Today I is all about Flora and Fauna! This is a new {to me} company that I found once I started checking out the paper crafting world again. And I absolutely fell in LOVE with their stamp sets & diecut designs!
Today I've created a galaxy watercolor background, and featured the Iceberg die, along with a sentiment from the Winter Woodland stamp set! (All products are linked at the end of the post.) Here is how it turned out!
I'm a little rusty when it comes to watercolor, so I will be honest and say this was my second attempt at the background. The first one just looked a bit muddy in the sky. Now, the first one did have a better iceberg reflection, but there wasn't a way to combine the two...and I decided that better sky was more important!
I went to Alaska this summer, and got to see a huge glacier, and icebergs in the sound as we were traveling towards the glacier. It was AMAZING. And I think that is what drew me to this metal die! Now technically, icebergs aren't white. They are the color of the water...but I'm pretending that this iceberg just got covered in a fresh dusting of snow that happens to be sparkling in the moonlight. :)
Oh my goodness...I LOVE how this card turned out! I'm so partial to that iceberg die, and I know I will be using it over & over again! The Winter Woodland stamp set has even more adorable sentiments & images in it, and I know that it will be put to great use as this holiday & winter season continues!
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Card Challenges:
-a2z Scrabooking October challenge - Watercolor
-Just Us Girls #414 - Light
-Addicted to Stamps #263 - Holidays
-Happy Little Stampers October challenge - Watercolor
-Happy Little Stampers October challenge - Christmas
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48 comments
That's a gorgeous card ! Galaxy background is so stunning ! And even if the iceberg die-cut isn't that accurate to real life, it's still pretty great !
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! Love the sky you created and the iceberg die!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing about Halloween creating are the color combos... love black, orange, purple, green and dark blue or combos of those! Perfect for a Halloween scene!
The Winter Woodland set is delightful! Thanks for the chance to win it!
Wow, Lea! This is just AMAZING! I love that iceberg die and your beautiful galaxy background. I don't do Halloween crafting, but I do make harvest/autumn cards and projects. I love making them because of the colors, the coziness and warmth that they exude and how happy they make me feel as I make them and how happy they make my recipients feel.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to see you back creating again I am a huge fan! This card is gorgeous! You sky background is awesome and icebergs can be any color we choose them to be! Thrilled to have you in our gallery at Just Us Girls!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous sky. Good choice to pick the sky as most important!
ReplyDeleteGreat watercolor sky for your background. I haven't gone up the Inland Passage yet, but I'm contemplating it. So glad you hear you had such a good time. So glad you joined us at A2Z Scrapbooking for our watercolor challenge.
ReplyDeleteThat watercolor background is gorgeous! It's amazing how intense the colors are. Thanks for playing with us again this week at JUGS!
ReplyDeleteWhat a totally stunning card. That background is spectacular! Makes me feel cold just looking at this icy scene. I've never been to Alaska....the coldest place I've ever been is right here in Idaho.
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Stunning use of colours on your background, absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for playing at HLS Christmas challenge.
ReplyDeleteFantastic galaxy background. I probably would have skipped right over that iceberg die, but you really took this idea and ran with it. You are so talented. The crafting world is fortunate to have you back.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't look like you're rusty--gorgeous galaxy background!
ReplyDeleteLove the galaxy background. I don't think I have traveled anywhere that gets super cold but I do live in NE Ohio that sometimes has cold winters.
ReplyDeleteI love Flora and Fauna too. Stunning card thank you for sharing it at Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge.
ReplyDeleteSuper cool design!!! Thanks for joining in the fun at a2z.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful card. The coldest place I've ever been is to the movie theatre. I live in the tropics. I've visited the USA, but during the summer months.
ReplyDeleteI live in Northern
ReplyDeleteUtahand it can get
cold! Beautiful
sky on your card.
Carla from Utah
Lovely card, Lea. Beautiful background and cool iceberg. ;) Thanks for playing along at HLS Watercolor Challenge for October.
