Saturday 15 September 2018

Heading for Scotland!

I made this CAS card recently for a card swap and can post it on my blog now I know it's been received.  When I discovered the recipient lives in Scotland, I decided to make a card with a Scottish flavour.

The thistle (the national floral emblem of Scotland) is a Woodware stamp. It's stamped with Memento 'Tuxedo Black' and coloured with Promarkers.   The sentiment stamp is from the Happy Little Stampers 'Whimsical Friends' set of stamps.  I layered the image on a green mat, leaving just a thin border.  To keep the Scottish theme, I used an Xcut tartan embossing folder for the background. 

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30 comments:

  1. What a lovely card this is Liz. I really like the colours and what a useful stamp. Barbxx

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  2. What a great card to send to Scotland. I love the check embossed background to go with the thistle x

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  3. This is a beautiful thistle image Liz and I love how you have coloured it, and the tartan embossed background is just perfect, and I love how the purple complements the thistle flowers so prettily. x

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  4. Perfect card for your card swap Liz, bet the recipient was thrilled with it!
    Chris
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  5. Hi Liz, this is just beautiful and the stamp is a stunner coloured with my fav colour...gorgeous.xx

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  6. Hi Liz, a wonderful card with the lovely Scottish Thistle stamped on it, the tartan embossing folder works perfectly with the stamp... have a wonderful week... Megan

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  7. Love the fab image,this is gorgeous.xxx

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  8. A beautiful card Liz and I love the colour combination x

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  9. THis is beautiful Liz, the thistle is a reallky striking image and carrying the colour through to the backing layer really draws it all together bautifully. Many thanks for joining us at Penny Black and More challenge this month.

    B x

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  10. Beautifully coloured thistles Liz, love the tartan embossing folder

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  11. Hi Liz such a pretty card,well done my friend xx

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  12. Hi Liz beautiful card my friend,well done xx

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  13. Beautiful card! Thanks for joining us at Penny Black & More Challenge!
    x Daniela (DT)

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  14. Love this - wonder why? The thistle is beautifully colored and that tartan embossing folder is awesome! One I do not have - yet!! I'm sure your Scottish friend will love this!

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  15. This is so gorgeous!! I love the beautiful thistle and the tartan embossing!! I know your Scottish friend adored this!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  16. Beautiful image and wonderful coloring here too This is my favorite color combo, so it works for me :)

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  17. How wonderful that you were able to use products to make her a card with Scotland ties. It is just lovely and I know she will appreciate it.

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  18. Beautiful card design and wonderful colors too.

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  19. Love the Scottish theme running through the whole of your fabulous card x

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  20. Love this card especially as I’m part Scots!

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  21. Sweet card Liz! Love thistles! xx

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  22. Oh this is super, what a great card and so right for the recipient, Thanks for sharing on a Gem of a Challenge this fortnight, Hazelx

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  23. What a beautiful and fun card Liz! I love the purples you used, the thistle stamp is so cool looking-is this how they look in Scotland? Ours look different, but the same. I know that doesn't make sense, but they are close. The head just looks different I think. I am loving that beautiful embossing folder too! Well done! Hugs, Brenda

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    1. I used a bit of artistic license colouring the thistles, Brenda. 😊 The part I've coloured purple should really be green and just the fluffy bit at the top purple, but I wanted to make the thistles appear more purple. xx

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  24. It looks beautiful! Love the purple (one of my favorite colours...)! Hugs, Gerrina

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  25. A beautiful card Liz, the embossing folder looks fab in purple too.
    Janice x

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  26. A lovely card Liz and perfect for a Scottish card. Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Penny Black and More Challenges xxx

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  27. how lovely, fresh and clean.

    Thanks so much for playing along with The Flower Challenge.
    :) Karen

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