World Card Making Day! I hope you are enjoying WCMD here on the Winnie & Walter blog so far, and we do have lots more in store for you with lots of prizes too…. so what’s not to enjoy?!?! So on to my challenge……. ‘Smooshing'. So it can be any kind of smooshing, watercolour, ink, marker..... and as little or as much as you like as long as I see a little smooshing happening I will be one happy girl! So onto my card....
I started by adding inks in autumn shades to a craft sheet. I then spritzed water onto the inks to help them move. I then took a sheet of watercolour cardstock and placed this on top of the spritzed ink. I moved it around a little to get more ink on the card but not too much as I didn't want the colours to blend into each outer too much. I left this to dry.
Once dry I heat embossed lots of different leaves onto this sheet using Renee's Leaves, and fussy cut them out. Before sticking these onto a white card blank I added a few splatters of ink to the background. Then I arranged the leaves onto the splattered blank and stuck them down. For the sentiment I cut one of the words from The Big, The Bold and Blessings out of some gold foil card and added this on top of the leaves.
We'd love to see your take on smooshing!
Prize: One randomly chosen project that is linked up will win $50.00 gift credit to the w&w shop.
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This is beauuutiful!!!!! Love the rich, warm colors and the gold foiled sentiment. Great job, Lydia!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card. Love the gold. Hugz
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty!! I love it!
ReplyDeleteBEAUTIFUL card Lydia!
ReplyDeleteYour leaves are GORGEOUS and design so ELEGANT!
I haven't tried smooshing before, so I look forward to getting inky and adding some splatters to my smooshing too :)
Love your smooshed autumn leaves. Those colours are so rich and vibrant and just perfect with the gold.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Love the fall colors!
ReplyDeleteOhh its a stunning card !
ReplyDeleteWOW looks beautiful . I have never tried this technique!
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Dr Sonia
You've captured the rich, vibrant palette of fall beautifully with your smooshing; your leaves are stunning! Thank you for the amazing inspiration!
ReplyDelete~carol
That's a gorgeous card !!
ReplyDeletefun challenge - love that you never know how the card will turn out lol!!
ReplyDeletewowie! such a stunning card! i love those autumn leaves. thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteWow.. Stunner..Love the golds in this..
ReplyDeleteLove your fall card. This is one of my favorite techniques.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing. Love this idea but I am still a ameteur till I mature I will appreciate the cards you'll make. hugs and thanks for the inspiration and hard work
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness!!! This card is really breathless!!! LOOOOVEEEEE IT!!!
ReplyDeleteWowzer! I can't stop staring at this incredibly gorgeous card, Lydia!
ReplyDeleteThose colors!!! Oh, my...so gorgeous!!! Thank you for sharing your beautiful card and for this fun challenge!
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Such vibrant fall colors!!!
ReplyDeleteSmooshing is another one of those techniques that I always forget to use until I see something fabulous like this! Those gold embossed leaves on your smooshed background are so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow!! What a gorgeous card this is!! Totally in love!! <3 Thank you for the inspiration! Loved playing along :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colour smooshed leaves. The gold embossing looks so elegant.
ReplyDeleteI think I need to learn how to smoosh after seeing your beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteLove your card with all the rich fall colors and touches of gold. Great challenge idea too.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous project with such vibrant colours. Thanks for sharing.
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