Altenew Anniversary Card

Today was one of those days where it rained all day long.  Downpour!  We had a slight threat of a tornado, which is rare indeed for upstate New York!  Thankfully, it did not materialize, although we had some high winds.

So, what does one do when it rains all day?  Why, we play with our stamping supplies and make cards, of course!  And that is precisely what I did.  That is, after I did some Zentangle.  See my previous post if you would like to see a tangle I did for a sweet lady to help her through some very difficult days.

Annnd....here is my rainy day card-making result......

I used Altenew's Vintage Roses stamp set and watercolor paper.  I inked the pink roses with Tim Holtz distress inks, using the lighter pink on the base, and darker pinks on the two other layers.  I added some water with a paint brush between layers, varying the drying times between.  I was going for a hazy, watery look.   I did the same with the orchid rose, but I had to use my Tombow markers, as I had no ink colors in the distress ink line that I wanted for this one.  I just played around with the color and water until I achieved the desired painterly look. Ditto with the leaves, only back to distress inks for those.

The happy anniversary verse is from the same clear stamp set by Altenew.  I cut it in half, and layered it so that it would fit my card better.

I used the same colors for the background, wetting the card stock, then dropping in color and manipulating it to create a back drop for the flowers.  Next, I added some spatters of ink.  When dry, I attached it to a pink card, and added a strip of black and white striped patterned paper along the left edge to balance the black and give it some interest.

Some black Inkssentials Enamel Dots, and some Pretty Pink Posh clear droplets finish it off.

I am adding my card to these challenges:
 
Altenew Blog Challenge - Inspiration picture 



Addicted to Stamps Challenge  - Clean and simple

Make My Monday Challenge - May flowers

The Paper Players Challenge - Tic Tac Toe (pink, green, leaves)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes

Well, it's still raining.  It's going to be a soggy week, so I hope the payoff is lots of bright, new flowers and green gardens!

Thanks for stopping in today.  

Blessings,

lynda

A Stamp, A Stencil, And Sparkling Embossing Powder

This Card features some of my older stash...things I love and hold on to, and actually still like to use.

I have used this Hero Arts stamp set quite often (cl303).   I love the high heel stamps and verses in this clear stamp set.

The embossing powder I used is another oldie, but goodie; black opal by JudiKins.  The stencil is much more current, and is the Tim Holtz crackle layering stencil THS039.  I used Tim Holtz distress ink in picked raspberry and a Clarity stencil brush to brush in my stencil background in ombre, and a Tombow marker to color my shoe.  I embossed the word Marvelous (from the same stamp set) with the black opal embossing powder onto a scrap of vellum, and wrapped the ends under the panel.

For the layer under the stamped panel, I rubbed VersaMark ink on the outer edges, then embossed with the black opal powder for a dramatic frame around the panel.

Here is a close up of the sparkle of this embossing.... In real life there are so many rich, fiery sparkles, and such depth to this embossing, which is difficult to capture on camera.

This was a fun card to make.  I chose to keep it clean and simple (for me).  I just think that high heel shoe stamp is so classy and fun, and wanted the focus to stay on it.

I am adding my card to these challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Anything goes

A Blog Named Hero - Clean and simple

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes

Fusion Card Challenge - Pretty in pink

 I hope you are making time to do the things you love.  We have had our granddaughters for a few days over the February break, and have really enjoyed them.  The house is so very quiet now that they are gone.  They love to play with my stamps, and they have their own box of markers, pencils, chalks, and inks here for when they come.  This time I showed them how to water color....they loved it.  

Thanks so much for visiting.  Hope to see you back here soon.  Hubby will be gone all day tomorrow, so I am going to enjoy having all the time I want to play with my crafting toys!  

Blessings,

lynda