Saturday, 14 July 2012

Spritz & Flick - C of C 2, challenge 13

Time for another Compendium challenge hosted by the lovely Linda, from Tim's Compendium of Curiosities volume 2. Challenge 13. Spritz and Flick - one of my all time favourites, so easy and such fun! Check it out on page 42.

I started with a piece of manilla cardstock trimmed to the size of the texture fade I wanted to use on top, and used distress inks in seedless preserves and picked raspberry on my card.  Spritzed and flicked with water until happy and then embossed (it is from the fancy and floral frames set)
There is more of the seedless preserves on the card than really shows up, but I just cannot get a decent photo. Used Tim's butterflies stamp in black archival as my central image.
Added it to a square card, and a vertical greeting finishes it off. 


The wonderful people at Simon Says Stamp and sponsoring a random winner with a $25 voucher and given how many wonderful new things are coming out at CHA that are now on my wish-must-have list I would love to win, but good luck everyone!!

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18 comments:

  1. Anonymous14 July 2012 at 13:31

    That's lovely, great idea to add the embossing.

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  2. Unknown14 July 2012 at 13:52

    This is just stunning! Love the color and the embossing!

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  3. flutterbycrafter14 July 2012 at 19:58

    I also like the embossing, your colours are great and finished off nicely with the butterflies xx

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  4. Gillian ....14 July 2012 at 22:47

    One of my most favs too Helen, love the embossing on the edges. x

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  5. Carol15 July 2012 at 04:27

    Love your using the texture fade with this technique: fabulous!

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  6. Sue15 July 2012 at 10:51

    Love the look that the Texture Fade give this tag. Simply beautiful!

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  7. Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans15 July 2012 at 11:13

    You would never know this started life as a pice of manila card stock, love the colours and that embossing is a perfect touch. Tracy x

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  8. May15 July 2012 at 14:16

    Love the colours... & the embossing is a great touch... Fabulous... Hugs May x x x

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  9. Silvia(Barnie)15 July 2012 at 17:36

    A great card, love the color.

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  10. Keren Howell15 July 2012 at 19:20

    That colour is just gorgeous! Lovely card!

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  11. Jane15 July 2012 at 20:11

    The colors are gorgeous! I haven't figured out how to get the photos to do my artwork justice either. I love the texture fade - great addition

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  12. Hettie15 July 2012 at 21:39

    Very pretty card there Helen. Love that embossing folder!

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  13. Monique's art15 July 2012 at 22:54

    verry pretty love th butterfly stamps and the embossing

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  14. michelle16 July 2012 at 02:06

    Beautiful tag! Love your choice of Seedless Preserves. It is a favorite of mine.

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  15. Marjie Kemper16 July 2012 at 11:34

    So pretty! Love the effect and that color is gorgeous.

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  16. Gabrielle16 July 2012 at 12:29

    Blimey that background is just what my tired eyes needed! So pretty and bright. Love the stamp and he embossing as it really showed the technique to its best. Mwah x

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  17. Redanne17 July 2012 at 20:53

    A really beautiful card Helen, love the fabulous colours and the embossing is a lovely touch. Your spritz and flick show up well too. A x

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  18. alison18 July 2012 at 19:30

    Gorgeous card Helen! Picked Raspberry is such a fab colour - my new fave! x

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