Tuesday 4 February 2020

Flower of Scotland

I know my card has arrived at its destination in Scotland,  so I can share it now on my blog. 

As the thistle is the flower of Scotland,  I knew this was the image I wanted to use.  The thistle is a Woodware stamp and to make it two tone, I stamped it with Memento 'Tuxedo Black' after rubbing the ink off the flower ends and colouring with a purple Marvy pen instead.  The image was coloured with Promarkers.   I added a gold Card Candi to pick out the gold in the Stampin' Up plaid paper.  The sentiment is a Stamps by Chloe stamp and the matted sentiment is raised up on foam pads.

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30 comments:

  1. Beautiful design Liz, love the thistle and I recognised the SU paper as I too have it

    June x

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  2. This looks great on the blog but I can definitely say it looks amazing in real life...I am the lucky recipient of it, along with my wonderful prize from Liz x. The thistle image is contemporary and beautifully coloured and the plaid paper has striking gold lines and a shimmery effect to it. As I live in Scotland, Liz was so very thoughtful to make it for me. I truly appreciate it, thanks again and it's a keeper x.

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  3. Pretty image! Love that plaid background too!

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  4. What a gorgeous card Liz, the background tartan/plaid is perfect too x

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  5. Beautiful thistle stamp in gorgeous colours love the tartan background

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  6. Love your thistle stamp Liz, set against the tartan background...perfect combination!
    Janice x

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  7. I never knew that was the flower of Scotland. Beautiful!!! Love the plaid.
    Lynn

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  8. That's a nice card with thought gone into the pretty design. The tartan patterned paper looks lovely as a backdrop for the thistle x

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  9. Great card Liz..love that tartan!

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  10. Nice card. The paper is lovely, too. [Bunny]

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  11. Oh Liz, from the thistle to the tartan, this is gorgeous! I learned something new today - the flower of Scotland!

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  12. Beautiful coloring of the thistle & I love that plaid!

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  13. Beautiful Liz, the flower is so pretty.xx

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  14. Beautiful card Liz and I love the plaid backing paper looks great with your image

    Anne

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  15. Lovely image and the plaid paper is so right with it. Clever trick with the thistle heads.

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  16. A beautiful thistle Liz and love that pretty tartan paper and Mac obviously loved it too. x

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  17. Really Beautiful Liz, love the the thistle ends they look so furry! the tartan is a perfect match, Gorgeous card.
    Faith x

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  18. Beautiful card with the thistle. I love the plaid you paired with it too. And I was surprised it was the flower of Scotland. Here on our farms we try to eradicate it as we think of it as a noxious weed. But I always did admire the pretty blooms they had.

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  19. I really like how you colored the thistle with a combo of ink and markers to give it a realistic look! A wonderful match to that great plaid too!

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  20. Beautiful card you created Liz.
    Pam x

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  21. This is awesome. Love how you thought to do what you did with the ends of the flowers - so clever!

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  22. A beautiful stylish card Liz. The Scotish reciptient will love it. Thanks for joining our challenge at Stamping Sensations. Marlies

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  23. Wow, fabulous Scottish look and it's so elegant!

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  24. A beautiful card Liz, a lovely image.
    Valerija xx

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  25. The perfect Scottish themed card Liz - very well thought out. Shabneez x

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  26. A lovely card ,love the thistle image and the tartan

    Thanks for joining us at stamping Sensations this month

    Joan

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  27. A fabulous card Liz, a super thistle stamp and perfect plaid paper.
    Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
    x

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  28. Wonderful card, love that you matched the Thistle with some tartan paper. Thanks for joining us at CHNC Patterned Paper Challenge this month.

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  29. Great image and beautiful card, Liz! I like the plaid paper as well! Hope you're having a nice weekend!

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  30. Those flowers look great on that warm-coloured plaid! Hugs, Gerrina

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