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Monday 29 June 2015

Inspired by an English Country Garden #7

On our recent trip to West Green House, one particularly striking display was a row of alliums (or should that be allia?) that were really over, but rather than being cut down, had been left to turn brown so their spiky brown spheres contrasted strikingly against the lush green lawns beyond them.

I wanted to try to recreate this with a diecut, but didn't have an allium die - so I've used the Memory Box Chloe die to give a similar effect, adding a sprig of foliage cut with a Spellbinders Sprigs die. The diecuts are a pearlescent dark brown in real life, but I think the reflection from the pearlescence has made them look almost black in the photo. The background is made by covering an acrylic block with green ink and spraying it with water.



I'm sharing this with
Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge - use two colours
Pixie's Snippets Playground (as the brown card was from my snippets box) - week 183
Less is More - sketch challenge




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11 comments:

  1. Sarn29 June 2015 at 14:21

    Simply LOVELY xxx

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  2. Di29 June 2015 at 16:24

    Fabulous Jane, you used a technique for the background I'd forgotten all about :) And the Allium plus foliage is so striking too.

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  3. Julie B29 June 2015 at 21:18

    This is fab Jane, love the olive green and black combo. I love alliums as well, I've put my pot in the wild flower meadow to die back as the leaves look so sad but as you say the stems are stunning. :)

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  4. Kathyk29 June 2015 at 21:58

    Lovely - fab colour too

    KAthyk

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  5. Crafty Judith29 June 2015 at 23:23

    fabulous card hun and thank you for joining us at Suzy Bee/s this week crafty hugs Judith DT x

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  6. Cardsbymaaike30 June 2015 at 08:35

    simple but effective, well done

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  7. SYLVIA-ANNE30 June 2015 at 22:29

    Classy design and a fabulous colour combo. Love it!
    Sylvia x

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  8. Anne1 July 2015 at 07:33

    Gorgeous colours Jane, they are really inspired by the alliums that have finished flowering! Fab
    Thanks for joining us this week
    Anne
    Less is More

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  9. Sazzle Dazzle1 July 2015 at 17:08

    Clever and classy, gorgeous stamping Jane and love your neat background
    Great take on the sketch
    Thanks so much for sharing and taking part.
    Sarah xx
    Less is More

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  10. Neets B2 July 2015 at 23:31

    Love your acrylic block stamping, gorgeous olive green with the black too.
    Thanks for sharing with us.
    Anita x
    Less is More

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  11. Monika Reeck3 July 2015 at 21:23

    wooww that flower DIE I love it
    and that olive green background looks beautiful Jane
    Love your take on that sketch so clever made
    hugs, Monika

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