Sunday, April 25, 2010

Shimmer and flowers























The challenge was to use tissue paper on a card.  This is what I ended up with after three false starts, LOL.  First I decided to try a painting technique that I've seen before where you wad up tissue paper and daub it on wet paint leaving behind a nifty distressed pattern look.  So I dabbed bronze pigment ink on a piece of cardstock and tried it.  Nothing happened.  Strike one. 

So then I tried it with brown acrylic paint.  But the paint dried too quickly to get any sort of design.  Strike two. 

Next up was embossing plates.  I embossed some cardstock with the woodgrain plate and then painted it with brown acrylic paint and brayered the tissue on top of the paint.  A kindergartener could have done better.  Strike three, but I wasn't out yet. 

Thus the nothing new, but tried and true, tissue paper flowers.  I used two different scalloped punches to give a bit of a different look.  I also sprayed each flower with a mixture of bronze Perfect Pearl and hairspray to give it a bit of shimmer.  Hard to see in the picture. 

So there you have it, my attempt at recycling nothing into something.  I'm in need of birthday cards in my basket, so I'll keep it, but not my favorite.  I don't do well under pressure, LOL. 

Thanks for looking and more later. 

44 comments:

  1. Beautiful card! Love those poofy flowers!!

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  2. We're all pretty hard on our own work, aren't we? You may have had difficulties, but the end result is beautiful!

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  3. Pretty! Love the white flowers against that bold paper!

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  4. You did a beautiful job with those flowers...they are gorgeous!! Well done!!!

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  5. By the looks of this card, you do beautifully under pressure! I love those flowers!! The layout is great and the colors and paper are so pretty. I love it all!!

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  6. Very pretty, Deb. The colors you chose are so striking together.

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  7. Love the rhinestone centers!

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  8. Love this Deb! The square brads really caught my eye!

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  9. Big white flower. Way to rock the tissue paper challenge.

    It's a good life!
    Terri E.

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  10. Love the colour mix here - the rich red and the crisp white! Those flower centres are gorgeous too!

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  11. Love it! The pattern paper looks great with those flowers.

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  12. I'm glad you kept on trying! Nice large flowers, look great iwth the background paper.

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  13. Love this! I love that you used bright red background. The flower really stand out!

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  14. Beautiful flowers and I love that you used it with Green Tea Leaf paper!

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  15. I thought you did a great job!! Your flowers are so adorable!

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  16. Beautiful card Deb! The light colored flowers really POP on that paper and they are just gorgeous!

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  17. I just love love that Tea Leaves paper! The white flowers look awesome with it...great layout, too!

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  18. Deb this turned out WONDERFUL! Love those flowers!!
    Happy Hopping!

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  19. Love that bright red!! Pretty card!

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  20. I am glad you didn't give up!! Beautiful card and flowers.

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  21. I like your poofy flowers! Glad you kept trying!

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  22. Pretty card with pretty tissue paper flowers! I think you did wonderfully under pressure.

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  23. Deb this is so pretty! I love the red~!!

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  24. What a lovely card, I really like your fluffy flowers!

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  25. OK, your post has me snorting! I think we have all felt the pressure to perform and failed but your card is really lovely. Sometimes, when you give up on the fancy smancy technique and go clean and simple, it just works better! Great job!

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  26. I love the dp you used, and your flowers are gorgeous! Definitely a keeper :)

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  27. I love how nice and full your flowers are,and the square brads are great!Pretty card.

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  28. Wow, after your attempts....this turned out stunning! I like the white flowers on that red backdrop!!

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  29. Sorry you have so much trouble with this card. I like how it came out though!

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  30. Oh Deb reading your post made me chuckle cuz' I found using tissue paper for a card a pain the butt! I am sorry though that you struck out so many times but I think you did a lovely job with the flowers. The card is certain to bring a smile to someone and you'll remember all the effort it took to make it!

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  31. I love your color scheme! Flower cards don't always have to be pink to be pretty as you showed on your beautiful creation.

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  32. Way to stick with it. It's too bad we have to learn by trial and error...we'd get so much done if we could just get it done the first time around! I love how your card turned out!

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  33. Really gorgeous Deb! Those white flowers are fab! Such poofy goodness!

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  34. I think your card is fabulous -- my bday is in May, so I'll be expecting it -- LOL!!!

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  35. Such a pretty CAS card!!! The colors are wonderful too!!! Hugs ~S~

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  36. Very pretty Deb! The white flowers are a great contrast with the paper!

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  37. Well I think your flowers turned out lovely Deb! This wasn't an easy challenge so it's great you really tried a variety of things and didn't get discouraged! Good on you!

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  38. This is pretty, love the flowers and the color. I started a challenge blog a week ago, I love your creations and would like to invite you as our Guest Designer, if you are interested, do drop me an email.
    citycrafter.blogspot.com

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  39. Very nice!!!! Love the leaves paper from PTI...don't you??

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