Just finished watching the Wimbledon Men's Final, not a classic as it looked for awhile like a one horse race but Kevin Anderson put up a fight and almost took it to a fourth set before Novak Djokovic won the third set tie break. There have been some fantastic 5 setters in the run up to the final so it was great that it wasn't a total damp squib!
If it wasn't for Wimbledon and the heat I would have been out gardening as I try to wrest borders from the grasp of the old meadow. I'm in constant battle with the buttercups and twitch that threatens my newly dug borders but the hot weather has at least kept the slugs at bay!
The OH and I have been indulging in a few NGS Yellow Book visits to get inspiration over the last couple of months. It was good to see what other local gardens were like, not all were regimented and weed free so it gave me the push I needed to keep going and also indulge in a bit of retail therapy! As we were expecting rain on Thursday, I was out early on in the morning to plant my purchases as it was no good earlier as the ground was so dry and dire warnings of hose pipe bans! The golf course across the road would seem to have been tankering in water for the greens! Fortunately we had about an inch of very welcome rain and there was more forecast for the Friday but that didn't materialise, hopefully the blue on the weather map for tomorrow is going to be more reliable as we sorely need it.
Any way, earlier today I shared this card using a pixel style colouring technique. I wasn't sure if the effect worked so tried again using MFT's Framework background stamped in Memento London Fog on MM paper.
This time I used the flowers from Altenew's Adore You set, as the flowers were less detailed than the roses and a more graphic way of colouring the pixels. The layout is based on this card and I did mean to use the same colour as before but picked up a different blue Zig so had to stick with it! This time I coloured each triangle with solid colour and the end result is somewhat Cubist in it's feel. The flowers were coloured using shades of grey just like the earlier try.
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I absolutely love this card, the effect and effort this must take boggles my mind! Totally gorgeous. Thanks so much for joining us at The Flower Challenge.
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Um. Wow. This card is amazing, Jules. I have no idea how you actually did that. But it's amazing. Hope your gardening turns into fun one day soon. We need the rain too...
ReplyDeleteThat's really clever, mum.
ReplyDeleteThis looks stunning Julie ..... what a fabulous effect. Thanks for playing along with the Craft Stamper challenge xx
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing card Julie, the effect is like nothing I have ever seen before and you must be delighted with it. I am guessing you will be featuring on the NGS to d a garden page next year then?!! We have one in the next village, Frankham Farm, that is a constant source of inspiration for me. Mr & Mrs Earle are no longer with us but their garden is still tended with love. Its Beautiful xx
ReplyDeleteI love how you did this. Awesome
ReplyDeleteWow this really works Julie, I love the look. It has so much depth and looks full of texture. Amazing card and thanks for joining Ink
ReplyDeleteThat's a beauty of a background, Jules. Love the colour graduation! Thanks so much for playing along at Inkspirational xx
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh ... another beauty with this technique Jules. I love this design! xx
ReplyDeleteA beautiful card and a fantastic effect with the background. Great job on the colouring! Thanks for joining our challenge at Stamping Sensations. Marlies
ReplyDeletegorgeous, I love the monochrome colour and the shading. you have inspired me to try this :)
ReplyDeleteWow, what beautiful effect. Beautiful card.
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This one is just as wonderful as your first, both look amazing and you have made it look so easy. Fantastic card. Thank you so much for joining us at The Flower Challenge and we hope to see you there again soon. Aileen DesignTeam
ReplyDeleteThis is SUPER cool Julie!! LOVE your pixelated technique:)
ReplyDeleteWow Julie you have taken the pixel look to next level with those tiny triangles and you have colored them so well that they look very dimensional !! Loved it to the bits and Congratulations on your win(s)
ReplyDeleteStunning, Julie... and a well deserved win at TFC! I so want to try this, but am too chicken! 😂
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