17 June, 2020

Retiform Garden

I made this for my swap buddy Val in our NZ cardswap group where the monthly theme was retiform cards.  There are plenty of examples on how to make them on the internet.  It involves a lot of masking & stamping.

I thought since the weather has been gloomy going into our southern winter, a garden sunshiny card was called for, and a reminder that summer is coming in a few months.   The bunnies at the bottom are to give a little friendship hug while we are still feeling the effects of Covid19.



Images: various stamps
Distress inks
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Shared on challenges:
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ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-june-summer garden
sirstampalot-june-make-it-colourful
cupcakeinspirations-495-friendship
dreamvalley-227-summer-colours

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creativeknockouts-354-anything-goes
timeoutchallenges-163-proust-quote
pennyschallenges-473-anythinggoes




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19 comments:

  1. *Vicki*17 June 2020 at 04:42

    This is beautiful Carol! A great example of the retriform cards!! Your colors are so pretty! Those bunnies are so sweet!! :) HUGS

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  2. Lady Joyful17 June 2020 at 06:23

    Great design! I'm sure your swap buddy will love it. Thank you for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations - Charlotte/Lady Joyful, DT

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  3. crafty-stamper17 June 2020 at 08:52

    Great card and design love all the stamps and masking-never heard of retiform before -off to google
    Carol x

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  4. Claudia Martins 17 June 2020 at 09:57

    Hi honey ! Your project is beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us over here at Creative Knockouts Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
    Claudia DT xoxo

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  5. Bunny17 June 2020 at 13:10

    How nice to have a swap buddy. This is cute. [Bunny]

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  6. Nonni17 June 2020 at 18:29

    This looks great! Wonderful stamping and masking, love this technique. Thank you for joining us at Time Out!

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  7. Dawn T17 June 2020 at 19:45

    Awesome card. You have done an amazing job of the retiform technique.

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  8. Janette17 June 2020 at 20:08

    Never heard of this type of card before Carol and I do love it, all the little images look amazing, your friend will love it for sure.xx

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  9. kiwimeskreations17 June 2020 at 21:48

    A great card Carol - love your bunnies :)
    Stay safe
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  10. Ellibelle18 June 2020 at 02:50

    So beautiful with this great assortment of images!
    Thanks so much for joining in at my Crafty Wednesday challenge where it's all about the 'Summer Garden'!
    Ellibelle's Corner

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  11. MyAlteredRealityArt18 June 2020 at 10:34

    Very nice card Carole!
    From DT for Artsy Divas

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  12. Indy's Designs19 June 2020 at 15:25

    Fabulous card! Thanks for joining our Friendship Challenge at Cupcake Inspirations!
    Hugs,
    Debbie

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  13. Kelly Schelske20 June 2020 at 03:33

    Love the layout and how you`ve put it all together! Looks great!

    Thank you for playing along with us at Creative Knockouts, I hope you join us again this time around! Good Luck!

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  14. Diana Soling23 June 2020 at 02:38

    Great design! I haven't seen that before. Thanks for joining us at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge!

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  15. Lynne K24 June 2020 at 09:06

    Really like this, Carol, what a lovely technique. Love the bunnies at the bottom! Thank you for sharing it with us for our June Challenge at Stamping Sensations.

    Lynne

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  16. Maria Valente24 June 2020 at 21:09

    What a great card! Thank you so much for playing along at Penny's Challenges.
    Crafty hugs

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  17. Maria Valente24 June 2020 at 21:11

    What a great project! Thank you so much for playing along at Penny's Challenges.
    Crafty hugs

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  18. Doris P.29 June 2020 at 20:52

    Great Idea! Love the different motives. Thanks for joining us at Papercraft Challenge!

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  19. Anja15 July 2020 at 01:34

    Thats a great idea :) Your card looks fantastic.
    Thanks for joining us at Papercraft Challenges :)
    Anja

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