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Hello and welcome back. I’m so excited to be participating in Altenew’s July 2019 Inspiration Challenge hosted by the lovely and talented Therese. ( You can view the Inspiration Challenge post HERE)

I loved this combination of colours and my mind started whirling with possibilities. I definitely knew that I’d use these gorgeous colours as my inspiration. They remind me of my childhood tropical Queensland home and growing up with a garden full of such glorious colours.

Currently I am taking the Altenew Academy Easy Ink Blending Techniques class and I knew that these techniques were exactly what I needed for the colour blend.

I blended Altenew’s Sunkissed and Orange Cream inks onto Bristol paper and then splattered with gold paints. Don’t you just love the vibrant blend?

Next I stamped the image from the Build-a-Flower: Hyacinth set in inks from the Cherry Blossom and Green Meadows sets. I have hyacinths flowering in my garden right now and they fill me with such joy.

I cut the image with the coordinating die and added depth to the stamping using Polychromos pencils in matching shades.

To finish up I stamped the sentiment from the same Hyacinth set and added embellishments.

I was so pleased with the result and I felt like this card blew a breath of tropical air into my cold wintery Melbourne day.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope my card blew a small tropical breeze into your life. Have a wonderful day and keep smiling.

 

 

 

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