Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Forgotten Flowers....

Do you ever do this---- you stamp something and really like it but aren't really inspired to put it into a card so you take the stamped and colored image and you stuff it in a drawer of cards waiting to be finished? I do! Well, I was cleaning out some of those drawers recently when I stumbled upon an old hydrangea image I had colored. It is an old PSX stamp that I still love. I used watercolor pencils to color it and added some stickles to the flowers' centers. Well, I recently got my hands on the Radiant paper pack from Craft Secrets and I thought the green paisley paper in the pack was perfect for my card. It was classic-- just like a hydrangea!


All I did was distress my main floral image, mat it on some lavender, add some sheer ribbon and then attach it to my card front on a slant. If I knew a card would be so easy to put together, I would never have "forgotten" about these flowers in a drawer!

Hope life is treating you all well. Here at the Koerber house, we are getting ready for Halloween! Tonight we decked out the house and tomorrow we start to bag up goodies for the kiddos classes. My mom and I are making chocolate witch suckers. They are too cute! I'll have a show and tell later this week!

Until then.... Happy Stamping!

13 comments:

Laura (scrapnextras) said...

Gorgeous Julie! Love that image, and so glad you brought it out from hiding...it's coloured beautifully, and everything you pulled together with it makes it shine!

Joan Fricker said...

Julie, this is just perfect. That green background is perfect. I just love the colors!

Joan

Kim said...

Oh I do this all the time! I am happy to see you made a card wtih your forgotten image! It's just beautiful. It sounds like you are having a fab time with your Mom...enjoy!!

:)
Kim

Janine said...

Fabulous Julie!! Hope you have a good day! I have to go outside and shovel now! We got 4 inches of snow last night. YIKES!!!!

Curt in Indy said...

Julie, this is so beautiful! You are right, the color paper goes so well with your image! The coloring is perfect as always! Hugh your Mom for me! Best, Curt

mimiburroughs said...

Oh WOW!!! What an beautiful card! Your coloring is awesome!!!

Emily said...

So cute. I have been checking out your blog lately. Your work is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration.

Jamie Martin said...

You colored the flower beautifully! I have a bunch of images that are colored but never used, you've inspired me to go and make something out of them :)

Anonymous said...

Love the hydrangea girl! Glad to hear you and your mom are having fun!! Chocolate and suckers yummy. Thank you soooooooo much for the beautiful card, I love it. I posted it on my site. Give Pat a BIg hug for me!

Diane said...

Oh boy,if I had colored that image that beautifully (ya right Diane)
it would not go in a drawer...I would put it on a card asap!!!
What a shame to put that art in a drawer,lol!!!!
Stunning Julie!!!!

Nancy said...

YES! Oh, was answering your question at the beginning of the post. ;) This card is gorgeous. You colored the flowers perfectly, and the background goes with it so well! Very pretty card!

Elena said...

Very pretty card! Love the coloring!

Shirley said...

Lovelyness at its best. YOu are really making up for lost time. Wonderful posts Julie.