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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Muse # 150

Jenni has a beautiful card for this week's MUSE Challenge.
That flower from Clearly Besotted is the first flowers I purchased from that company, (Happy Everything). it is my favorite and I absolutely loved Jenni's card and design.
I would have liked to just copy the whole thing!
Since I am taking the Online Watercolor class, I thought I would use some of the techniques on this card.
I embossed the wonky chevron (MFT) and then did a water brush background going from a darker gray to a lighter gray.
I did the drop in technique from Altenew that I learned last week when I watercolored the flower.  I added the same Pearl Pen drops for the center of the flowers as Jenni did.
I think this makes a striking card and perfect for either sympathy or praying for you.
 
Here is Jenni's card!

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12 comments:

Birgit said...

Gorgeous! Another beautiful card!

Jenni's Jems said...

Love this ! and will be giving your technique a go the next time I have this stamp out,loved how the it coloured the centre of your flowers!! x

SonjaK said...

Such a beautiful card. Love how you've taken so many elements from Jenni's Muse card and nonetheless made the project your own.

Bonnie said...

Beautiful flowers and background, Colleen! I love the contrast with the black and white sentiment!

Janet a.k.a. swanlady21 said...

Love how you created that background.

Ardyth said...

Love the pretty pink shading on the blossom, it really pops! So glad you joined us at Muse this week!

Darnell said...

Wow, great job, Colleen! Your rendition of Jenni's card is extraordinary!! Hugs, Darnell

~amy~ said...

This is gorgeous. Love how you were inspired.

Kimberly Rendino said...

So very pretty!!!!!

Linda said...

Beautiful, Col.

Greta said...

Absolutely beautiful, Colleen!

Greta said...

& congrats on the Top 3--well-deserved!