Hello! The challenge is still flowers. All you need to do is use
a stamp or die from Serendipity Stamps and a flower! Easy!
These are the two cards I made forgetting we needed to use flowers.
Thought I would share them anyway. I said easy but I still forgot.
Hope you week is off to a great start! The design team was asked to do an embossed resist technique, using a flower. I stamped my Thistle using versa mark ink then heat embossed with gold, I used a dabber and dipped it in the ink and ran it over the white card stock and image. Almost looks as though this was a solid color but it was white. I then decided to add the embossed "Blessings” I also masked off the butterfly from the stamp.
The sale this week is buy 3 and the 4th is free. You will want to take a peek at the Serendipity Stamps store, lots of new dies and stamps.
I hope you can find some time to play along, you could win 20$ off your order. Don't forget to see what the rest of the DT created.
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The thistle has been the national emblem of Scotland since the reign of Alexander III (1249–1286) and was used on silver coins issued by James III in 1470. It is the symbol of the Order of the Thistle, a high chivalric order of Scotland. It is found in many Scottish symbols and as the name of several Scottish football clubs. The thistle, crowned with the Scottish crown, was the symbol of seven of the eight former Scottish Police Services (from which a new national Police Service was formed in 2013), the sole exception being the former Northern Constabulary. The thistle is also the emblem ofEncyclopædia Britannica, which originated in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The thistle has been the national emblem of Scotland since the reign of Alexander III (1249–1286) and was used on silver coins issued by James III in 1470. It is the symbol of the Order of the Thistle, a high chivalric order of Scotland. It is found in many Scottish symbols and as the name of several Scottish football clubs. The thistle, crowned with the Scottish crown, was the symbol of seven of the eight former Scottish Police Services (from which a new national Police Service was formed in 2013), the sole exception being the former Northern Constabulary. The thistle is also the emblem ofEncyclopædia Britannica, which originated in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Well Marybeth Google has lots of varying opinions on this subject, but your card no matter is gorgeous. They all are and I love the gold embossing! Thank you so much for playing along with us a CASology!
ReplyDeleteOh my! That bfly with the bike in gold is just stunning! Great job on all of these!!
ReplyDeleteLOVING what you are doing with GOLD, awestruck I am! Love is...You really bring out all the lovely details!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for joining us at CASology, it is a pleasure seeing your lovelies in the gallery this week!!!
Wow, the bike with the butterflies is so stunning. Love all of these beauties!
ReplyDeleteStunning cards, Marybeth. You are the Queen of gold embossing!
ReplyDeleteyour thistle card is lovely marybeth and the cards with the bikes are so fun!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what a thistle is, but I do know it's a gorgeous adornment stamped in gold on your card! I love all of your cards today, they're all very pretty! And you've given me an idea as to how to use a bicycle stamp I won as a prize that I do not want to have to COLOR lol! Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards Marybeth. All so elegant with the gold embossing.
ReplyDeletePRETTY Marybeth...all of them!! My hubby took a nifty picture of a thistle and we call it the Dr. Sues flower!!
ReplyDeleteEven as a child, I loved the thistle flower. Mom thought it was a weed, and I suppose with all its prickers, it could be construed as such. Me, I just thought it was pretty. So is your card. Love the red background, and how you've embossed the thistle and sentiment. Really, really pretty. Bev
ReplyDeleteBeautiful is what it is! Love how the sponged background lets the thistle shine! And I can see why you wanted to use the bicycle! What beautiful backgrounds on both cards!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards, Marybeth! Love the backgrounds and the embossing.
ReplyDeleteLove all three! Understand about forgetting...thought it was next week...nope! Used the thistle too and wondered the same thing :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! ALL of them are just beautiful! I must try the watercolor look with gold embossing...so cool!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful gold embossing , your thistle is elegant! Love, love, love your bikes, the backgrounds are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteMarybeth, just beautiful and I love thistles and really think they are part of the flower family and your embossed in all that beautiful gold, they are stunning! Love to see that I am not the only one that makes cards and forgets something. Love them all!
ReplyDeleteWhen you stamp it, a Thistle IS a flower! Gorgeous gold embossing. Lovely bikes (can bikes be lovely?) and always love your sentiments!
ReplyDeleteGreat inspiration for gold embossing. Love them all :)
ReplyDeleteWoW! You've been quite busy!
ReplyDeleteLove your cards, the vibrant colours and luxurious feel!
For an Anglofiel like me, your story about the thistle and it's meaning, and Scotlands history feeds my soul!! My parents in law have lived on the Scottich Hebrides Islands for a few years, (they are an Eelfishing family, so typical Dutch!!) and also on the Orkneys so we all have a special place in our hearts for Scotland!! And of course of the men, ha, ha, Like Sean Connery Daniel Craig, ha, ha. :-)
So thanks so much for sharing, although the information was not new for me, it's very thouthtful to mention and explain it in your blogpost!! Much appreciated!
I've been to Scotland several times and I could never ever get enough of it!!! It's truly magnificent and I just love the ancient castles and mountains, sigh, it's so beautiful and the Scottish are very friendly people too.
Bye and have a wonderful day,
Marjolein
All your cards are beautiful, and so well done...Gold embossing always looks so stunning.
ReplyDeleteOh, my! Gorgeous cards with the water color background and gold embossing...so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI just love both card thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteI love them all, Marybeth!
ReplyDeleteSuch gorgeous colors and the gold embossing is stunning!
And I think a Thistle is a flower...
but I also have the baby child bringing me every weed known to man because it has a bloom on the end of it and therefore he claims they are "flowers"...
I've been sneezing for weeks! :)
Three stunning cards, Marybeth. I love the embossed resist technique, and especially with that gold. I would guess that a Thistle is a flower--looks good to me. Thank you very much for playing along at CASology this week.
ReplyDeleteOMGosh! I LOVE THEM ALL! The images and the embossing and the colors are FAB! And I say YES! A thistle is a flower! Or a flower wanna be!
ReplyDeleteI love the thistle card and the gold embossing, it is truly elegant.
ReplyDeleteOh it's very beautiful Marybeth! The gold embossing looks so pretty! And I love thistles and think they are pretty, but they are not very welcome in our part of the country. The farmers consider them a noxious weed :(
ReplyDeleteAll gorgeous regardless!! Stunning works of art! That's all that matters!
ReplyDeleteThe colours work so well in all your cards, and the gold embossing is stunning!
ReplyDeleteThese are all beautiful, Marybeth! Love the gold embossing and wonderful colors you used.
ReplyDeleteOh so Pretty with the gold embossed!!! Fabulous creations :)
ReplyDeleteLOVE the thistle card & the other 2! Your rich, vibrant colors are so gorgeous--beautiful cards, Marybeth!
ReplyDeleteNot sure the answer to your question, but the thistle looks awesome on the card, so I say yes. :) If dandelions are all over the place being used as flowers, why not thistles? Your other cards are fantastic, too...glad you shared them even though they weren't what you needed to make. At least now you have a great set of cards.
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