It's another rainy day.....ALL day again. We have already broken the record for rain amounts, and it shows no signs of letting up in the near future. I want to see the sunshine!
I can't work in my garden. Sooo....it's a good day to clean create....
My daffodils are getting drowned out, so I thought I would stamp some flowers to color and create an indoor garden of brightly colored cards to cheer us.
Stamps: All stamps are Penny Black - Flower Gala 40-437, script background, Good wishes Gratitude 30-105
Other: Dies: Curly cue border - Penny Black; Oval frame - Spellbinders; Paint - Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors; Clarity stencil brush; Tim Holtz distress ink; Brilliance ink pad.
I stamped the flowers onto watercolor paper, and embossed with gold. I used my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors to paint them, then fussy-cut them. I added a strip of purple card stock to a white card base, then stamped the background stamp with Galaxy Gold Brilliance ink. I stamped the good wishes verse with distress ink on a white scrap, brushed some ink on the edges, then added it to the bottom right of the card front.
The frame and flowers I attached with foam tape for dimension and interest, and glued the border die right onto the card front. A quick brush along the edges of the card with some distress ink finish off the card.
I hope the rain stops soon, and the second half of the quote "April showers bring May flowers" arrives. Since we had flowers in April, I think Mother Nature got a little confused.
I will be adding my card to these challenges:
Make My Monday Challenge - April showers bring May flowers
The Paper Players Challenge - Tic Tac Toe
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Spring or Easter
Simon Says Work It Wednesday - April showers bring May flowers
TGIF!!!! Enjoy your weekend!
Blessings,
Lynda
It's Sunday already, and Mojo Monday is just around the corner, so here is my card for the challenge......
For my card I used:
Stamps: Verve Coffee set vs-0219, Verve free digis Here Comes The Sun
Other: Distress inks and markers
Vellum
Spectrum Noir crystal clear sparkle pen
India ink black
Micron .01 pen
Martha Stewart scoring tool
Clarity stencil brush
I started with pink card stock for a top-fold A2 card. I stamped coffee beans from the Verve coffee set with spun sugar distress inks randomly onto the card front. Then I added score lines along the left side with my scoring tool, and brushed the same ink onto the card front with my Clarity stencil brush to highlight the raised score lines. A strip of black and white striped paper along the left side to balance the composition was added.
I placed a piece of vellum over the verse of the digi sheet, and with a pink distress marker then my Micron pen, I traced the verse onto the vellum. When dry, I backed it with a small white scrap of card stock, and attached it to my card front.
I stamped, colored, and fussy-cut two coffee cups from the digi set, and added them with foam tape. Some sparkle from the Spectrum Noir sparkle pen completes the card.
I am adding my card to these challenges:
Allsorts Challenge - Something beginning with "B" (beans (coffee)
Simply Less Is More Challenge - Stripe
Verve Diva Challenge - Use digi stamps
Mojo Monday Challenge - Sketch
Thanks for stopping by. Now it's off to my garden to play in the sunshine for a bit.
Blessings,
lynda
