It's Sarah's turn to host the theme at Allsorts and she has chosen the them 'True Blue' and our sponsors this week are Pretty Little Ribbons and FlonzCraft.
At the top is a canvas which was a lovely bit of inky indugence, I started by covering the frame with a couple of layers of gesso, then stippling the edges with acrylic pain applied by splodging........another technical term........with a polythene bag to give a lovely textured finish. I coloured the inner of the frame with Pan Pastels and then stamped Hero Arts and Inkylicious poppies which I coloured in with distress markers.
For my second piece I have managed to combine products from both of our sponsors, the border stamp is FlonzCraft Baroque corner stamped onto a background created with tea dye and broke chine distress inks and a spritzing of dazzling diamonds glimmer mist. I randomly stamped the centre of the piece with wire and butterfly stamps then added a couple of roses made with blue satin ribbon from Pretty Little Ribbons and swirls using a Cheery Lynn die and spellbinder leaves. The butterfly is also a spellbinder die.
The winner of last weeks card is............Kathleen, well done please mail me with your postal addy. And this week I have another set of 10 Elegant Tent Cards and envelopes on offer. As usual a winner will be selected at random from all comments left this week, if you visit more than once then all comments will go into the draw. All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is:
1) Be a follower
2) Pop the Saturday Candy logo from my sidebar on your own blog
Note the new signature at the bottom, isn't it pretty, a very kind blog friend Julie sent it to me, thank you so much Julie.
Happy weekend to you all.
The winner of last weeks card is............Kathleen, well done please mail me with your postal addy. And this week I have another set of 10 Elegant Tent Cards and envelopes on offer. As usual a winner will be selected at random from all comments left this week, if you visit more than once then all comments will go into the draw. All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is:1) Be a follower
2) Pop the Saturday Candy logo from my sidebar on your own blog
Note the new signature at the bottom, isn't it pretty, a very kind blog friend Julie sent it to me, thank you so much Julie.
Happy weekend to you all.
92 comments:
Love the blue poppies Brenda and the second card is stylish also. beautiful. xxx
Love your blue cards Brenda especially the gorgeous poppies
jacqui x
pretty blue poppies and butterfly. love to have this brenda
Wow ! superb work Brenda ! The both are beautiful !
Have a super week-end !
xxx
Love Blue cards and yours are Stunners Brenda, so love the Blue Poppies and those Ribbon Roses are lush. Have a lovely weekend. Carolxx
Two beautiful blue creations b, love the spell binders butterfly die Tracy x
lovely frame Brenda!! the edges with the sponged acrylic paint..wow ...i love the effect....
And the card looks awesome too.love the way you have merged the two such contrasting colors...esp in the background...
The ribbon flowers are gorgeous and the colour combination of blue and gold turned out really nice. Love your work.
Brenda the cards are absolutely gorgeous and I have to say the top one is my favourite.
Love the effect from the plastic bag and acrylics.
Will have to try that myself as my sons has a tonne of acrylics for his art course.
Glad you like the signature hun.
Oh and the border round it is because in your template settings you have it set so there is a border round all images. If you want to get rid of it you just set it to 0 :)
That first one is such a beauty - the blue poppies & the birds against that sun just terrific & I love the touch of purple mistiness in the sky too.
The contrast of the golden filigree wings on the butterfly with the solid wings beneath brings ut the lovely pattern of your background paper & I love the varied stamping of your main background panel.
The pale blue silky roses just lift the whole beautifully in both texture & colour.
Paula (PEP)
Both beautiful pieces, Brenda,
Rosie x
Loving the royal deep blues, how effective do those poppies look in a contrast colour!
Have a great weekend Brenda!
I love your gorgeous blue poppies scene, especially the way you have used many mediums
Oooh!! Love 'em both, but especially the canvas, which is stunning! x
Beautiful canvas and a lovely card,love that wire netting stamp
Hmm, maybe I should add gesso to my ever growing wishlist, because I've seen some fun techniques using gesso lately. Also love the soft background of your second card, Brenda, and those ribbon roses look fabulous. Have a wonderful weekend!
Marianne x
Such beautiful creations Brenda, love the blue shades and gorgeous designs. I also wanted to tell you that I loved your photos of all the gorgeousness in your garden. Simply stunning, wish it looked like that in my backyard!
you may get this twice cos blogger threw a hissy fit!
I love the canvas, the frame looks superb, but I absolute adore the blue poppies!! Have a good weekend.
