Saturday 22 June 2013

Summer of Color week 2 and ICAD

For this week over at Summer of Color the colour scheme is hot pink and orange.  I decided to combine this challenge with the index-card-a-day challenge at Daisy Yellow.  
I ended up doing six cards based on a coral theme - I had to work hard at not making them red as that is the colour I had been using for my coral based work a few weeks ago.

I used gelli prints for the backgrounds and prepared a selection of cards ready to use each day with the backgrounds already glued on.  The gelli prints looked too dark against the buff background so I painted the cards cream.  I then spent about half an hour a day machine stitching, gluing and hand sewing them.

Some close-up shots


23 comments:

  1. WOW!!! I love all your cards, so pretty and fun! It's great that we can combine both of these summer challenges into one project. I did a few of my ICAD this way too.

    You took a lot of time and attention to each card, LOVE the outcome from it.

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  2. Mouthwatering colours, Diana! The gelli prints are great. I have just got my gelli plate and love it. I think I will be using it a lot! Your beautiful close up shots are so full of colour and texture.
    Jane x
    www.texturetrail/blogspot.co.uk

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  3. I love your fiber/fabric work! These cards are really wonderful!

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  4. Wow!! wonderful textures and hot summery colours

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  5. Oh my goodness, Diana! Your cards are absolutely beautiful and so extraordinary! I love the textures and how you used the SOC color scheme here! Thank you so much for sharing your talent with all of us!!!!!

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  6. Gorgeous colours! They always remind me of India.....
    Xx

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  7. Wow that looks stunning!! Those colors are so great together!
    xx

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  8. Oh havens, Diana :). These are STUNNING!!. I can't get enough of the beautiful stitching, texture & the colors!!. They look like the real coral from our tropical seas :). Besotted!.

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  9. each piece looks great by itself and then as a group there is an extra wow with repeated aspects and themes - love them

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  10. I really like the hot pink and orange colors....they all pop! Love the textures too! Fantastic attention to detail!!!
    Mary

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  11. The close up shots of your sewing and hand detail just amaze me, as always. And as a group, they're just stunning. Every week you're making me want to start trying to incorporate sewing into my work - we'll see how long I resist! Not that I'd know what I was doing anyway...

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  12. Wow! I just loved the close up shots of your work so much. Amazing!

    I love all the yummy details.... the pleating especially, such pretty, happy colours.

    Karen x

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  13. Beautiful textures! They evoke coral so well.

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  14. I can't pick a favourite as they are all stunning.

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  15. This is a fantastic combination! I love the close-up shots!

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  16. These are beautiful. I do love your work.

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  17. Oh my freaking gosh. Your cards. Stunning. The close up shots are spectacular. great work. Love them.

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  18. Oh my GOSH!! These are simply incredible. I'm not sure how I missed them, but I love, love them. I love the texture, the fabric, and your hand stitching. They are simply incredible.

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  19. Hi Diana, I realize I was here earlier this evening, but wanted to comment on your comment to me. Here's how I make my own shimmering mists: http://alteredbooklover.blogspot.com/2013/04/its-no-april-fools-day.html

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  20. Oh. My. Gosh. You had me at close ups ;) Absolutely stunning, xoxo

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  21. Wow! What beautiful works of art! The colours are gorgeous, and so are the textures.

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