I have another set of yellow poppies to share that went up on the Memory Box Blog today. These poppies were created with the Playful Poppies Embossing Folder. It creates a very deep impression, causing me to make some adjustments to the “sandwich” I used on my die cutting machine. I also discovered that using Letterpress paper, lightly sprayed, gave the best result.
I had hoped to create red poppies, but I couldn’t find the right combination of inks, so went back to yellow and orange, using the accompanying stencil to color them. I used five shades of yellow and orange inks from Pinkfresh Studio for the flowers, and two green inks for the leaves.
I added the stamens with a Micron 02 pen and the anthers with a black Glaze Pen. A Thinking of You Gold embossed Black Greeting Tab was added for the sentiment.
A blogger friend from England mentioned seeing signs of spring already. There’s nothing but white outside my window, and the wind chill is bitterly cold.
It’s been awhile since I played along with Simon Says Wednesday Challenge, but they’re looking for stencils this week.
What a beautiful textured effect you have achieved with all your efforts! The poppies look so real and vibrant. Five different shades? Must have taken ages.
You must be getting weary of all that snow. Feel for you. Keep the faith!
What a beautiful textured effect you have created. The poppies look amazing and so realistic! Must have taken you ages to blend all those inks, but so worthwhile.
Sorry the snow is getting to you. Keep the faith – spring will surely follow! 🌼
Beautiful card – I just want to reach out & sniff those flowers. I’ve tried the light water spray on paper before embossing a sunflower panel – what a difference it made to the depth of texture.
We don’t know what to do with all the snow & it just keeps coming. The mound near the end of the driveway is about 5 feet!!! I know it is good for all the farmers & the forests (moist into the soil) but enough! And there’s a another big storm on the way for Sunday … thank goodness for indoor crafting (col).
Absolutely gorgeous! You got perfect results using the stencils over the embossing!
Gorgeous as can be!
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