Both are beautiful Brenda. I love your new signature. Happy Weekend. Nicola x
Two beautiful creations.
Congratulations Kathleen!
Gorgeous projects Brenda!
both are wonderful Brenda - I especially love the blue poppies xx
These projects are stunning. I really love them. I'd love to have this frame on my wall :) Blue is my favorate color. You are so talented, Brenda.
Hugs
Eret
Hi my dear friend^_^
Your creations are fabulous ^_^ Feeling blue today^_^
You are very talented^_^
Have a beautiful weekend^_^
Hugs,
Sonia
Lovely cards!Loved the blue canvas frame!
Happy weekend,-))m
WOW!!! Totally stunning Brenda.
Wonderful blue poppies. I love the designs, gorgeous shades of blue and beautiful detailing. The flowers made from ribbon looks so pretty too.
I hope you are having a good weekend
Sue xx
These are just so beautiful Brenda. love the layouts and images with all the blue. Love the butterflies but then I seem to have a bit of an obsession with these(lol). Great card on offer again and thanks for the chance
x catherine
Both are gorgeous, Brenda! Love the way you used the inkylicious poppies too. Must have a chat soon x
Love both cards, but my fave has to be the blue poppies
Stunning canvas and a beautiful card too Brenda. Love both of these and I would never have thought to colour the poppies in blue - will have to try colouring them in blue the next time I stamp some - ty for the inspiration and for the chance to win some lovely goodies Karen x
Beautiful ribbon roses B. What a fab idea x
Wowzers, two gorgeous cards again. Love that pretty swirl diecut on that 2nd card and love the blue poppies on the first one! And thank you for another Saturday candy. Hugs Frea
These are absolutely beautiful Brenda it is lovely to see the poppies in a different colour they still look stunning, awesome work.
hugs
lorraine x
Your canvas and card are both gorgeous Brenda! Both beautiful made and the card is so elegant. hugs, Marlies
This is beautiful....love them all especially the 1st picture. Amazing creation.
Gorgeous canvas Brenda and the corner stamp is ace :)
Have a good weekend
Von ♥
Oh, I love the first piece. The background is a perfect frame and then the blue poppies. Perfect
Blue is beautiful! Your poppies look like Himalayan poppies which are amazingly beautiful. I tried to grow them from seed once. I had to put them in the fridge to germinate. Nothing happened :( One day I will buy my self a full grow plant! Anyway, both your cards are gorgeous! And your candy is lovely too :)
Pearl x
Gorgeous card Brenda, I just LOVE the blue poppies, stunning!
Have a lovely weekend
Lorraine x
Hi Brenda, Ooooh that blue poppy is gorgeous! That is one very pretty frame. Your card is beautiful as well and your new poppy signature is lovely! Pauline xx
these are both gorgeous projects brenda! i love the techniques you've used; i always learn something new when i visit.
hugs, linda
Oooh lovely cards
Jackie x
These are both gorgeous Brenda. Love the flowers and butterflies on the card. But I'm sure you could guess that my favourite is the poppy canvas. It's stunning. The poppies look amazing in blue.
Have a lovely weekend.
Kat xx
Oh these are fab, don't know which I like most!
Both of your projects are beautiful. I am not really a 'blue' person, but these are so appealing - especially the poppies
Wow Brenda I just love your canvass and the poppies look amazing in blue. Your card is lovely too, love the flowers and butterfly xx
I love the blue peace of art anfd the lovely card as well as you new signature - love the flower and coloure
Two beautiful blue creations, love Ribbon Roses are lush and the butterfly die. hugs, Helena
The blue poppy card is totally fabulous, I love it to bits and just love the way you have used the two stamps.
The second card is also stunning but afraid it is only second to the poppy card.
Kath x
Fab, love the blue poppies
beautiful cards!! I like the first one, with all the flowers, colours and how you made it to a scene. very lovely. the second card find I the flowers very special made. looks beautiful.
greetings
beautiful cards, like the frame on the first one !!!!
Paula
Wow Brenda, you made some lovely creations! I love all the blue you used and your new logo is so pretty! Hugs, Hanneke
Beautiful cards! Love the ribbon roses!
These are just gorgeous! Loving that frame around the poppies, the dies you used and especially the ribbon flower! Hugs, Robin
Beautiful designs again Brenda. Love the blue poppies on the first and the combination of images & die cuts on the 2nd. I hope you are having a great weekend, Shirleyx
Hi Brenda, Both cards are really beautiful, but I love those blue poppies!!!
