I was playing with some watercolour paper and Distress Oxides the other day, trying to follow a video tutorial. My effort didn’t really go as planned and certainly didn’t look anything like the tutorial, but it was with some purples. Once it was dry I wondered how I could use it but it still seemed to need more ink. I had a stamp set on my desk by GKD called Tiny Textures and I took the splash/splatter stamp and added some more ink to the initial piece. It filled in more of the area and I liked how it looked. While it was drying I stamped the lavender onto some scrap paper using Blueprint Sketch which actually dried more like the real flowers look. I fussy cut most of it out and glued into a small bouquet adding the ribbon to finish it. I added some lavender(ish) mirri card to the card front and glued the focal piece on top. Then I stamped the sentiment with another GKD set called Scripty Sayings cutting it as shown and adding some ink around the edges. I also brushed some perfect pearl powder over the inked panel for some shimmer and set it with a bit of water.
Lavender House Creations 
Stunning!
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Thanks Diana
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The background turned out quite well with the addition of the spatters. Great job of fussy cutting. The lavender looks lovely with the sweet bow.
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Thanks Judy – Glad you like it. The fussy cutting was a challenge but it worked.
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All this needs now is a drop of lavender essential oil and it will be realistic. You did such an outstanding job on the bg that i hope to see more in different colors?
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Maybe I’ll add some essential oil when I mail it. Glad you like it.
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Very pretty and creative background for your pretty card!! Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
Diane DD DT
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Thanks so much. I really like your challenges so participate as often as I can.
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OH WOW this is so cool … I LOVE your background! Nicely done!! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Lavenders~Lilacs~Purples’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
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I’m so happy you like it. It was a fun challenge thank you.
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Amazing background for a beautiful card.
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thanks so much
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I’m not sure what you originally planned or what the sample in the tutorial looked like, but your background panel looks AMAZING! Beautiful card!!
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This was supposed to use the lavender stamp wet over the dry inks to create an impression that would be white as the colour lifted off. Didn’t work and looked a mess. Tried twice and the other one isn’t good either. Will fix it eventually. I used more ink to give more colour and to cover up the mess. Worked well considering. Glad you like it.
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Johanna, this is beautiful! I like the look of the texture stamp here and there, too. It adds color and the impression of texture. Great job on all of it.
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Thanks – I still have it on my cabinet so I can view it for a while.
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I love that! Let it inspire you to make more similar cards.
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Amazing background and all that fussy cutting….WOW.
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Thanks Gayle. Fussy cutting was the hardest part of this one. Did it while listening the evening news.
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So beautiful in every way. Lovely image, colour and design detail. Thanks for sharing with us at Double “D” Challenge.
Amelia (Double “D” Challenge Design Team)
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Thanks Amelia – I like these challenges and had fun creating.
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So beautiful in every way. Lovely design detail. Thanks for sharing with us at Double “D” Challenge.
Amelia (Double “D” Challenge Design Team)
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