ReplyDeleteLove your galaxy BG love that pink and purple between black BG
ReplyDeletewonderfully made
Many thanks for joining with us at ATSM this time
hug
Monika
The coldest place I've ever been is probably my own backyard. I live in Ohio and it has been the negatives but I've never really travelled anywhere colder.
ReplyDeleteI love creating Halloween decor. Banners, witches, ghosts, it'seems just so fun!
ReplyDeleteI'm such a fan of Flora and Fauna's fun designs. And I always love a good galaxy! What a lovely card!
ReplyDeleteThe coldest place I've ever been was to Toronto Canada!! went there many years ago to see Phantom of the Opera and it was below zero. Your card is very nice!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing card and the water coloring is beautiful
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! Thanks so much for linking up at a2z's Oct Challenge!
ReplyDeleteWisconsin, where I live! Beautiful card.
ReplyDeleteI have not used flora and fauna. Products before!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card!! The coldest place I have ever visited is Northern NH where I grew up. Sometimes got to 10-15 below zero with a wind chill.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous background for your iceberg; it reminds me of the Northern Lights that we often see when we visit my grandparents (now my mom's) farm in northern Alberta. Coldest place I've been - the nights when we were on our trek to Everest Base Camp...days were lovely, but the nights! Freezing! I slept wearing my down jacket and several other layers of clothes inside my down sleeping bag...and still shivered! We won't discuss how chilly it was to crawl out of bed in the morning. Brrrrr!
ReplyDelete~carol
Idaho! We've gotten to minus temps and that's pretty darn cold. AND, its even colder when you have to walk a mile to the snow covered cold cold card... Its so cold you cant even unlock the door cause the lock is frozen :)
ReplyDeleteThese cute little images on the wooden stamp is so sweet and so cute. The beautiful background work totally bring out the best of the icebergs die!
ReplyDeleteThis is a stunning card! I absolutely love that background and it is not obvious at all that you are feeling rusty, it's absolutely gorgeous! Thank you so much for playing along with us at A2Z Scrapbooking!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning! Thanks so much for sharing with us in the a2z Scrapbooking Blog's October "Watercolor" challenge!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Leslie, a2z DT
Oh my goodness!!! This galaxy watercolor background is absolutely breathless!!!
ReplyDeleteThe coldest place where I've ever been was Paris, 5 years ago. I went to Disneyland Paris in February and there were about -7 C (19,4 F). There was freezing wind and it also snowed! Brrr!!! I was born in Sicily (during winter time there's 15 C) and I live in Florence were temperature are about 10 C.
Love this! The background is just amazing!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Thank you for sharing your creativity.
ReplyDeleteStunning how you created a scene with so little on this card!! I'm in awe!
ReplyDeleteYour background is amazing! Love this!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous backgrounds! Sweet stamps!
ReplyDeleteI totally forgot to add that the coldest place I've ever been was Washington State December of 2013. It was below 30 for three weeks and I froze my bum off. I've since moved back to Florida! LOL
ReplyDeleteI have lived my whole life in a tropical coastal city. So winters are really not something I know much about. The coldest place I have been to has been Ladak, high in the Himalayan mountains.
ReplyDeleteGreat background! Really gorgeous! Thanks so much for joining the fun at a2z this month!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely background and it was worth the effort you put into it! Such a good design.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us at Happy Little Stampers and I hope you will join us again soon.
Hugs
Carol x
love how you used that die - thanks for sharing your project at the Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card! I love the background and that iceberg die is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous background!
ReplyDeleteFabulous background...you've inspired me to give it a try!
ReplyDeleteGood job on the background...and that die is so unique. I have never been to a really cold place...like North or South Dakota. I like my temperatures in the
ReplyDeletelow 70's with no humidity! ;)
Love the background! Flora and Fauna is a company that I just recently discovered. They have lovely designs and you showcased it wonderfully!
ReplyDeleteComments warm my heart. Thank you! ♥