Kevin xx
beautiful blue creations, I have made a poppy card too , they are a lovely sight what ever colour. Love your canvas , great keepsake.
janex
I love blues and your cards are gorgeous.
Thank you for the chance to win.
Hugz
Ea
OMG Brenda, I always love your work but you have surpassed yourself with these two wonderful designs. I wouldn't like to choose a favourite becaye I love them both :o)
Jackie x
Wonderful cards but my favourite has to be the poppies.
luv
Debby
Gorgeous cards Brenda. The blue poppies are gorgeous and the background stamping and inking on the second is so beautifully subtle. Love the wire stamping.
Fab new signature - very you.
Beryl xx
Gorgeous blue creations Brenda, I am fascinated by the canvas you made. How kind Julie was to send you that new signature, it is perfect for your blog x
More poppies! Look lovely in blue. Love the details on the second one, those inked butterflies look lovely. great new signature too!
Lynn x
Both are so gorgeous, what a great blue colour! Great job :-))
Hugs, Andreja
Two gorgeous cards, I absolutely love the blue poppies - divine.
Pat xx
Two lovely creations Brenda. I do favour the first one as I love poppies and they look so different coloured Blue rather than the usual Red. I would not have thought to do that.
Shirley
Gorgeous craetions Brenda. Especially the blue poppies!!!
xxx Marianne
lovely card
and lovely candy :)
Blue is my favorite colour so the blue poppies are great! The frame has turned out beautifully; thanks for the discription! The die and framestamp are great toghether! Such a good fit! Hugs, Gerrina
Stunning creations Brenda, Love the blue...The poppies are AmAzing....Hugs May x x x
Brenda, beautiful fantasy artwork on your canvas. LOVE seeing all the new techniques you are trying. Thank you for the inspiration to spread my wings, too. Both pieces of artwork are gorgeous - love that corner image you used. And the True Blue colors look so pretty - there are lots of shades of blue, but nothing compares to true blue, does it? Brenda, did you make your satin ribbon flowers, or did you purchase them? If you made them, is there a tutorial somewhere on line that you used? Beautiful card, and lovely canvas. hugs, de
How fantastic, both of your pieces are fantastic. Love the blue color scheme.
Fabulous ones. Blue is my favorite color so of course I love both cards. The poppies look amazing.
Hugs,
Eemeli
Wow, these are both beautiful projects. I love all the blue.
My favorite color is BLUE!!! I love how you created these wonderful cards with the poppies and the butterfly... :) Inspiring
Two lovely bluye projects, Brenda! Love the stamped scene you've created for the flowers on the canvas!
Blue is my favourite colour, but for some reason I don't use it on my craft projects as often as I wish. Hmmm ... I wonder why ... Anyways ... I'm here to write a couple of words about your projects and not babble about other things. ;) That being said, I have to tell you that I just love the canvas you created. The sky comes in all those beautiful shades. Wow, it's a pleasure to look at it as well as relaxing. And I love the card too. Those flowers are amazing and the butterfly die you used is fab. Awesome work! Hugs! xx
Beautiful blues cards, Brenda! Love the result of the technique of using the polythene bag for the bg. I tried it before and you've inspired me to use this technique again!
Hi Brenda, loving the blue colour! Fabulous texture you have achieved with the paint effects on the frame and the poppies are beautiful. Love the ribbon roses on your second piece. Maddy x
Beautiful cards Brenda love the blue color.
Gr Elly
Two beautiful creations Brenda..they are both fabulous but I think my favourite has to be your blue poppies.
Anne
These are both so beautiful, I love the poppies in the frame they look fabulous in the blue and the stamps, die cuts and flowers on the card are all so pretty
Lindsay xx
Brenda you do blue so well, these are absolutely stunning!
Hi Brenda,
Gorgeous creations, love all your details, and wonderful inking too.
Happy crafting
Tracy x
Both cards are just stunning!! Hugs Juls xxx
Love your blue cards and your new signature too how kind!! Shaz in oz.x
Oooh... Brenda I love your poppy canvas and the different techniques you've used to create it. Love how you've created the skyline and those sets of poppy stamps go together so well. Lovely work.
Liz xx
All the pretty blues! Stunning blue poppies Brenda. The stamped background on the second one is beautiful. Michelle x
Loving all the techniques you used on both of these...especially making that sort of border around the second and the random chicken wire stamping and butterflies added!
Lovely picture and card!
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Hugs
Bridie
lovely frames:) i like blue a lot!
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